German Perfectionist

The year 1955. James Dean dies in his “little b*stard”, his Porsche 550 Spider. A dramatic crash at the 24 hours of Le Mans race kills 85 people - the most severe accident ever in motorsport history. Stirling Moss finishes the Mille Miglia in 10:07:48.0 hours, a record that’s still standing 63 years later.

Bruce Mohs , an inventor and industrialist from Wisconsin, had many admirers - “Imagine you could meet Thomas Edison”, one of his fans once said about him. Originally, Mohs’ company only produced seaplanes, but in the 60s he dabbled as an universal genius.

Police cars - the natural enemies of car guys around the world. You’ve all seen them - but do you know what they look like in other countries? Probably not, but don’t worry, you’re going to find out in a minute.

Interiors of modern cars are designed with the customers in mind. They have to be stylish, but at the same time they have to be intuitive and easy to operate. Not so with concept cars, which will only be shown on one or two auto shows and then put into a museum.

We all know the trend of ‘minifying’ cars - basically making cars less comfortable in Photoshop. Now, French artist La tête dans le cul (= “The head in the a…”) has taken it to a whole new level, by cutting out the entire passenger cabin, connecting the front and rear fenders and removing one axle.

It didn’t drive. For 31 years. Which is not surprising, considering that it was a Ferrari that wasn’t allowed to exist. With four doors, how outrageous! As if the pope would tango on St. Peter’s square at midnight.

Average, big and really big, a 4-seater 2-door and a sports coupé that can transform into a Roadster: A long time ago, Mercedes offered nothing more than these five models. And nowadays?

Getting a ticket for speeding is annoying, especially when you were only a bit too fast. This list counts down the eight most extreme cases of speeding throughout Europe, and also shows the consequences depending on the different countries.

On March 12th, I created a post about funny German words for car parts. It went absolutely viral, currently sitting at about 200 likes. Now, 3 months later, it suddenly went viral again! And so I’m finally going to create a Part 2! 10 more words invented by a guy with a broken spacebar… Good luck pronouncing these!

It is every petrolhead’s life goal to drive on the famous unrestricted German Autobahn. But we Germans have to use these roads every day. And so, over the years, we found many things we hate about it.

You think that this 3 series is boring? Well at least the doors are, compared to these unconventional ones I found on the internet. I managed to find quite much, so I’m gonna split this series into three parts - otherwise the posts would just get too long. The cars appear randomly without any order to keep it interesting.