[IMG by Paul D. Goodman | pdgoodman.com]
BY GUNNAR HEINRICH
IF a picture tells a thousand words, then us automotive writers owe an enormous debt to the world’s sharp shooters.
Photographs set the tone for a piece and a good shooter almost always has “an eye” for the details - and needs little direction.
In my line of work [...]

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Part II of the Automobiles De Luxe BMW Trio video series. Take a look at three of BMW’s finest performance cars and get Gunnar’s take on which tickled his fancy and why. If you haven’t seen part I yet then click through below, we’ve got part I there, ready and waiting.

BMW TRIO PART II

BMW TRIO [...]

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Our friends over at Automobiles De Luxe posted an interesting article on the 70’s cult classic C’était un Rendezvous, the short film made by Claude Lelouch in 1976 - you can check it out here

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With a need to decrease its carbon footprint by some forty percent by the time tough new European CO2 laws kick in during 2012, Ferrari is reviewing the very heart of their cars, those magnificent engines. The latest news suggests that the replacement for the Enzo will feel the pain of CO2 compliance with four [...]

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Definitely one of the better E92 M3 videos doing the rounds. A chap from Autojunk.nj puts the new V8 M3 through its paces. It’s not in english but you will find it easy to follow with the subtitles. Well worth checking out…

Steane

[Source:Autojunk.nj via Automobiles De Luxe]

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There are plenty of car videos around but few are as well produced, interesting and as humorous as the following video. Put together by our friend Gunnar Heinrich over at Automobiles De Luxe it is highly recommended viewing, particularly if you appreciate German Cars a good story and real music.

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Car Magazine have spotted a prototype of the successor to the Mclaren-Mercedes SLR testing, most likely in California’s dessert areas, a favourite for manufacturer wanting to test their pre-production cars in a hot environment. Looking like a stretched TVR Cerbera, this is the car that Mercedes are developing in-house without the help of Mclaren.

This [...]

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It’s all happening at Chrysler this week. A new logo and a new leader who is rumoured to be working for $1 per year, mark the start of what is hoped to be the big turn-around.

Chrysler unveiled their new pentastar logo which the more mature readers will notice is really the old Chrysler logo making [...]

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