Volvo P1800 by Vizualtech. Retro yet modern.

What is the point of the internet? To distribute porn, of course. But what about after that? How about designing automobiles in 3D, posting them to your website and inspiring builders to turn them into metal? That's a worthy use of the internet, too, don't you think?

Looking at the output of Vizualtech, the Swedish design firm created by Bo Zolland, you can make a few simple observations: He has a powerful computer. He has a very good 3D rendering program. He has excellent artistic skills, and, tying the first three together, he has very good taste. Lincoln swoons here.

Does it come with a Mr. Fusion?

DeLorean went out of business in 1983. A new company with the same name operates out of Texas and supplies spares and parts to the approximately 6500 DMC-12s still on the road. GM turned the lights out at the Delaware factory that made the much loved Pontiac Solstice sports car back in July. Can a company without a car to sell, and a car without a company to sell it find happiness in this bleak economy? Lincoln makes sure to throw in every Back To The Future pun he can think of as he dissects this latest automotive venture.

Toyobaru

Toyota created an icon with the AE-86 Corolla from the mid-1980s. The hachiroku ("eighty-six" in Japanese) was light, powerful, rear-wheel-drive and affordable. It was a performance car for the Everyman. No one has built anything like it since. Toyota is in deep trouble and needs better, more exciting cars. How about a new hachiroku? After a couple of years of "wiil they, won't they", here is the FT-86 concept in the flesh. It will debut at the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show later this month, but this is almost exactly what it will look like when it goes into production in about a year's time. Lincoln discusses the details here.

Note the steering wheel on the right

Lincoln works on the weekends, so he doesn't get to go to any car or motorcycle shows or meets unless he takes time off from work. A few weeks ago he decided to do just that. He spent several hours hanging out with a bunch of proud Toyota owners at the 2009 Puget Sound Toyota Owners Club Meet. He had a blast. Read all about it here.

Drive me to the moon

Lee Iacocca is the father of the Mustang. That's enough to ensure his enshrinement in the automotive hall of gods. Now he's got an awesome, swinging video to celebrate his own car. Siddown, junior.

This car is batshit insane. I love batshit insane.

A German by the name of Uwe Wulf found that in one hand, he had a tiny Goggomobil, a 298cc 15 hp twin-cylinder microcar built in Germany in the 1950s. In the other hand, he had a Russian-bult 10220cc Vedeneyev M14P 9-cylinder radial airplane engine that made 360hp and a devilish 666 foot-pounds of torque. Like any batshit-insane guy with a shop, he put them together. Read about it here.

24 Hours of LeMons

The old adage in racing is "Speed costs money. How fast can you afford?" And thats the problem for most people who would love to go racing. It's just too darned expensive. But what if you don't care about winning? What if you just want to get out on a racetrack and drive a car as fast as you can? Read more.