Monthly Archives: september 2011

SELECTED: French quickie with Citroën, Renault & Peugeot @ Frankfurt IAA 2011!

To say that french automakers like Peugeot, Renault and Citroën are rarely on a car enthusiasts radar is quite an understatement, but at FRANKFURT IAA 2011 MOTOR SHOW we did find a few rare gems that we felt deserved at least a small mention here in the blog.

 

Martin BILBILDER.SE Persson was particularly fascinated by the different concepts being shown, definately in the least something different for the eye to behold. We’ll leave it up to you to judge if they are interesting or non!

 

(This is in my opinion the ”sci-fi hipsters” wet dream, and Citroën did not stop at just keeping this bus-like concept just wild in itself, they actually had three young futuristicly dressed and face-painted individuals to accompany it while it spun around and around. Looks like their take on the future is that we will all look hideously bored, as we noticed they did just that with a passion; don’t ask me how you look ”passionately bored”- just look at these guys…)

 

 

(Whoooo! At least we found one real piece of gold here in the Peugeot section which was their Le Mans racecar that just looks so incredibly mean in person! Fun memory here is that it was among the first places we saw at the expo just after a really stacked BMW press-show. Rehersing our first unofficial ”100 seconds of…” segment and all reminds me of a lot of excitement!)

 

 

(At least Renault put a lively colour on their concept which actually looks quite good compared to a lot of other sportier SUV-type of vehicles on display in Frankfurt? Not digging the ”Dotz-style” wheels though although they do make up for their tacky look in sheer size.)

 

 

(Another piece from Renault stand which felt like a bit more realistic and not too far-fetched concept. Dig these wheels a lot better then their other concept, and the colour-combo isn’t too bad either. Nice to see some real stopping power in those huge front calipers too!)

 

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Maybe not the gallery in SUPERIOR SELECTED that will make you rave to your friends about us, but we still hope you like getting a bit of everything from the FRANKFURT MOTOR SHOW. Iam sort of amazed Martin had time to shoot all these pictures and none of them really looks below average (understatement). Feel free to give the lad some well deserved critisizm! 🙂

 

Not stepping of the gas here, what was accomplished at the expo must come out so we can leave this incredible event behind us. More SELECTED gallerier later today and plenty of VIDEOCLIPS as well!

VIDEO: 100 seconds of Aston Martin Zagato & One-77 @ Frankfurt IAA 2011!

Time to get busy again with our ”100 seconds of…” clips (Find them all HERE) from the FRANKFURT IAA 2011 EXPO, this time with the most noble of all british brands- Aston Martin! We got most of the Zagato concept, some V12 Vantage and also a tiny bit of One-77 in a special colour!

Oddly enough, I feel quite dissapointed at myself for not spending more time in this part of the expo. Never made a secret of that Aston Martin is a brand I did pull a lot of inspiration from on my current 700+HP Toyota Soarer project. But, forget about that and enjoy among my usual confusing english some damn good automaking… 😉

VIMEO:

Frankfurt IAA Auto Expo 2011 – 100 seconds of Aston Martin from Superior Media on Vimeo.

YOUTUBE:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKRmAysi8WY

How do you feel about the Zagato? Is it perfection in the making? And do you agree with that the colour of that One-77 could possibly be the worst one to pick for such an astounding car?

Really looking forward to more feedback on these clips, don’t be shy to comment below and take your time to check them ALL OUT HERE! 🙂

SELECTED: Asian buffét @ Frankfurt IAA 2011 (Suzuki, Kia, Mazda, Infiniti, Honda & Lexus)

I really wish Harvey @ Epic Mealtime could do the intro for this mixed gallery of Suzuki, Kia, Mazda, Infiniti, Honda and Lexus since its got m0ar of everything we like  from the far east that was shown @ FRANKFURT IAA 2011 MOTORSHOW!

 

Since its hard to make SUPERIOR SELECTED galleries of each brand individually, Martin BILBILDER.SE Persson decided to shuffle it around a bit. I think it also makes for a quite more interesting read as well, so please comment on how you like it? 🙂

 

 

(I do hate to throw probably a lot of peoples hard work under the bus, but I have to do it times x2 this time. First of all, Mazda did not bring anything even remotely interesting for us to make in-depth coverage of; we were actually hoping to get some Furai at least. But seeing this CX-5 sports SUV or whatever those insanely watered out classes are called- it really put Subarus similar latest model to shame *will still forever remember it by its revelation which was similar to two socks being crossed and then pulled apart…*)

 

 

(This beautiful very ”catwalk-materialish” model actually summarized the whole attitude of the Infiniti stand quite well. Cold, a bit stale; but with some nice content despite that. I just feel that if likewise this lady would have shown a smile or twitch, and Infiniti themselves would have put more effort into ”loosening up” instead of keeping dark costume dressed goons (!)- they would have left more of an impression on us…)

 

 

(And keeping to Infiniti, here is a SUV which was a Sebastian Vettel edition with loads of damn nice carbonfibre to an often forgotten but highly desired car. What you see is what you get, nothing more then this to highlight and give a contrast to the clean exterior- I guess they tried to go ”german” in a stale boring way this time in Frankfurt?)

