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"Car looks good and again, if you want to own a piece of the action, Lean Customs just dropped a pin of his vehicle."
"This era of Capri has such a strong following."
"Drifting was born in Japan, that is where you'll find the biggest drifting scene."
"The excitement that it brings to people, it creates a whole new generation of car enthusiasts."
"Gone in 60 seconds has to be my favorite car movie."
"This sweet little number is owned by Dan Jensen, and I caught up with him in Michigan to get an up-close look at one of the most sought-after Chevelles ever produced."
"Luxury cars offer the richest of the rich the opportunity to drive around in cars with an insane level of comfort."
"A hot rod is usually referred to as an American car modified or rebuilt to improve its look and make it unique."
"There's a real dedicated following behind the Ford Bronco nameplate."
"If you see a Bugatti Veyron running around on OEM wheels and tires like stock tires and wheels, that's the definition of a true baller."
"Los Angeles has a lot of amazing Beetle history."
"For all of our complaints about various classic cars, I would still rather drive any of those than something so soulless and modern and boring."
"If one of these pulls up into Cars and Coffee, you can't help but get excited."
"This is a very special Riviera, and I'm just absolutely thrilled."
"The world has fallen in love with the Ford Bronco... its combination of good looks, off-road prowess, and sheer cool factor has given it a cult-like following."
"Opening the Gullwing door is one of the coolest things that a car person can do."
"Americans love their cars, but one thing Americans don't seem to be crazy about is the process of acquiring them."
"Jeep owners have their own clubs and schedule events dedicated to driving."
"Jeep inspires a rare sort of cult-like devotion other automakers would kill for."
"The Corvair maybe one of the cars that was a failure in its day but may have been unfairly targeted for any number of reasons so it has become iconic and there are a huge Corvair fan bases out there to this day."
"The hope is also that eventually it comes full circle and the cars start to find you."
"Corvettes are special, there's something different about driving this car."
"Some people have the opinion that Corvettes are lame, those people are wrong."
"The Supra Turbo is a legend in automotive car culture."
"The 300 SRT: The coolest car out there, hands down."
"When you look at the reasons we become car guys, I'm not sure there's one that's responsible for the continuation of the love of cars more than the opening scene of Cannonball Run."
"Is the Lamborghini Countach for everyone? No, I think it's a special car for special people."
"The Ford Mustang: A lifestyle statement on wheels."
"It's a fascinating piece of British and Italian motoring history."
"Cars would factor heavily into the legend surrounding him, as his Porsche 550 Spyder had a touch of the supernatural about it."
"I don't care what the vehicles we drive happen to be powered by if they're cool and I can iPhone and play some music."
"Porsche inspires a kind of loyalty and devotion that stands apart."
"Drag racing in a legit way with some pretty legit cars."
"A WRX is a car, a WRX STI is an icon, and there is a huge difference subjectively."
"I love actually when there are a ton of people because it just goes to show how many of you guys are out there that love cars."
"There is a humorous aspect here that I think is very difficult to come across in the automotive community."
"There's not a shop in the world that has done more to introduce cars to a wider audience."
"Being able to roll up to your next car meet in something that no one has ever seen before, that is absolutely priceless."
"This is a shrine to power, to speed, to metal. This is where dreams are driven."
"It would be cool to see a fan have something different other than a mustang drag car."
"What makes a car culture Legend? Authenticity."
"Beginning the world's love affair with recreational off-roading."
"Cars that cost less than half what we pay in Australia and mods that are totally legal, this is automotive paradise."
"Honda's been iconic in the tuning world, some of the best OGs in the game."
"The second generation WX STI is truly iconic; and I honestly believe if it wasn't for the hype of these early STIs, the new ones that are keeping Subaru alive would not be selling as hot as they are right now."
"Old school muscle has style and a silhouette that's unmistakable... almost a half a century the Mustang has proven that it's one wild horse that won't be broken."
"Mercedes Maybach is a state of mind, it's a belief that a regular Mercedes-Benz S Class just doesn't adequately tell the world you're successful."
"Respect and honesty: keys to thriving in the car culture."
"It epitomizes for me everything that GT Porsches are about."
"Drag racing, it's fun right but it's overrated it's not the end all be all that defines a car in my opinion."
"Cars we of course grabbed some drift cars just to have the more aggressive character in the cars."
