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Another gratuitous car comment My ego being suitably gratified by the reactions to my earlier post about SUVs, well, I could not resist linking to this nice story, also by Reuters, about the latest incarnation of the mighty Ford Mustang.
It seems that folk who want us Westerners to cut back on oil as a way of squeezing the Middle East are fighting a losing battle at the moment.
Also in a totally gratuitous vein, here is a story with some picks of the latest Aston Martin, as driven by Pierce Brosnan in his, in my view, largely rather silly James Bond movie. But for this petrol-head, the car is pure eye candy. Aston Martin in my view has made some of the most beautiful cars ever. I used to rank the DB5 as the most aesthetically pleasing, but I think the Vanquish is even better.
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Couldn’t agree more on the Vanquish. I have been a fan of Astons ever since the DB2/4 GT and DB3 racer. The DB7 was also a great design and the basis for the current one.
I rather see Steve McQueen chucking a Renoir onto the nightime beach bonfire to impress Faye Dunaway in the original version of ‘The Thomas Crowne Affair’ as the highwater mark of pre-OPEC-oil-price-rise late-60s optimism, but each to his own!
Insert chauvinist comment about Faye Dunaway in the orginal Thomas Crown Affair here.
Next time I buy a car, I still think I’ll get a Honda.
The remake of Thomas Crown Affair with Brosnan, Rene Russo and the one and only Dennis Leary (playing a cop) is much better as a film, in my view.
Fave McQueen film with a car is, of course, Bullitt. Magnificent.