 

 

(Totally different story at Suzukis stand which offered the only juice/smoothie-bar of the expo! Me being a closet health freak when occasions to be one arise; never hesitated to ask for a shot of any of these colourful babies. More plus for having vibrant young girls that gave more then just good looks, as PIERRE BLOGS ABOUT HERE in swedish they also ”knew their” stuff on for example the new Suzuki Swift Sport coming out soon!)

 

 

(Time for you guys to pick this new Honda Civic 2012 apart a bit more then what our ”100 seconds of…” VIDEOCLIP did. I for sure disliked the rear part, but had some good vibrations of the front end which has to compete with the Mercedes CLS in most dramatic decrease from windshield and forward. Get what I mean? Post your opinion on the model that started it all in the US when it comes to ”JDM-tuning”…)

(Here is something odd, guess which automaker had a really talked about concept that stood out among many? Kia (!) with its bold and daring GT concept which they hope will spawn a cheap rear-wheel drive car in the future?! This one had a very luxorious feel to it, and if the gold arches around the pillars doesn’t tell the story then I doubt anything will.)

 

 

(There was some interest regarding the next generation of the Lexus GS and I think we can all safely say, this is basically a IS combined with a LS in terms of exterior looks. I think its sort of bland, and being an Toyota Aristo and Toyota Soarer owner myself I was quite fond of the previous generations front. But I doubt VIP-companies in Japan like Junction Produce will need much time to start giving the newest generation some love- and rest assured our hearts will follow to accept this generation of the GS as well…)

 

 

(Well well, have you observed the picture and come up with your own funny caption on why this girl appears so happy to see me? Don’t bother as its probably because it must have become quite obvious we used the Toyota ”café” setup in their stand as a station to catch our breath several times a day. Big thumbs up to them for this generosity to the press, but honestly it was the only thing besides the FT-86 concept we felt was interesting here. And oh, don’t miss the ”100 seconds of…” VIDEOCLIP of that one either!)

 

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I just can’t help myself saying ”damn I miss Frankfurt” seeing all these pics again, it was on location in the eye of the storm impossible to comprehend how impressive the whole experience was- many many memories we were not awere of at the moment were created in every single minute of the two days we stayed there…

 

Hope you enjoyed this one, got some smaller galleries coming out throughout the day with some French and American brands showing what they got.

 

Always feel free to comment below if you are curious about something, been a certain lack of that from you- go on and please Martin as well by liking HIS FACEBOOK! 😉

Frankfurt : Nya Suzuki Swift Sport och Xite!

Suzuki var en monter som inte låg i mitt och Rani´s schema.
Men eftersom jag fortfarande ändå är intresserad och lite smått sugen på en Swift så ville jag ju se den nya Swift Sport.

 

Till att börja med så ska jag förklara hur hela Suzuki montern var.
För det första så fanns Suzuki i den absolut tråkigaste och stelaste hallen av dom alla.
Och där försökte Suzuki vara så… ”energifyfllda” som möjligt.

 

Det delades ut frukt smooties, Druvsockertabletter.
Alla som stod i montern var unga och snygga
Det spelades hög musik och dom som stod vid bilarna hade nog blivit ombedda att dansa lite då o då 🙂

 

Längst fram i montern så står där en fräck Swift uppe på ett podium vid en väldigt söt, väldigt närgången, väldigt trevligt och väldigt påläst montertjej.

 

Detta var en av dom 5 snyggaste tjejerna på mässan, Och till skillnad från alla andra så var inte hon bara ett pretty face utan hon kunde faktiskt svara på alla frågor vi hade om just den bilen.
Dom andra var hon inte påläst om men det gjorde inget.

 

Cool bil, Snyggt kjolpaket och striping..

 

 

Men.. Detta var inte Sporten..
Detta utförandet kallas för Xite,

 

 

Och vad jag förstod det som så finns det paketet bara i tyskland, Och kommer så småningom finnas på alla Suzuki modeller och inte bara Swiften.