"Being kind of far from normal but walking a line of normality in what I define as OEM plus."
"This car is just such an icon in the automotive world."
"Absolutely perfect you know that Camaro meets animal that eats Mustangs."
"Finding cars that have a cool connection, a cool story, making them into something special and more personal."
"Respect all builds, different people have different budgets, but having enough taste to not stick to the entire autozone bargain bin to your dirty sh costs nothing."
"What could be cooler than a set of original BMW Motorsport stripes?"
"A legend in Japanese and international car culture was born."
"Older BMWs like I owned an F-80 M3 encouraged you to drive a little bit like a hoonigan."
"The dodge muscle cars have brought tens of thousands of new people into the automotive hobby."
"Some of it's just is the chase of chasing down a shoe and getting it, and then it's fun to see my son who likes it and then he rocks it."
"We've managed to turn up to one of the biggest Honda meets in the country in a Volkswagen."
"I think it's really easy to get caught in that mode where we are comparing our horsepower numbers to other people and we feel like we need a thousand horsepower or we aren't relevant which is really just silly."
"I absolutely love wagons... Despite appearing to be compromised, why is the M3 touring so popular?"
"It's a journey. Driving should be enjoyable, but it seems like the powers that be are taking all the enjoyment out of it."
"I just love having the worst example of the coolest car I could ever want."
"Get the manual now enjoy it now keep them alive maybe for a little while longer if you know they sell enough of them."
"The BBS CH-R, an extremely popular wheel in the Euro community."
"The Gram Lights 57DR, absolutely killer wheels."
"I took it to Caffeine and Octane the other day... just a fun, fun car."
"There's something delightfully old-school about the thought that one of their owners is gonna want to replace a belt on the side of the road."
"That's what a great car is, the stories that are behind it."
"There's a massive wider lifestyle and culture that comes with these things that isn't just about the cars themselves, and I'd love to share that if you want to see it."
"In a world drowning in sensible and mostly boring SUVs, the Jimny is a bit like a stand-up comedian in a conference full of Taxation accountants, and it reminds you just how fun cars can be."
"I'm proud that we're getting younger car enthusiasts introduced into this world and hopefully we're going to introduce them correctly with our selections."
"I just love the way these things look slammed out to me it just makes everything look so much tougher so much cooler."
"Many Mopar fans and muscle car enthusiasts... have a lot of pushback when it comes to replacing the traditional gas-powered V8s with EVs."
"A red Dodge Viper to a gas guzzling challenge, there could be no other option."
"I mean, it's the perfect celebration of gluttonous gas guzzling."
"These are the first cars we see in 'The Fast and the Furious' series and they changed the world."
"The Boss 429 is probably the ultimate Ford muscle car."
"They're fantastic cars because of their history."
"Mustang isn't just a means of getting from A to B, it's about enjoying everything in between."
"That Mustang spirit, that Mustang feeling, is what has helped make Mustang an icon."
"We're surrounded by some amazing cars. It's super exciting to see BMW M celebrating such a special occasion."
"And Fitment Industries will be proud of you because you kept one of the coolest cars alive."
"But here's the thing. Who cares? It's time to end the transmission shaming."
"I will never buy an EV and I will hate everything that happens to EVs because I'm a purist."
"Cars are our own automotive equivalent of an online avatar."
"Mighty Car Mods is about going, 'These things you can do, just go out and do it.'"
"Cacao is definitely the one that I'm marrying off. Brandon, because he's young and beautiful."
"The simple guide to style: step one, lower your car. Step two, put sick wheels on it."
"GTR r35 is the car that most of us also know and love and it's contrary to a lot of people one of the best platforms to build on."
"This car is basically everything enthusiasts say they want, and yet it was a flop."
"Gran Turismo brought car culture and motorsport to the masses."
"The original Gran Turismo revolutionized how cars and racing were viewed."
"You're gonna buy this for pretty much status, and just rolling around town you're gonna feel pretty pimp driving it."
"These guys have kept the legend of the 086 the little bird alive."
"This car was a glimmer of hope that the muscle car wasn't dead."
"It feels like you're keeping something old on the road, and that's much more charming than spending $200,000 on a brand new inefficient truck."
"It's really about freedom and emotion, yeah, of course, it became associated with V8s and so on, but really it's about freedom."
"It would cement the tradition of a Raging Bull."
