Awesome Thread... [Automotive Edition]

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Looks like a recreation of that event in a game, or something.

Not that the genuine footage is any less spectacular.
 

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This probably also belongs here:

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I'm sure it's an awesome race car, but that livery makes it look like a very surprised tree frog.
 

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Granted, it's a bit impractical to do a 270 to the right when you want to turn left (at 1:20min), but oh well...
 
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The thumbnail made me wonder what this was.


 
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Hooptie Price is Right
 

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RS6 blast in the Black Forest:

 
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Harry's Garage (YouTube) is having his Countach engine and trans rebuilt. He has a couple of videos covering it and his other Lamborghini engine project. The garage that is doing the work has a channel on YT too.
 
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OK, the engine is in the foreground so the perspective makes it look bigger as if it would be the same distance away from the camera as the car, but still...

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Reminds me of that anecdote (probably false, but still amusing) that when Marcello Gandini arrived at the factory, Bizzarrini told him "Ah, you're the guy that' s gonna design the engine cover." and he said "No, I am gonna design the car." to which Bizzarrini answered "Exactly, the engine cover."
 

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Harry's Garage (YouTube) is having his Countach engine and trans rebuilt. He has a couple of videos covering it and his other Lamborghini engine project. The garage that is doing the work has a channel on YT too.
Tyrrell's Classic Workshop. Both are awesome channels.
 

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