All things not black…
A december morning on which i got up to the softest and the fluffiest of snow. In the bleak wintery surroundings a blanket of snow is always refreshing.Merry Christmas to you all and very happy new year!
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1.Passion
They won the constructors four times before Lotus ran out of money for Formula 1. Colin Chapman, the father of Lotus cars, never ever considered reducing the passion. Every car that walked out the Lotus stable was built with the same passion as that of a race car. He always stressed two things. One, driving[…]
2.Ambition
They said it could not be done. Enzo Ferrari walked out of Henry Ford’s office rejecting Henry’s demands of buying Ferrari, saying that a truck maker would never be able to build a race car. Le Man’s laurels looked a long way off but with sheer determination, Henry Ford II created a legacy that would[…]
3.Maverick
It was unconventional to say the least. The Quattro Sport had a very short wheelbase, an all aluminum 300 bhp engine, and a body made of aluminum re enforced fiberglass and Kevlar. What really stood out though was the Audi’s self devised system to send the power to all four wheels. The Quattro changed the[…]
4.Adaptable
This one hit the ground running. The Mustang rewrote the sales record books soon after it burst into the market in the spring of 1964. This was the inexpensive sports car that everybody wanted. The Mustang was almost universal in appeal. There was a mustang for mothers, sons, daughters, husbands, and even young at heart[…]
5.Artistic
Luxury, Performance and stunning good looks…Not many performance car makers can match the quality with which the Maserati combines all three. The Maserati Ghibli pitched squarely against the Ferrari Daytona and the Lamborghini Miura, it out sold both convincingly. It was considered to have the perfect pedigree and a flawless Ghia design. At the same[…]
Is it getting better?
And so, the white has dwarfed the green. The lingering coolness now grows into the distinct adult coldness. Sun, as mighty as it is, is suppressed early in the day. It’s beautiful, the serenity of white. It’s sickening, the listless empty sky. A sure footed crunch now is interspersed with a sloppy slosh, The walk[…]
I am the night.
The new Batman logo. Note the much smarter curves as against the overly rounded previous logo. The dark, yet precise qualities of a bat come through this logo very well. The Batman, ladies and gentlemen, will continue to live for ever….
One fine day
The Times of India, once, had a quote on the front page under the header section. One of my friends noticed it with the same interest as I did. Later in the day, when we met in college, we both spoke of the same quote almost at once. Many a times, since then, I have[…]