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If you ever thought a headband and mustache combo was high fashion, there’s probably a Chevy Camaro in your past. Dig up your meatball-stained tank top: In early 2009 GM is re-gassing the American icon. Alas, the new Camaro won’t have much in common with the mid-’70s junkers or the bass-pumping starships of the ’80s and ’90s. In its fifth gen, the Camaro is a true 21st-century muscle coupe dressed in a retro-inspired getup. It joins similarly updated “pony cars” like the Ford Mustang and the recently renewed Dodge Challenger. But while the coupe shares little structurally with its ancestors, it stays truer to the 1960s ideal, with a crisp design that draws on the peak of Camarodom. Just try to resist hanging a feather roach clip from the rearview mirror.
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1. Pro-Ject PerspeX
Keep plenty of Windex on hand if you bring home this hi-fi masterpiece—you’ll need it to keep your friends’ smooch marks off its crystal-clear acrylic plinth and carbon-fiber tone arm. But who needs friends when you can jam to minimal tech-house while pondering this platter’s Corian subchassis, gold-plated RCA sockets, and skip-stopping, Sorbothane-damped cones?
$1,999, project-audio.com |
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Looking to buy a car that’ll make money? Skip cop sales and Craigslist and head to classic car auctions, where the bid blocks are free of Katrina clunkers. “Bargain investments, that you can drive, can be had at auction if you know what to look for,” says Keith Martin, publisher of Sports Car Market Magazine. His No. 1 rule: Buy a fixable ride (“You know many Lotus mechanics?”) that has collector’s cachet. Here’s a guide to cars that will rev your pulse and your bank account.
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Movie cars generally need to talk—or at least morph into robots—to become big screen icons. But in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder steals the show simply by having its mileage reversed. It’s been more than 40 years since a California last rolled off the Maranello line, so Ferrari is hoping next year’s revival of the name plate inspires the same level of lust. Not to say the newest prancing horse is a retro roadster, since it’s packed with Ferrari firsts and innovations cribbed from the brand’s F1 program. But its gorgeous Pininfarina-penned lines still hark back to the masterpiece Ferris’ buddy Cameron smashed into oblivion. |
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The gearhead bloggers at Jalopnik.com test-drive the latest ultralight notebooks.
Head of the Class
HP 2133 mini-note PC
This PC isn’t out to set speed records, but the stripped-down 2.6-pounder gets good grades for having an ExpressCard slot, an 8.9-inch screen, nearly full-size keyboard, and beefy 120 GB or 160 GB hard drives. Associate editor Matt Hardigree’s take: “It’s great for surfing and writing, but I’d need a magnifying glass to edit photos. And I had no problem using it to work in bed, but my fiancée considers that a downside.” $499, hp.com
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