Hot Painted Ferrari Art Car by Ton Pret

Dutch modern painter and fashion artist Ton Pret reveals Ferrari Art-Car on Open Art Fair

The Ton Pret Ferrari project is an unique art-car project where Dutch modern artist Ton Pret transformed a high-powered Ferrari 355 into 'The Fastest Artwork of Holland'. The project was executed in the summer of 2010.

Ton Pret Artist

Ton Pret started as a painter in 2005. His success emerged fast and work was exposed in the Amsterdam “Beurs van Berlage, the Fortezza da Basso in Florence, in Ascona Italy and the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum. Not only his paintings and sculptures are popular amongst art-lovers and collectors, also his shoes, jeans and watches are in growing demand worldwide. His colorful high-heeled shoes caused a stir in the latest Paris fashion shows.

Ton Pret Ferrari

With this art-car project Ton transformed a high-powered Ferrari 355 into 'The Fastest Artwork of Holland'. Ton comments: ‘’This project was done in assignment of a lover of Dutch modern art, whom I met in the end of 2009. When he proposed to paint his Ferrari in my style I immediately said yes. I never had second thoughts.” The combination of this well-designed car, the speed and the joy of colors can be characterized as explosive. The Ton Pret Ferrari is already causing lots of controversies, especially amongst car lovers. The Ton Pret Ferrari is not meant to be sold but will be on display at selected events.

The Project

The planning for this project started in January 2010. In the beginning of May the car was prepared by Ferrari bodywork specialists. The actual painting of the car took Ton seven weeks. The complete car was hand painted, using a small size brush. To reach the desired depth of the colors all painting had to be done at least three times over. Because of these high working standards, the project demanded far more time than initially planned.

The work was also physically demanding. Because the car is painted top-to-bottom, Ton had to perform most of his creative work from difficult angles. To protect the delicate technology of the car the entire project was executed under the expert supervision of the Ferrari Bodyshop in 's-Graveland, The Netherlands.

Art-car tradition

Ton is not the first Dutch artist creating an exclusive hand painted art-car. With this project Ton follows the footsteps of Cobra artist Karel Appel and rock star and painter Herman Brood. Internationally the BMW-art-car series are well-known, featuring Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and recently Jeff Koons.

Recently more and more cars are being decorated with a special car foil. This process is cost-effective and quick, the foil can be applied within a day. Because the original artwork is copied on foil the result can be easily reproduced. This technique was not an option for this project. The goal of Ton and the owner of the Ferrari was to create a real object of art that is and will always remain a unique piece.

The Ferrari

The Ferrari 355 GTS Competizione is in perfect condition. The car runs over 185 miles per hour. It has a 8 cylinder / 3.5 liter engine and weighs 1350 kilo. The original color was Giallo Modena (Ferrari yellow).

article via open art fair

GM announced new Chevrolet Cruze hatchback car

GM the US car manufacturer announced Chevrolet Cruze hatchback production version car will be going to make its first debut at 2011 Geneva Motor show next month.

The Chevrolet Cruze hatchback car is powered with 2.0L diesel engine system with 163 hp. The car is connected to standard 6-speed manual transmission. The car is same as the Cruze Hatchback concept displayed at Paris Motor Show on last September. The five-door car will be available with several new engines.

The Chevrolet Cruze Hatchback car has 14 cubic ft of storage when the rear seats are folded. The car features new body frame integral system which is related to typical car platform. The car has wide use of light weight materials.

The Chevrolet Cruze Hatchback car will be available for sale with dealers in Europe on 2011 summer. The price and accurate design of Chevrolet Cruze hatchback car details will be announced by the company shortly. The car will be going to make its first debut at 2011 Geneva Motor show next month.

Art Car Phone Looses Dial Tone - Destroyed by Roof Collapse

The Phone Car Crushed by Collapsed Roof - Front Side

The world famous Phone Car created by Howard Davis was brutally damaged recently when the roof of the Avon Industrial Park collapsed due to snow build up. The Phone car will not be making any long distance calls anytime soon, but with a little TLC and some bondo it can be up running soon. Our best wished for a speedy recovery goes out to you.

The Phone Car Crushed by Collapsed Roof - Front

The Phone Car Crushed by Collapsed Roof - Rear Side

The Phone Car Crushed by Collapsed Roof - Side

Photos by Howard Davis

Dias de los Muertos Taco Truck - Kinetic Sculpture Race

Dias de los Muertos Taco Truck - In Parade

The Kinetic Grand Championship is a 3-day, 42-mile bicycle race over land, sand, mud and water. Many refer to the Kinetic Grand Championship as the “Triathlon of the Art World.”