"People just love these cars and can't get enough of this VTEC action."
"If you want loud delightfully obnoxious stylized two-door V8 icons that even still have the option of a third pedal, the Americans are the only game in town."
"It's not just a car, it's a symbol of success."
"Welcome to BMW M-Town, where too much is just right."
"Consider this like you see old cars with wings and flares and stuff, you're like, 'oh they had so much character, that was so cool.'"
"I honestly think if you don't like muscle cars, you're kind of missing the point."
"This is a cool car, dude. I love these VK SS Commodores, man."
"There was just something about having a front-wheel drive car that was sort of unassuming but had this personality and this experience that was second to none."
"This might be the greatest car in the history of cars." - Ordinary Adventures
"This is about people, but it's also about cars. This is about fun. This is a defense of car meets."
"But you might be surprised if you add a little bit more of cars to your life through a car meet you might be surprised at the things you discover, the people you meet, the good times that you have."
"Dude, I got some people finally appreciating the underglow. This is amazing."
"That's the way it works around here in Monaco, there's gotta be at least a little bit of cooperation with the car heads if you are not to crash, it takes two to tango."
"A very special thank you to each and every Corvette owner, the National Corvette Museum, the Bowling Green assembly plant, and Bowling Green cabals Chevrolet along with their respective staffs."
"This is a pretty special day to be here with the four AMGs in the hometown of Mercedes-Benz."
"Mustang's spirit, that Mustang feeling, is what has helped make Mustang an icon."
"Thank you BMW for 100 years let's get everyone's opinions and we'll be in the comments and I know yeah throw it out there throwing it out there favorite BMW of all time or the BMW that made you love BMWs."
"There's never going to be a group of guys standing around in a car show surrounding a Tesla waiting for it to start up."
"I think car enthusiasts, we need to stand up for what we want our kids and their kids to be able to enjoy."
"We're really at this moment living in the best era to be a car guy."
"Mustang races everywhere forever, right?" - Mark Rushbrook
"The car community needs more diversity, it needs different and the Volkswagen Beetle does that."
"The E46 M3's popularity is due to the versatility and appeal with multiple demographics."
"The legend of Carol Shelby and the Shelby Cobra are forever etched in history in Motorsports and in the hearts of Automotive Enthusiast."
"If you do buy this car you are buying into hot hatch royalty and buy in you should because you can pick one of these up super cheap"
"The jeep community, you know, they're fierce. They are some of the most brand-driven group of people I've ever met."
"This Christmas or next Thanksgiving when you're around the table and someone is asking you why don't they bring back small trucks to America you can raise your cup and just say it's all about the cafe."
"Thank You Volkswagen for hashtag save the manuals."
"Top Gear were my weekly sermon... because it really was that good."
"I think many of us had our first introduction to some real cool Automotive Brands the likes of Pagani and Koenigsegg but for a young man in Britain there was one that I think was cooler than any other and that was Noble."
"There ain't much you can't do in a race car."
"From Australia to Japan and back Martin's epic Daihatsu skills a little bit of fang danglery and we're there."
"When I was growing up in Springfield, car guys were all over the place."
"He took the two main streams in America, motive enthusiasm, especially in Southern California, hot rods and sports cars, and combined them."
"That era of cars from 20 or so years ago... was really like one of the prime eras of motoring."
"It's pretty surreal to say that you put on the largest Subaru enthusiast festival in the world."
"We are at Peak automobile in a lot of ways but in the in terms of the enjoyment of driving we are so far past Peak."
"People were definitely driving; they just weren't driving anything fun."
"Hagerty's goal was to be that one Central repository for everyone who loves cars."
"Honda boys Honda boys you're next um next bro."
"That's how you know they're aftermarket, only the originals say Dodge across the front."
"Pebble Beach has become the Super Bowl of Concours car shows."
"Huntington Beach is the mecca for the hot rod world. I would say for the rat rod world as well."
"The essence of hot rodding is to go fast."
"Let's hop back into Grant's Miata with the automatic transmission, there we go, and let's head on back down the road to Tone Town."
"Of all the people that owned Miatas, there's a good portion of them that are either in the middle of a turbo build, planning a turbo build, or going to bed at night dreaming about a turbo build."
"...it represents a real charming take on that mid-century motoring."
