Awesome Cars

The 2011 Aston Martin DB9 has a new front bumper, silver brake calipers and diamond-turned alloy wheels. A new Adaptive Damping System improves ride quality with the push of a button.

4 minutes of jaw-dropping footage of three Ferrari 599 GTOs doing start-ups, revs, acceleration, and just plain being awesome. Sweet, sweet music to a car-lover’s ears.

One of the 46 known Bandinis ever made, this loud little racer still has all of its original parts intact, including its 750cc DOHC engine. A race- and car show-winning beauty.

Created by designer Amar Vaya, the Axiom was created as an exercise designed “to introduce beauty to the implications of Audi’s tradition.” We don’t know about all that, but think it looks great.

Lotus honors their legendary engineer Roger Becker with the new RGB Special Edition for the Elise SC and Exige S; includes Sports and Touring packs and the 1.8 liter VVTL-i Toyota engine.

We are digging the split window the folks over at Rossi have included in their stylish SixtySix, a kit fusing C6 Corvettes with retro Stingray style. The cost for all those second glances? A cool $130K.

The SR Auto Group pimped out Audi’s R8 with a Matte Black body and rims, PPI Razor carbon fiber front air dam, side skirts and rear diffusers, 20-in Advance One wheels and H&R lowering springs.

Nikola Nikolov’s 6′ tall, 198 lb welded and sculpted Transformer sculpture is the embodiment of the relationship between man and machine, being crafted from his first car, a Lada Samara Diva.

Reflections’ classic urban car chase is back, and they’re going back to its roots for this one (which is a good thing). Sit back and watch as the game’s creator walks us through a little bit of gameplay.

When Noble stopped producing the M400, Rossion purchased the build rights and developed the Q1 kit. It costs a cool $100,000 and some assembly time, but you’ll also get to 120 mph in 10 seconds.

BMW marks the M3’s 25th birthday by releasing the US-only 2011 M3 Frozen Gray Coupe. Limited to only 30 units, the car is priced at $77,600. Call 1-800-245-4269 starting June 21,2010 to reserve.

Out in 2012, the Morgan EvaGT is a sexy limited production coupe with hand-finished aluminum body and BMW’s 306 hp twin turbo 3.0-liter straight 6. 0-60 in 4.5 seconds and top speed of 170 mph.

Put ’em together and whaddya get? This monstrosity, called the forfun2 – a tiny little 2-seater atop giant monster-truck wheels, cranking out a whopping 84bhp. See it in action here.

Aznom and Romeo Ferraris have tricked out the Land Rover Defender with custom paint, carbon fiber bumpers, leather/Alcantara interior and output increase from 122 hp to 152 hp.

Due to be auctioned off by Mecum, this majestic ride has won two racing competitions, bagging first in its class and third place overall at Le Mans as well as winning the 1000km Nurburgring race.

Tim Hahne covered the whole of the 2010 24 Hours Nürburgring using his trusty Canon 5D MK II. The result? 15,900 glorious frames of automotive porn from start to finish. Watch it in HD if you can.

The Centennial Alfa Romeo Art Collection is a cool journey into the company’s 100 year history, freely interpreted through 100 works by 100 artists, offered in limited editions of 100. (Thanks Ron!)

Japanese architect Takuya Tsuchida was charged to build a home with a central atrium with potted tree, a 9 car garage for the owner’s auto collection and a view of the cars from the living room.

Created by BCC1’s Bang Goes The Theory tv show, the Car-puccino is the world’s first coffee powered car. The converted 1988 Volkswagen Scirocco has a caffeine buzz top speed of 60 mph.

James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5 1964 is up for auction at Sotheby’s in October, to be sold with Q’s factory installed mods: submachine gun, revolving plates, tire shredders and smoke screen device.

BMW has announced that the 17th Art Car created by Jeff Koons will race where the first art cars did – at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France on June 12th and 13th. Koons’ canvas is a BMW M3 GT2.

Yeah, yeah, we know the Diet Coke and Mentos meme is so 4 years ago, but since this is the first time we’ve seen a vehicle powered by the fizzy stuff, we had to look. So should you, in 3-D.

Ridelust listed some of the funniest car brand acronyms out there, whether it’s about expensive Bimmers, clunky Fiats or just plain ugly Plymouths. We’re surprised Toyota doesn’t have one.