30 July 2008

Summer Spotting: Canada Edition

Dodge Viper
Looks like a fourth-generation Viper (2008), but I'm not sure. In any case, its engine is over 8L!

Lotus Elise
An awesome British car, first released in North America with the 2005 model. A fibreglass body on an aluminum frame.

Ford GT
Ford supercar that was only built for two years (2005, 2006). 550 horsepower!

20 July 2008

Summer Spotting: France Edition I

Porsche 964 Carrera 2
A rear-wheel-drive Porsche from the early nineties.

Aston Martin DB9
Awesome car, beautiful design, V12 engine.

Ferrari 575 M SuperAmerica
Made in 2005, this car has a unique convertible "electrochromic glass panel" roof that flips over 180 degrees to the back. Apparently there were only 559 of these built.

Citroën 2CV
This is such an iconic French car that I had to include one shot of it. In production for over 40 years, Citroën made almost four million of these cars! There are rumours that an updated version of the 2CV may go into to production in the not-too-distant future.

30 June 2008

Abroad

I am going to be travelling outside of Qatar for a while, but I will upload any exotics I am able to capture around the world!

24 June 2008

Long Time Coming

Chevrolet Corvette C6
I'm not sure what colour this is. Salmon? Peach? I don't think the police were impressed, because they captured this one, too.

Plymouth Prowler
This one is a little older than the gold Prowler I saw before, probably 1999 or 2000. Only about 10,000 of these were ever made, over the whole five years of production.

Hummer H2 (stretched)
There are many, many Hummers around this city, especially H3s. So I haven't bothered to capture any of them for the blog. But I thought this Hummer was just a little out of the ordinary. This thing can't be easy to drive. Or park.

21 June 2008

Classic Luxury

Bentley Continental GT
Another Bentley to add to the collection. First black one I've seen.

Rolls-Royce Phantom
A serious luxury car. These cost something like $300,000. Notice that the handles on the rear doors are close to the front; rear-hinged doors! Not very common.

Ford Thunderbird
Fourth generation (c. 1965). Really don't see many classic cars like this around here.

Evading capture today was a white Mercedes SLR McLaren and a white convertible Lamborghini with the top down!

20 June 2008

Weekend in the Village

Porsche 911 Turbo
Turbo!

Porsche CarreraMay be convertible?

Chevrolet Corvette C6
Haven't seen this deep orange colour one before.

Bentley Continental GT
First Bentley of the day. This guy just decided to make his own parking spot. First time I've seen the nine-spoke wheels.

Bentley Continental GT
Second Bentley of the day. That makes four in a week! (red, white, sliver & blue)

Audi R8Built on the same platform as the Lamborghini Gallardo (same chassis, same transmission), just with a smaller engine. And about half the price!

Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren
One of the most expensive production cars in the world, at about $500,000.

Also saw another Prowler today, deep red in colour. Didn't manage to get a photo.

18 June 2008

Advantage Martian

Aston Martin V8 Vantage
Love this charcoal colour.