The race began 40 years ago in 1969, when world-renowned sculpture artist Hobart Brown challenged Ferndale artist Jack Mays to a race down Ferndale’s Mainstreet. In their kinetic contraptions they started a 40-year Humboldt tradition that has spread to Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Colorado, Baltimore, Maryland and all the way to Perth, Australia. But it all began here among the majestic redwood groves of Humboldt County.

Day 1 of the Kinetic Grand Championship starts on the Plaza in Arcata, California at the noon whistle every Memorial Day weekend. The racers take off to the Manila dunes, where they race through miles of sand to the great and inevitable “Deadman’s Drop.” Then on to Eureka’s downtown gazebo.

Dias de los Muertos Taco Truck - More Parade

Day 2 starts in Eureka at the waterfront on the Humboldt Bay, where brave Kinetic Pilots race their crafts through the water (most float). Then back on land where kinetic sculptures go up Hookton Hill, a 1 mile-7% incline and decline. Day 2 ends with a private campout for racers and volunteers only.

Dias de los Muertos Taco Truck - Floating

Day 3 starts from the mouth of the Eel River, through Morgan slough and onto dry land. Racers cross the finish line on Ferndale’s historic Mainstreet, where racers park and head up to the Final Awards Dinner at Ferndale’s Fireman’s Hall.

Dias de los Muertos Taco Truck - Land Race

Dias de los Muertos Taco Truck - Beach Race

What is a Kinetic Sculpture?

Kinetic Sculptures are all-terrain human-powered art sculptures that are engineered to race over road, water, mud and sand. Kinetic sculptures are amazing works of art; many are animated with moving parts like blinking eyes, opening mouths, heads that move side to side and up and down.

Kinetic Sculptures are usually made from what some people consider “junk”. But one man’s junk is another racer’s raw material. Each Kinetic Sculpture is a work of art and each racing team has its own theme.

The teams consist of pilots, pit crew and pee-ons. Kinetic Pilots pedal the sculpture and steer, the pit crew assists the pilots in transforming the vehicle for the various elements and fixing mechanical issues, and pee-ons, well, they do whatever is needed for the team to get glory. The teams give out “bribes” to their adoring spectators, judges and Rutabaga Royalty.

Spectators are encouraged to follow the race on their bikes (obeying all traffic laws that apply please). Seeing these marvels of art and engineering turns many people on to bike culture and reminds people how much fun riding your bike can be!

Who Wins?

Good question! Well when Hobart Brown started the Kinetic Sculpture Race 40 years ago, he lost the race he created! Now one of the most coveted awards is the “Mediocre Award.”

Other awards include “The Golden Dinosaur,” which is the first sculpture to break down after the start line, “The Golden Flipper,” for the best flip of a sculpture in sand and water, and “Poor Pitiful Me.” Racers can also “Ace” the race, which means they race the entire course for 42 miles without pushing or ''getting caught'' cheating. Each award is handmade by a local artist!

via Kinetic Sculpture Race
Photos by Tina Kerrigan Photography

The Sauna - Riding the Alps in Style

The Sauna was built from a Volvo 240 and taken on CzechWrecks 2009, a 1500 mile 4 day journey starting from Calais, France through Swiss and Italian Alps all the way to Prague, Czech Republic.

What we have here is about 1/3rd of a ton of wood paneling being applied to the Volvo.

If you are wondering whether this wood had any impact on performance, I am assured it did. What performance they had to start with, remember that Volvo 240 are agricultural at best, that performance was soon zeroed.

Chris and Tom and their team built this car to raise money for charity and an opportunity to travel in their bath towels riding the sauna over some of the highest passes in Europe.

Noble revealed new 2011 Noble M600 car

Noble the UK car manufacturer revealed the new 2011 Noble M600 car which is a production ready version car.

The new 2011 Noble M600 car is powered with mid mounted twin turbo 4.4L V8 engine system with 650 hp and 604 lb-ft of torque. The car is connected to 6-speed manual transmission. The car is accelerated from 0-60 mph in 3.0 seconds and top speed of the car is 225 mph.

The new 2011 Noble M600 car is very powerful car which has Adaptable Performance Control system to control engine output. In Road mode the car produces 450hp, full traction control, smoothly progressive boost curve and throttle response. In Track mode the car produces 550hp and limits traction control interference. In Race mode the car produce the full 650hp by accelerating the throttle response and allows for better wheel rotation.

The new 2011 Noble M600 car technical features include tubular space frame chassis, carbon fiber composite body and Alcon braking system with ventilated 380mm semi floating discs with six piston calipers on front and 350mm discs with four pistons on rear. The cost details of the car was not revealed by the company. The car will be available for sale with dealers in April.

