Monday Motoring Madness

MMM stands for Monday Motoring Madness, in case you were wondering.

I don’t see why Bruce and Damien should have all the fun with woefully uncreative themes.

MMM: China Automobile almost kicked out of Frankfurt

Autblog speculates that the German importer of Chinese Shuanghuan Auto motors was nearly booted out of Frankfurt due to complaints from the mainstream automakers. These are the Shuanghuan CEO and the Shuanghuan UFO. Look familiar?

MMM: Suzuki Kizashi

Sadly the Suzuki Kizashi is a concept too out there to make it to the street, but hopefully some of the styling cues will find their way to the road cars. They didn’t go far wrong with the Swift – this generation or the last one – so if they apply some of this coolness to the next model, it could be a real contender. The rest of their line-up is awful though!

MMM: 2008 Dodge Challenger

Maybe this’ll be a good Dodge? If not, perhaps we could hitch the hot body onto a decent chassis?

MMM: Startech Starster

Nice arse. Pity it’s based on a bad Dodge.

Citroen C-Cactus Concept

I’m not sure whether I actually like this concept or not, but do read the article, the use of materials and general friendliness to the environment is quite impressive.

Audi TT RS

It’s a concept, it’s not real; it’s a concept, it’s not real. But it might be…

Nyom.

Acura LMP2

Autoblog wants to know “What’s up at Honda Performance Development for 2007“.

I want to know WTF is going on with the seventies carpeting?

Lamborghini Murcielago LP640

The big news at Lambo this week is that they’ll unveil a $1m+ limited edition at Frankfurt, but who gives a shit about that, look at this:

I’ve been a huge Lamborghini fan since the Countach in Cannonball Run, but it always takes me a while to start liking the next major model. It took a few years for the Diablo to grow on me, and when the Murciélago appeared on the scene I had a gander and continued lusting after it’s predecessor. I just changed my allegiance.

I still think the Gallardo is a monstrosity though. When I see someone driving one – on TV of course, we don’t get them in Cork – all I can think is: “Couldn’t afford a Murciélago.”

BMW X6

World Car Fans has spy shots of the new BMW X6, and Autoblog has a teaser video with Chris Bangle. I like the lines of this car simply because it reminds me of old school Paris-Dakar cars, but that’s all I like. Crossovers are just a ridiculous idea, and while I can understand BMW’s reason for rolling one out – people actually buy the Cayenne for some reason, god only knows why – I wish they’d stop throwing crap at the market and concentrate on retaining their well-deserved reputation for building good, reliable cars.

I won’t attach an image or video to this one, on general principles. :)