 

Lite längre in i montern så stod där en vit Swift Sport snurrandes.

 

 

Men… Den var inte lika cool…
Visst.. Samma vinge som Xite fast här med bromljuset integrerat i vingen.

 

En annan front.. En hel front istället för ett kjolpaket.. Sportigare stolar. Men fortfarande såg Xite coolare ut.

 

Brevid Sporten så stod där en till sport.. Men som såg ännu coolare ut..

 

 

Jag frågade om skillnaden mellan dessa två men det sa dom först att det var båda en basic Sport…

 

Jag visade dom alla skillnader jag kunde lätt se med blotta ögat.. Och då kom det senare fram en äldre, skäggig gubbe som förklarade att detta var en Swift Sport men med ett extra kjolpaket.

 

 

Denna extra utrustade Sporten såg ut så som vi tyckte en vanlig Sport skulle se ut.
Men som vi vet nu så.. kaka på kaka på kaka.. Och sen blir en full utrustad Swift Sport jävligt dyr..

 

Priset på Swift  Sport startar på 14.000 Euro i Tyskland.

VIDEO: ”100 seconds of Swedish automaker SAAB @ Frankfurt IAA 2011!

Say what? Did you mean the same automaker that is currently put out of business and ready to be shopped on a huge discount by some random group of Chinese people? I guess so, please dont take this clip too serious-  as we surely didn’t… 😉

 

VIMEO:

 

Frankfurt IAA Auto Expo 2011 – 100 seconds of Saab from Superior Media on Vimeo.

 

YOUTUBE:

 

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz3TUR-SQGs

 

The state of the whole ordeal with Saab is quite sad indeed, but we hope they will bounce back as a small ”nische” kind of brand somewhere. But if you can’t play with the big dogs of the upper middle class of the auto industry you can’t expect to be bailed out by the government. What do you guys think?

 

Far more (serious) ”100 seconds of…” clips can be found in a neat and tidy thread HERE. Enjoy! 🙂

Frankfurt : Lamborghini = Dyra leksaker.

Yeah yeah.. Det enda som skiljer män ifrån pojkar är priset på deras leksaker. Eller vice versa.. Yada yada.

När jag och Rani kom till Lamborghini montern så var detta det första jag såg.

En riktigt cool modellbil utav nya Aventador i äkta kolfiber.

Just precis innan så hade jag beklagat mej till Rani om ”Fan vad italienarna försöker sälja merchandise”.

Men verklighetstrogna miniatyrer/modeller har jag alltid gillat..
Så givetvis blev jag impad över denna.. Och tänkte.. ”En sån skulle man haft.. Men den är väl säkert onödigt dyr” och gissade på ett pris runt 10.000kr kanske.

Rani hade bråttom till dom riktiga bilarna, Med all rätt.. Och sen.. Ja.. Sen så tänkte jag inte så mycket mer på den modellen (ordvits) kan jag säga…

Jag och Rani stod där och beundrade…. Montern… Länge..
Och under denna ca timmen vi stod där och stirrade så var där en väldigt spinkig gubbe som gick runt i montern utan presspass..

Lite senare så stod han och inspekterade den svarta Aventador som stod uppe i montern riiiktigt länge och noga.. I minsta detalj.. Allt medans ett helt filmteam följde honom..

Jag och Rani skrattade lite och undrade ”Vem fan e det? ”
Ne det var ingen Lamborghini-anställd designer.. Det visste jag..

Dagen efter så var vi där i montern igen.. Och gubben var kvar.. Då frågade Martin mej samma sak..
Men vi hade ingen aning om vem denna uppenbarligen V.I.P gubben var..

Och nu har jag fått svar på tal minst sagt..

Såhär ligger det till.

Gubben heter Robert Gülpen, Och han har gjort denna modellbilen.

Och ja.. Den var som gissat ”onödigt dyr”.

Denna 1:8 modell utav Lamborghini Aventador kommer bara göras i ett ex gissar jag.
Vilket ökar priset ytterligare givetvis..

Sen så var det då äkta kolfiber vilket jag kunde se direkt..
Men.. Där är också gulddetaljer.. Och fälgar i platina.. Och diamanter lite här och där…

Så ja.. Den är dyr..

Hur dyr är då denna ”leksaksmodell” av Aventador?

Ett par gånger dyrare än en bensindrivande Aventador i full storlek tyvärr…

Ja.. Ett par gånger..