Volvo revealed new Volvo V60 plug-in hybrid car

Volvo the Sweden car manufacturer revealed new 2012 Volvo V60 plug-in hybrid car a virtually production ready car.

The 2012 Volvo V60 plug-in hybrid car is powered with Volvo D5 2.4L 5-cylinder turbo diesel engine system with 215hp and 440 Nm of torque. The rear axle has an Electric Rear Axle Drive electric motor with 70 kW powered with 12 kWh lithium-ion battery pack. The Gearbox is connected to 6-speed automatic transmission.

The 2012 Volvo V60 plug-in hybrid car hybrid system is manufactured in joint venture with Swedish energy supplier Vattenfall. The Fuel consumption of the car is 1.9L/100 km, CO2 emissions are less than 50 g/km and the car can run up to 50 km only on pure electric power.

The 2012 Volvo V60 plug-in hybrid car going to make its first debut at Geneva auto show which will be available for sale with dealers on next year.

Steam punk concept motorcycle art by Kevin Mowrer

Kevin Mowrer art. Spaceships and robots too!



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Lamborghini revealed new Gallardo LP 560-4 Bicolore car

Lamborghini the Italian car manufacturer has revealed the new Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4 Bicolore car at the Qatar Motor Show.

The Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4 Bicolore car is powered with 5.2L V10 engine system with 552 hp and 540 Nm of torque. The car is connected to standard e-gear transmission which is accelerated from 0-100 km/h in 3.7 seconds and top speed of 325 km/h.

The Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4 Bicolore car has two tone paint scheme with Noctis Black accents and body is offered in Giallo Midas, Arancio Borealis, Grigio Telesto, Bianco Monocerus or Blux Caelum. The interior of the car was designed with Nero Noctis trim and Nero Persus leather with contrast stitching that imitates the exterior body color.

The Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4 Bicolore car will be available in European and Asian Pacific markets. In US the car obtains LP 550-2 Bicolore with all the same equipment without all-wheel drive. The cost details of the car were announced by the company later.

Blowing Kisses with the Lipstick Art Car

The Lipstick Art Car is a 2003 Pontiac Vibe embellished with kisses and other items installed solely in celebration of lipstick. Minneasota artist Patti Paulson created the car in 2010. During parades, Patti leaves her mark when she "lays the smack down" on the crowd to the beat of well known kissing songs blaring from her radio.

Aston Martin revealed Aston Martin V8 Vantage S car

Aston Martin the UK car manufacturer revealed Aston Martin V8 Vantage S car which is a driver-focused model.

The Aston Martin V8 Vantage S car is powered with 4.7L V8 engine system with 430 hp and 490 Nm of torque. The car is connected to new 7-speed Sportshift II transmission which is 20% faster than earlier cars. The car has united fuel consumption rating of 12.9 L/100km, CO2 emissions of 299 g/km and top speed of 189 mph.

The Aston Martin V8 Vantage S car features unique appearance with carbon fiber front splitter, larger air intake, new rear bumper and carbon fiber diffuser. The further modifications are modified side sills, bigger rear spoiler and 19-inch alloy wheels with bespoke Bridgestone tires. The interior of the car is equipped with sport seats, sport steering wheel, Weave Alloy trim and plenty of Vantage S badging.

The Aston Martin V8 Vantage S has been exclusively designed similar to good sports car. The cars has sportier steering ratio, new springs / dampers, larger front brake discs with 380mm and are clamped by new six-piston calipers. The car also has new dynamic stability control system and revised brake module with Hydraulic Brake Assist and Hill Start Assist.

 

Electric Goat Scooter, All the Rage - Alex Harrah

Alex Harrah could possible have created the worlds first electric art scooter. He took your basic scooter and replaced the handle bars with goats head or possibly a rams head. Either way horns for handlebars and cup holder is a nice Gothic touch.

Alex uses this scooter to get around due to being diagnosed with Alpha-1 as a result of having been a heavy smoker in the past. He now campaigns against smoking with his two other art cars.

The first was an art car called Cigs Kill created using the body of 1951 Nash Statesman and the frame of a 1978 Lincoln Mark V with extreme detail that took him seven years to complete.

Cigs Kill Art Car by Alex Harrah - Photo by T. Mitchell Jones

The most recent art car is a 1968 Cadillac hearse painted with cigs cigarettes called Home Grown Terror.

Home Grown Terror Art Car by Alex Harrah - Photo by Tim Klein

Fiat revealed new 2011 Fiat Freemont car

Fiat the Italian car manufacturer revealed the new 2011 Fiat Freemont car which is available with four different engines two diesel engines and two gasoline engines.