"For us in Australia, we're so used to V8 utes, here it is, it's kind of here."
"Instantly this became the popmobile and the standard for G-Wagon customization was set."
"390s, bro. You know how fast that is in the eighth?"
"Another thing ricers just flock to: LED lights. Sixty dollars, popping off like Xbox video games."
"If you really wanted to modify your car, you wouldn't do this. These are just people that want to look like they modify their car."
"...nobody [ __ ] cares anymore. Like, this is like everyone does this. Everyone does this: slam your car, put camber on it, put an intake on it, call it a build. It's so lazy, I [ __ ] hate it."
"...why would you buy a drop top Mustang and make it have 700 rear wheel horsepower? I don't know."
"That's the Revival, you know? It happens every year. It's passionate driving, passionate cars, and beautiful people that are here, and that's what's special about the Revival."
"Learn to appreciate your heritage, you learn to appreciate the heritage of the car."
"The car presence of a 355, I mean, let's face it, the 355 is probably one of the most iconic Ferraris ever made in this generation."
"Respect the build, bro. Respect it. Come on, man, we all got different tastes."
"Respect the build, bro. Respect it."
"The Corvette may not have invented the penis car, but it sure perfected it."
"People are still buying and modifying Infiniti G35's."
"The Green Book was just the beginning for black car culture."
"...an icon, it's an indelible part of the motoring landscape."
"I love that about the car environment."
"I want to set Craigers on it 'cause that's what I want. I think it'll look great, kind of old school, you know, '70s, '80s vibe."
"That's keeping it in the Mopar family."
"You can have a similar experience and if you go to Ratwood in this car, people will love it for sure."
"It's so sick man when this thing comes back to America having the Toge badges from Japan that you stick on right in the toge, gotta stick on after running the toge. That's insane. It's the best feeling."
"Passion is needed, passion for moving pistons, for smoking tires, the smell of petrol."
"In the spring we tend to see a lot more classic cars."
"Caffeine and Machine exists... as a brand that caters to everyone with a love for things that move."
"Because at LMC Truck, we know that while time may have passed, your passion for her never faded."
"One thing I like about the car game, it maybe brings everybody together, no matter if you're black, white, purple, cops, everybody gotta look."
"As long as Americans still want to live in the land of the free, America's car culture will never die."
"It's about the people, places, and of course, cars."
"People remember Ford Escorts with great affection."
"Car culture is awesome, more to come."
"That's the beauty of drifting, the vehicle, the build, what's going on, the progression of the Motorsport."
"I appreciate all the different automotive hobbies, whether you're a hot rider, low rider, import guy, whatever, but nothing makes vehicles look cooler than big tires."
"Hey, the Pumpkin Run Nationals is a blast, you're going to have a good time and I guarantee you'll see a lot of wagons."
"We took pride in our cars; it's in the blood."
"Many people in the world think that this is the best Automotive Museum everywhere, bar none."
"Woodward Avenue is one of the most famous cruising sections of asphalt in North America."
"Cars are a big part of American culture, American life, people get very attached to their cars."
"We have all these great resources and platforms to make the car scene a really really great thing to be proud of."
"Let's lift each other up and make this whole thing what it's supposed to be about: the cars and about the people."
"It's going to be the freaking next H2O or Radwood thing, these will be a popular wheel."
"There's never been a set of cars or a set of vehicles within one brand that literally reshaped car culture."
"It's got a bit of a vibe about it, it's got a theme, it's like walking into a garage and you smell petrol."
"The R33 GT ST is one of the most accurately valued, slept on JDM cars of this generation."
"This wasn't just a car, it was the bond uniting us in garages, on drag strips, at meetups, and across the digital world."
"We have defined a new process, and things like YouTube have changed the way car enthusiasts consume what we like to call 'car porn'."
"Pickup trucks and off-roading go together like peanut butter and jelly or Saturday mornings and cartoons."
"I want to stay classic and true to the roots of what I grew up on, which is V8s muscle cars."
"It represents an incredible history, an incredible sort of moment in the time of Lamborghini."
"If you're a car guy's car guy, there's no way he's not going to stand, pop the hood, and like... you know what I mean."
"Japan is a cornerstone of car culture, formed through innovative technology, skilled artistry, obsessive passion, and a dark, illicit past."
"The whole point of a car meet is the word 'meet' - you're meeting people and making friends."