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AUTOS: Best Of The Web
Your weekly car-guy guide to automotive obsessions on the Internet
Bob Golfen  |  Posted December 21, 2012   Phoenix, AZ
The original prototype Ginetta G10 competition car seen on the track at this year’s Goodwood Revival is the focus of a recent Ultimatecarpage.com story and photo gallery. (Photo: Wouter Melissen)
Driving the ultimate
Here’s a plug for Ultimatecarpage.com, the website of our friend and SPEED.com contributor Wouter Melissen of Holland. It has become a veritable encyclopedia of the greatest collector cars of all time, with an emphasis on historic European sports cars and race cars. But it has something for everyone. So go ahead, type in a favorite old car in the search function and see what comes up. Check out: Unbridled Passion.

Car-guy gifts
Stumped as to what to get your favorite gearhead for Christmas? Here’s a short list of unusual car-gift items from Edmunds.com. Yes, most of them are reasonably priced, you cheapskate. Check out: Mmmm, Bentley Cuff Links …

Sports-car wish list
Some noted car guys present their wishes for exotic sports cars for Christmas on Hagerty.com, the website of Hagerty collector-car insurance. See if you agree. Check out: Start Saving Up.

Snow joke
Ford of Europe mocks Gymkhana trickster Ken Block with a live-action video Christmas card named Snowkhana, featuring a Lego driver named Mental Block in a Hot Wheels Fiesta rally car, Star Wars critters, Santa and a bunch of other teeny stuff. Check out: Legos Live.

Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em
In case you missed it, here’s Ken Block’s latest bad craziness, Gymkhana Five, wildly set on the streets of San Francisco. More than 36 million people have watched it. Check out: Bullitt Redux.

Babe in toyland
In honor of the holidays, here’s what Mrs. Santa Claus looks like in a car guy’s fever dream, along with the coolest sled ever. Check out: Santa Baby.

Rolls in the hay
You might have seen this one, since it went viral on You Tube: An unexplained video of some nut pulverizing the landscape in a new Rolls Royce Phantom, a bizarre abuse of a highly valuable luxury car and once-beautiful landscape. Probably some billionaire because he could. Hope the leasing agency didn’t mind … Check out: Upper-Class Clown.

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