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Okay, let's get this straight. Back to the Future movies: cool. Making your DeLorean into a replica of the movie car: incredibly lame. Halfway between would be a reproduction flux capacitor. If you did buy this thing, you could certainly attain full lameness by installing in in your non-DeLorean.

There were talented people working in the entertainment industry to dream up those iconic vehicles of the 1980s like KITT, the BTF DeLorean and the A-Team van. Those cars have staying power with a generation of enthusiasts, but dressing up your car to match a prop is akin to putting on your C-3PO finery to go see Episode III. If you must have it for your '96 Neon, climb the stairs from your basement lair and ask your mom for $220 for what equates to a couple of lights in a box. Hey, Christmas is coming, if you jump up and down and stomp like you did in '85, you'll find this thing under the tree.

[Source: Engadget]

Get your Flux Capacitors right here! originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>accessorybackback to the futureBackToTheFuturecapacitordeloreanfluxflux capacitorFluxCapacitorfuturemoviespropthetotoyMon, 10 Dec 2007 16:55:00 EST<![CDATA[Girard-Perregaux remembers Monte Carlo 1970]]>http://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/24/girard-perregaux-remembers-monte-carlo-1970/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/24/girard-perregaux-remembers-monte-carlo-1970/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/24/girard-perregaux-remembers-monte-carlo-1970/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

Who needs Ferrari? That's the rhetorical question asked by Girard-Perregaux, the noted Swiss watchmaker. For years GP made watches under license from Maranello, but since Ferrari moved their timepiece contract over to Panerai, Girard-Perregaux hasn't missed a beat.

Unveiled together with several other timepieces at the recently concluded watch and jewelry show in Basel, Switzerland, the Girard-Perregaux Monte Carlo Fly-back chronograph pays homage to one of the most famous runnings of the most famous rallies in motor racing history. In 1970, Björn Waldegaard drove and Lars Helmer navigated their #6 Porsche 911 S through a notoriously tricky course spotted with icy patches but no snow to claim victory at the legendary stage of the Monte Carlo Rally.

Their names are engraved on the case back along with a reproduction of the car's registration plate. The words "Monte-Carlo 1970" appear in bold red letters on the black face that displays the unique chronograph and tachymeter movement, a fly-back complication that doesn't lose a second in re-setting the mechanism on the fly. It's all held in a steel case fastened with a black alligator strap and limited to an edition of 250.

[Source: TimeZone via Luxist]

Girard-Perregaux remembers Monte Carlo 1970 originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>1970backBjörn WaldegaardBjörnWaldegaardcarlochronographchronometercommemorateflygirardLars HelmerLarsHelmermonemonteperregauxpiecerallytachymetertimewatchTue, 24 Apr 2007 17:34:00 EST<![CDATA[Top Gear's back, with Hammond, airing Jan28]]>http://www.autoblog.com/2006/12/13/top-gears-back-with-hammond-airing-jan28/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/12/13/top-gears-back-with-hammond-airing-jan28/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/12/13/top-gears-back-with-hammond-airing-jan28/#commentsFiled under:

The Hamster's back! We're pleased to report that after a miraculously brief recovery period following his mishap with a 300-mph jet-powered dragster, Richard Hammond is back in action, and so is Top Gear.

Richard was on hand today for the filming of the program's annual awards ceremony. While we never did get the point of awarding more than one Man or Car of the Year prize, Richard's colleagues presented him with one of their Man of the Year awards for his epic recovery and to welcome him back. And he sure deserves it. The folks at Lego, the skill-building toy to which Hammond previously attributed his rapid recovery, also presented him with a toy-block replica of the jet car that sent him plowing the field, as well as a replica of the Top Gear set, complete with little Hammond, little Clarkson, little May and little Stig.

And now with Richard back in action and with no further ado, the news you've all been waiting for: the new season of Top Gear is confirmed to air on January 28, only a month and a half away. Of course that's only if you get BBC2, but we won't be surprised to find the episodes popping up online at the BBC's website and intermittently on YouTube et al.

Welcome back, Richard, and welcome back, Top Gear. We've all missed you terribly.

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[Source: Top Gear]

Top Gear's back, with Hammond, airing Jan28 originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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