Melbourne Motorshow 2011

I went to the Melbourne Motorshow tonight.  This year, I noticed the following manufacturers were not present:
Fiat, Lotus, Daewoo, SAAB and Alfa Romeo.   Here are photos of concept cars and cars I found interesting.

Firstly, a special section dedicated to Porsches is in order.

These two were available for auction.

911 Speedster - The 997 interpretation of a classic - AU$550,000 - that's even more than a Turbo, which goes for around AU$380,000.

A lady in a bear suit...

997 Turbo

Cayman R

Cayman

935 "Moby Dick"

630kW / 1050kg

Now for a couple of concept cars.

Toyota FT-86 Concept II

Mazda Shinari

Race cars:

Subaru GT300 Legacy

Lexus CT200h from the 2011 Melbourne F1 GP celebrity race (with race damage)

Honda Civic Type R that competes in the Australian Rally Championship

And finally, some super cars...

2012 R35 GT-R

Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4

Lexus LFA

LFA engine and running gear

Fancy front sub-frame and upper wishbone connections

Torque tube

Transmission and rear multi-link suspension

Mercedes SLS AMG

More photos can be found here:

Melbourne Motorshow 2011

[Video] Walk-through of the Nordschleife

Porsche has posted this lap of the Nurburgring Nordschleife with commentary.  Insightful viewing after the jump.

Blast from the past

My friend Silas who is a very busy man finally edited and posted his photos of a mini cruise we had at the start of the year.  You can see the photos here as well as read about his recent racing endeavours here.