Eftersom den bara ska göras i ett ex så kommer den att auktioneras ut.
Utgångspriset är 4.7 miljoner…….
Vill du köpa den direkt utav att vänta så är priset 6 miljoner….

Onödigt dyr?
Men om jag säger som såhär då..
Det är inte svenska kronor jag snackar… Utan i American dollars 😉
Jepp.. Vill du ha denna utan att behöva buda på auktion så kostar det dej 6 miljoner dollar….
Så med lite enkel huvudmatte så får du alltså 15st fullt körbara Aventador som är 8 gånger större för priset av denna modellbil….

VIDEO: En liten glimt av Alex nyankomna RE-Amemiya Widebody RX-7!

Idag är det måndag och det efter en vecka som verkligen (än en gång!) var utan dess like i stress. Inte ofta man får ”klämma in” att ta emot en container samma vecka som man är på BILMÄSSAN I FRANKFURT faktiskt…

Blir lite lugnare nu, och vi kommer fokusera på att fortsätta mata ut material från Frankfurt och bit för bit göra de sista sakerna innan säsong 10/11 officiellt är avslutad…

En liten film på Alex nyankomna RE-Amemiya widebody RX-7 med sina gryyymma 19″ Advan T7 fälgar bjuder vi dock på:

Rapportera gärna om filmen funkar bra att spela upp, den är upplagd på VÅRAN FACEBOOK och nu när man har en bra telefon att filma med så blir det nog mer videos från ”ute på fältet” också.

Kommentera alltså mer än gärna med hur detta gick, och givetvis vad ni tycker om bilen också? 🙂

SUPERIOR SELECTED: Lamborghini, ”ti voglio bene” – Frankfurt IAA 2011

Here comes a serious SUPERIOR SELECTED gallery from FRANKFURT IAA MOTORSHOW  2011 filled with Italian passion as strong as a cup of ristoretto: Automobili Lamborghini and all the raw energy they brought to the expo!

 

Going over all the things we loved at the expo makes it hard to keep all descriptions on a relative balanced level, but let me just explain that this stall truly was one of the showstoppers at the expo. Make sure you also watch the ”100 seconds of…” videoclip we did of their stall.

 

Extremely happy about that one so go watch it, but now lets see how Martin BILBILDER.SE Persson with free acces did his best to show why we are still in ecstasy talking about this part of our Frankfurt visit…

 

 

(Lets try and put this angle of the photo into perspective, and think about how many other journalists at this moment were watching Martins behind being in the way of that one perfect shot. The timing of this photo is superb, seeing the two large monitors had all sorts of crazy video going on apart from the wild bull logo…)

 

 

(Seeing two such contrasting colours on the Aventadors was very pleasant for the eyes. I know the typical choice would be the matte black one, but the white would not be totally crossed from the list as a complement if it was just  matter about Monopoly money. Where do you place your heart, white or black?)

 

 

(And here is the black Aventador with its devilish temporary owner (?). We played a little game of ”car or …?” and eventhough Christian Bale will drive this in the new Batman movie the choice was certainly not clear for all of the members in the Superior Team on location in Frankfurt…)

 

 

(*Obvious tagline* of that Lamborghini surely had our world spinning around. Funny thing is that among over 30 different clips me and Martin shot over two days, there was only one place which had us ”starstruck” enough to forget to put on the microphone the first time around. Ouch! Luckily the Italian gentleman just had a quick laugh about it an gave us acces to the stage one more time to shoot THE CLIP again.)

 

 

(And one from the rear of the Aventador giving you all you need about them. There was talks about Lambo bringing their ”Sesto elemento” car again just to make it official that they are going into production, but instead we were presented with…)

 

 

(…The Gallardo SuperTrofeo Stradale, which is the highest specified yet to come from them- very close to a racecar for the street. Rumors have it that they have done some tuning of the firing sequence on each cylinder, just to give it an even more unique sound in the exhaust. Not that a factory Gallardo is really that bad either…?)

 

 

(A rare (?) shot of the Lamborghini grid girls in a bit more casual outfits then usual, and in a very playful mood. These ladies were rightfully semi-worshipped at the expo, and several extra stops at their stall were made just to put a new smile on any tired mans face again. Martin also commented that they did take a flight home to Rome just opposite of their gate, so you normal visitors wont see them there sadly.)

 

 

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If thats not a treat for you to end this long week, then you got incredibly high standards! If your lucky enough, you will use this as a boost for that monday morning soon coming up as well. Gotto say just the amount of memories Lamborghinis stall gave us made the trip worth it. But then we got a dozen more almost as good stalls to report from. So, the journey has just began here in the Superior-blog.

