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If you can’t tell from the photo, this hood is fabric, and in case you’re blind, it’s tiger print. Also, the border is a snake skin pattern which shifts from a reptilian green to flesh tone. Come on guys, that’s just creepy. More Worst of SEMA >>>>

So what was the commercial the editors couldn’t find? It was the 1993 ad where classical virtuoso Manuel Barrueco plays “Asturias” on the guitar in the backseat of a Lexus. Here’s a quote from the Baltimore Sun explaining the spot: For all his professional successes, Mr. Barrueco is still amazed at how many people recognize […] More »

Listening to an engine go all out on the dyno is an experience that you generally have to be a gearhead to enjoy. But with this spot, Lexus balanced some old-school champagne glasses–perfect symbols of civility–atop a wailing LS400 mill and demonstrated that drivers could have brute force in a velvet case. For an automaker looking […] More »

This is my favorite commercial of the bunch. By highlighting an area of quality that a lot of consumers just didn’t think about, Lexus put the luxury makers on notice. Plus, there’s a car on a rotisserie-like assembly with a ball bearing gliding along the panel gaps, and I don’t care who you are. That’s […] More »

This what happens when a Japanese tuner takes a fancy to some German iron, and all I can say is that I wish it happened more often. While this sweet Porsche from Rauh-Welt reminds me of the customized 911s and 930s from back in the ’80s, but there’s nothing retro about it. Even with the […] More »

This is easily one of the coolest Mustang’s I’ve ever seen. For “the Producer,” sheet metal maestros the Ring Brothers started with a ’65 Mustang–a real one, not a Dynacorn–and widened it by four inches. In person, the effect is more subtle than you’d think, but the extra inches really give it presence. Of course, […] More »

I’m almost positive I saw a video about the Runamucka a couple years back, but regardless, this was the first time I’ve seen it in person. The body comes from a ’42 Ford, the grill came from a ’32, and the nose cone was snatched from a ’50 Studebaker. But the builders reached across the […] More »