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Pirelli P-slot wheel If you’re a purist, this photo will drive you crazy, as the P-slot was only available on the MkI and MkII Golf GTIs, which weren’t available in brown. Which was clearly an oversight on VW’s part. /via CarType and the Golf MkI owners club. Click for high-res photo

Pirelli P-slot wheel

If you’re a purist, this photo will drive you crazy, as the P-slot was only available on the MkI and MkII Golf GTIs, which weren’t available in brown. Which was clearly an oversight on VW’s part.

/via CarType and the Golf MkI owners club.

Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Type 34 You can’t buy a car like this. No, not artfully rusted and dropped over polished wheels. Pretty. You can’t buy a pretty car these days. Everything is aggressive now. Bog-standard Honda Civics have a DRG1 that seems like it wants to chew your face off. Even a mini2 has a sort of tense-eyebrowed, gape-mouthed appearance like a rabid Pekinese. Friends, join me in appreciating the delicacy of this Type 34 Karmann Ghia. Even the rat-rodding it’s suffered received can’t hide the subtlety. /via RedSquareDash Type 3 (lots more photos there, too) Down Road Graphic. The face of the car. So my car designer friends tell me. ↩ Sorry, MINI. ↩ Click for high-res photo

Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Type 34

You can’t buy a car like this. No, not artfully rusted and dropped over polished wheels. Pretty. You can’t buy a pretty car these days.

Everything is aggressive now. Bog-standard Honda Civics have a DRG1 that seems like it wants to chew your face off. Even a mini2 has a sort of tense-eyebrowed, gape-mouthed appearance like a rabid Pekinese.

Friends, join me in appreciating the delicacy of this Type 34 Karmann Ghia. Even the rat-rodding it’s suffered received can’t hide the subtlety.

/via RedSquareDash Type 3 (lots more photos there, too)

  1. Down Road Graphic. The face of the car. So my car designer friends tell me. ↩

  2. Sorry, MINI. ↩

1967 “Cal Look” VW Beetle You’ve seen the 2012 Beetle? I think this is what they were trying to say. /via Volksworld Click for high-res photo

1967 “Cal Look” VW Beetle

You’ve seen the 2012 Beetle? I think this is what they were trying to say.

/via Volksworld

1973 Volkswagen K70 The K70 was supposed to be a sister car to the NSU Ro80 and was the first Volkswagen to have a water-cooled engine and front-wheel drive, making it the progenitor for all Volkswagens ever since. It was designed by Claus Luthe who also worked for Audi and was chief designer at BMW from the late 1970s, heading the design of, among others, the E30. So, next time you admire an E30, remember that it started with a slightly awkwardly proportioned VW. Click for high-res photo

1973 Volkswagen K70

The K70 was supposed to be a sister car to the NSU Ro80 and was the first Volkswagen to have a water-cooled engine and front-wheel drive, making it the progenitor for all Volkswagens ever since.

It was designed by Claus Luthe who also worked for Audi and was chief designer at BMW from the late 1970s, heading the design of, among others, the E30.

So, next time you admire an E30, remember that it started with a slightly awkwardly proportioned VW.

1974 Porsche 914 2.0L I will never own a Porsche 914. I must keep telling myself this. Davey G picked up a 914 a few months back and I’ve been hearing tell of how awesome it is just about ever since. I will never own a Porsche 914. I’ve no patience, and in truth, barely enough skill, for replacing fuel pumps, re-installing jacking points and chasing down sneak currents. And I live in a country where the number of worthy, and indeed unworthy, 914s can probably be counted on, if not one, then both hands. I must resist the stern modernist lines. I must resist the gloriously optimistic 1970s German palette. The minimalism so severe as to make an MX-5 seem Baroque. I will never own a Porsche 914. /via Clemson on flickr. You should check out the whole 106-image set. Click for high-res photo

1974 Porsche 914 2.0L

I will never own a Porsche 914.

I must keep telling myself this. Davey G picked up a 914 a few months back and I’ve been hearing tell of how awesome it is just about ever since.

I will never own a Porsche 914.

I’ve no patience, and in truth, barely enough skill, for replacing fuel pumps, re-installing jacking points and chasing down sneak currents. And I live in a country where the number of worthy, and indeed unworthy, 914s can probably be counted on, if not one, then both hands.

I must resist the stern modernist lines. I must resist the gloriously optimistic 1970s German palette. The minimalism so severe as to make an MX-5 seem Baroque.

I will never own a Porsche 914.

/via Clemson on flickr. You should check out the whole 106-image set.

1500 Notchback and Camper Crich Tramway Village Derbyshire When I was about 20 I really wanted a VW 1500 Notch. Dropped a good few inches on wide steelies with a fat exhaust was the plan. My dad1 said, “the fuel tank is in the nose. How about no.” I ended up with an MGB instead. /via friendship-classics My dad had a 1300cc Beetle when he was about 20 and there were many stories of him looping it on wet roads with very little effort (but then, it was 1300ccs, and I know how he drove his V8 Holden Statesmans — which was… enthusiastically. That’s how I drove my Corolla, which is what I had when I wanted the Notch). So I think he was right. ↩

1500 Notchback and Camper Crich Tramway Village Derbyshire

When I was about 20 I really wanted a VW 1500 Notch. Dropped a good few inches on wide steelies with a fat exhaust was the plan.

My dad1 said, “the fuel tank is in the nose. How about no.”

I ended up with an MGB instead.

/via friendship-classics

  1. My dad had a 1300cc Beetle when he was about 20 and there were many stories of him looping it on wet roads with very little effort (but then, it was 1300ccs, and I know how he drove his V8 Holden Statesmans — which was… enthusiastically. That’s how I drove my Corolla, which is what I had when I wanted the Notch). So I think he was right. ↩

(this post was reblogged from friendship-classics)
2011 JE Design VW Touareg I was going to hate on this Touareg but I like the colour. And at least it’s not a Cayenne. On the other hand: colour-coded wheels after labor day? How gauche. /via Serious Wheels Click for high-res photo

2011 JE Design VW Touareg

I was going to hate on this Touareg but I like the colour. And at least it’s not a Cayenne.

On the other hand: colour-coded wheels after labor day? How gauche.

/via Serious Wheels

2010 Bentley Continental GT Design Series China When the name of the car is bigger than the car, you know you’re in trouble. Bentley tend not to have that problem as their cars are massive. On the one hand, this is a cool colour. Bentley says it’s called “Orange Flame” but we know the truth. On the other hand… Let’s just say I’d prefer a Phaeton in this colour. (via Serious Wheels) Click for high-res photo

2010 Bentley Continental GT Design Series China

When the name of the car is bigger than the car, you know you’re in trouble.

Bentley tend not to have that problem as their cars are massive.

On the one hand, this is a cool colour. Bentley says it’s called “Orange Flame” but we know the truth. On the other hand… Let’s just say I’d prefer a Phaeton in this colour.

(via Serious Wheels)