Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Odd Design Inspirations - Part 4

-It's a fairly well known fact that Jay Leno is a big time car collector and enthusiast. So perhaps it's fitting that in the last few years Japanese automakers have been secretly honoring him in preparation for his impending loss of the driver's seat at the Tonight Show:

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Odd Design Inspirations - Part 3

While we're on the Star Wars theme...

I saw this and instantly heard James Earl Jones talking to me through a respirator: “(breathing)…Luke...(breathing)…I am your father…(breathing)…and you should have bought an Evo IX

I'm usually opposed to giving credit to anyone other than us for literary wit concerning automobiles, but I must give credit where credit is due, and for once the ultimate credit belongs not to us but to the dude at Edmunds.com who saw the Evo X and wrote, "Looks like Darth Vader ate a subcompact."