The 2011 Fiat Freemont car is powered with 2.0L MultiJet diesel engine system will feature front wheel drive one produces 140 hp and another produces 170hp is connected to a manual transmission. One gasoline engine is powered with 2.0L MultiJet engine with 170hp and 3.6L Pentastar V6 petrol with 276hp with all wheel drive and automatic transmission.

The 2011 Fiat Freemont features modified bumpers, revised grille, LED tail lights, improved sound deadening, special suspension and steering configuration. The car has two trim levels, equipped with seven seats, tri zone automatic climate control, keyless entry, cruise control, tire pressure monitoring system, fog lights and maximum cargo capacity of 51.6 cubic feet.

The 2011 Fiat Freemont has Bluetooth connectivity, touch screen infotainment system rear parking sensors, automatic headlights, roof rails, tinted windows and 17-inch alloy wheels.The cost details of the car are not announced by the company which is going to make its first debut at Geneva Motor Show.

Art Car Central Scraped by Impostor Blogger

I found a site tonight that has totally stolen the entire content of Art Car Central.But don't be fooled by the impostor "art car zone" because it will never measure up to Art Car Central. I cant get a hold of the author of that so I am posting this for their benefit, so if you get this "please quit stealing and scarping the material found on Art Car Central. I wonder how long it will take to post to there site. art car zone sucks.

Concept vehicles by Matthew C. Barrett

M.C. BARRETT concept art. Get his sketchbook!









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Mercedes GTK vehicle concept by Pascal Eggert

iPeg on deviantart.



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StreetSafari Rally Art Cars from the UK Now a Regular Feature!!!

StreetSafari, organizer of the world's best banger rallies, has teamed with Art Car Central to showcase some of the countless creations of our teams over the years.

For those unfamiliar with banger rallies, here is a quick introduction: buy a car on a budget (£250 or $500), repair it, make it legal for the road, take it on a journey across Europe or the States with other like minded people. Whether the car will end up in a foreign scrap yard or be taken back home is up to the team and is usually anybody's guess.

As one might imagine, part of the challenge is simply getting the car to the finish line. For most teams, the challenge starts much earlier. What seems to happen between buying the car and getting it ready for the start line is subject to paint, imagination and -- probably -- alcohol.

We get to see everything. You name it, we've seen it. If there was ever a famous car on television or cinema, we've seen at least five examples of it on our events. General Lee, Starsky & Hutch, the A Team, Ghostbusters, all done to death. We see rally themes from Audi, Skoda, Martini, Pink Pig, and just about any other you can think of. The quality of the theme seems to vary with the quantity of what the team has drunk, as much as with their creative ability.

Sometimes a team will just paint or decorate the car to a theme they made up. That's where we get the stand out cars.

Today's fabulous art car is a 1992 Volvo 480, with possibly the most intricate design we have ever seen in all the years and events that we've done. Its nickname on the event was simply "the Rorschach car" and everyone knew which that meant. When we first saw this car we made enquiries that it was being brought back to the UK after event, as it would be a crying shame to send this car to the crusher before it had enough time to be appreciated for the masterpiece that it was.

The story behind this art car is that two friends had bought it but had no idea what to do for a theme until they bumped into a rather talented artist friend. He then proceeded to draw all over the car and took about three weeks to do it. We believe the car was then sealed in a lacquer to give it a lasting finish, and we think the car is now in Glasgow somewhere.

From a distance, the drawing appears as one giant doodle. The closer you look, however, the more diverse and detailed the images become. A real piece of car art if ever we saw one.

By Justin Clements of StreetSafari
 

17 Crazy Ways To Prank Your Friends Car

Is it late night, feeling mischievous, and have nothing better to do on Saturday night? Why not prank your friends car next time you and your friends are out and about hanging out at Dennis at 1 o'clock in the morning. What better way to say "You rock dude" than to cover your buddies car with a bunch of TP or plastic wrap. Or show your boss how much you appreciate him by covering his car in post-it notes. Better yet, freak out your mom at grocery store by surrounding her car with shopping cars.  There is a car prank for every season, autumn leafs in the fall, snow in the winter, sand moats in the summer, pumpkins for Halloween. There is also a pick axe prank for the angry ex-girlfriend which I don't recommend. Have fun enjoy.

Surround Cart Car Prank

Police Tape Cop Car Prank - Better be a cop to do this

TP Car Prank

Tin Foil Car Prank

Car Filled with Pumpkin in Car

Principal's Car covered in hall passes Car Prank

Car filled with receipts and friends Car Prank

Car buried in autumn leaves Car Prank

cotton wool car prank

Plastic wrap and cone car prank

Cardboard covered car prank

Classic post-it note car prank

Paper mache car prank

Truck moat car prank

Filled with snow car prank

Plastic wrap car wrap

Angry ex-girlfriend pick axe car prank - ACC does not condone this one at all.