By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Sean, one of the Vivid Racing sales guys, is also a graffitti artist. Check out the Y-pipe he painted for the Vivid Racing Porsche 997 Turbo. More pics at VividRacing.com

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

The Yella Brick, the ’76 Cordoba that originally appeared in the blog as a Basketcase Rescue, has turned up on eBay looking for a new home. CarDomain member Dwaine has done some amazing things with this car, building it into a mean-ass LSR and open-road racer. And if the Yella Brick makes its reserve, a portion of the proceeds will go to the Wounded Warrior Project. Good luck with the auction, man!

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

So far we only have a few Fiat 500s on CarDomain, but I’m looking forward to seeing a bunch more once they start selling them over here. What do you think of these little Italian rides?

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

Daniel grafted a new Commander nose onto his ’88 Cherokee. What do you think–does it work? It sure does light up the night better than it used to, I’ll bet. Check out the before and after.

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

I know this will upset some of you, but Chad and Freiburger look like they’re having fun. Stay tuned for more…

HOT ROD’s Corvette Hack

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

Today’s pic is of Mike’s RX-8 shortly after it got its 2008 re-paint. The car is now orange (it’s been through a few hues), but wow: that sure was a big, sunny, happy face!

By Karan Singh

StreetFire.net

We’ve seen our share of hopped-up Evos in our day but this one definitely stands out amongst the masses. Watch this ridealong of this car pushing 300KPH! Please do not attempt this on public roads!

tsikis EVO VIII 0-300kmh

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Yesterday I had a chance to sit down and talk to Jill Bratina, VP of Communications for Volkswagen America. She was on her way to San Francisco for a big event they are staging for the new Jetta. I’ve heard complaints that the new design looks bland, but I think it looks very nice, with many design cues from the beautiful NCC they showed off at NAIAS. And with a starting price of $16k, it’s obviously a lot of car for the money. I asked Jill how they could even turn a profit on the Jetta. She said the fact that it’s built in their Puebla, Mexico facility and has 85% NAFTA content really helps them keep the cost down. Makes sense.

So I asked her all the obvious enthusiasts questions. We’re not going to see the Scirocco over here. Sorry. And the bus isn’t gonna happen either, though we may see some old bus styling cues on a new project they are working on called the “new small family” series, which will be alternative fuel vehicles. It sounds like VW has not entirely ruled out bringing over the Polo. Still, nothing definite there. Jill emphasized that VW will always have products for the enthusiast, like the current GTI and GLI. And they realize that there are concerns around the quality and durability of their vehicles and are making it a top priority to improve things there.

In addition to the new Jetta, Jill is very excited about the next version of the Beetle, which she said will “get back it its roots.” Maybe we’ll see it unveiled early next year?

By Speedhunters

Car Culture At Large

As the world drift press is full of Vaughn Gittin Jr.’s Monster Mustang, I thought it might be a cool idea to look at a slightly different drift ‘stang. This is Yves Faber’s idea of a drift machine, who hails from Luxembourg. You might remember a video I posted a while ago of this car on a hill climb track in Luxembourg. The motor is a 6.1L Ford V8 breathed on by a company called Redline. It pushes out around 450 ponies and a little over 700Nm of torque, enough to propel the 1300kg fox very very sideways.

See more at Speedhunters. By Alok Paleri.

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

You know the drill: Come up with a caption for the picture below by noon PST next Thursday. If you submit the funniest one, we’ll send you some CarDomain swag. Three entries per member max. Good luck!