 

Now dont forget to add us to Facebook (OUR PAGE and MARTINS as well) and if you seriously don’t want to miss out on all the ”100 secs of…” clips coming; add THIS LINK as well.

 

Been a crazy week, which no matter how many fun things we’ve endured has taken its toll on us. But a grande amount of blogging will fix all that. 🙂

VIDEO: 100 seconds of Mercedes luxury concept @ Frankfurt IAA 2011!

Coming of the CADILLAC CONCEPT we did a video of, we got another impressive one from Mercedes that has ”luxury in the future” written all over it- so coming from one of the German giants it was a blockbuster indeed in FRANKFURT IAA 2011 EXPO!

I think the best line about this concept was used in the video, that even Lady Gaga would blend in and not look her usual crazy self if she sat in this car. Fun to see a brand very aiming towards more strict and ”business” sort of appeal make both this luxury concept and the A-klasse they also did so wild!

VIMEO:

Frankfurt IAA Auto Expo 2011 – 100 seconds of Mercedes Luxury Concept from Superior Media on Vimeo.

YOUTUBE:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W5bBkJvDLs

I was lucky enough to catch this beast in motion for a few seconds before I was drowned in the crowd that was present during Mercedes mega-pressrelease show, and if this is a hint of how the future might look Iam all for it– sign me up today!

This is the last video feature of the day, in total there is around 30 of them and we gather them all IN THIS POST so you can easily keep track of the action.

Hope you’ve all had a pleasant sunday, and before you go to bed- Lamborghini will give you something to dream about as Martin Persson has a gallery coming… 🙂

SELECTED GALLERY: Brittish special @ Frankfurt IAA (Jaguar, Land Rover, Mini & Lotus)!

Getting back on the wagon in showing you all the beautiful SUPERIOR SELECTED photographs we captured at FRANKFURT IAA 2011 MOTOR SHOW, a ”british special” with brands like Jaguar, Land Rover, Mini & Lotus to name a few!

 

Among these true gentleman of the car world we haven’t included Aston Martin, but thats because they will get a gallery of their own. But now lets just enjoy 16 splendid pictures by Martin BILBILDER.SE Persson to enjoy while you drink your old fashioned afternoon cup of earl grey tea!

 

 

(The new Lotus Evora GTE came down like a matte yellow thunderbolt and truly stood out in proud fashion with its endless amount of pornographicly hot (!?) carbon. Its not the most original conclusion to say matte is ”all the rage” right now, but picking yellow was a winning move to seperate from the rest in our opinion!)

 

 

(The most common question I got coming home was expected; ”what was the best car at the expo?”. You wont have much succes asking me this, but when it comes to the chap behind the camera of these photos- the answer is certain when it comes to one selection only… Jaguar C-X16! We did duel a bit about our first impressions since I was expecting it to be more low-key, but as the ”100 seconds of…” video will show- it won me over. Great concept!)

 

 

(The ladies in the Jaguar stand were as classy as the cars, not going to go ”Project: Runway” on ya’ll but its great to see women being… women and not just objects to showcase certain parts- often made of plastic…)

 

 

(One of the most confusing upcoming ”100 secs of…” clips will be the one with the new Mini Cooper Coupé which I could not… relate to. If you just have to make a coupé of something as firmly molded as a Mini try to make it a little bigger or wider? Or am I just being jelous of them being one of the recent years winners in being a really ”hip” brand or something? Quick mention of this being a ”John Works edition” which is a sportier pimped up sort of model. Got it?)

 

 

(One more really good one of the Lotus Evora GTE in all its glory, its a shame that the pricetag gets so damn high whenever you want to pass up to something like an Exige or something more exclusive then the base grade ones. If they are making a pitch to compete above a sort of ”gymkhana supercar” segment they’ll have to get up in size quite a lot on the cars themselves…)

 

 

(Land Rover toughened up from the other lads in this gallery, and you got two concepts from them at this expo. They are also a brand that are sort of trying to find themselves again since Range Rover is the ”younger brother in a suit” while the old school ”I can handle anything” sort of attitude isn’t enough to compete with dozens of cheaper brands that offer cars that do the same. A bit… ignorant to say, but honestly don’t have too many opinions about them. How about you?)

 

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So thats a lot of love for the british automakers and a good mix for you to enjoy. We are taking our time here making these posts count, eventhough we are tempted to just splash them out on you all without any text. Got at least one more gallery to share with you before sunday is over, and two more ”100 seconds of…” which you can FOLLOW HERE GATHERED as well!

 

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