Take a look at the latest issue of Performance Auto & Sound Magazine (Volume 8, Issue 1) and on pages 138,140 you'll see a 2004 Mitsubishi Evolution 8 that I shot last August. I haven't been able to share the images until they were published, now that they have, I'm able to add them to my own Photo Gallery.

The car is owned by Taylor Conway of Boulder, Colorado and has been highly tuned by Street Concepts in Aurora, Colorado. The full article about this vehicle can be found on PAS Mag's website. On thing you'll notice is they went in a different direction for the color of the images than I did.

I'm glad these have finally been published, I broke an expensive lens during this shoot due to a little stupidity on my part. So I'm glad to know it wasn't for nothing. 

Audi debuted their redesigned TT at the 2006 New York International Auto Show on April 12. I was able to attend for AudiWorld.com and have added a number of photos from the press conference to my photo gallery. In my own gallery, I've included the vertical shots that I took, which were either not published or cropped to a horizontal format for AudiWorld's gallery.

The MazdaSPEED 6 I recently reviewed has been added to the photo gallery. 275 hp, all-wheel drive and 6-speed transmission made for a very fun car to drive. With agressive styling (check out the bulge in the hood to make room for the intercooler), performance tires,  tight steering and suspension all for around $30k, I would definitely take this car over a similarly priced Jetta GLI or base model Audi A4 2.0t. Inside, it has very hansom white & black leather sport seats and overall is very nice - although not quite in the same league as the VW and Audi (but not very many cars are to that standard). 

However, this car did experience some electrical gremlins. On cold mornings, the info display that showed the radio station, climate control settings, and clock, would not appear. After 20 minutes or so, when the car had warmed up, it would suddenly turn on and work fine - although the clock would be completely off. I also dislike the seat heaters which need a variable setting. These seats heat up to become very uncomfortable for a few minutes - then they shut off and become too cold. At least give a setting where they keep a comfortable, consistant setting. 

Enjoy the photos.

A new photo gallery of the all-new Volkswagen GTI Mk5 has been added to the site. I didn't get to take as many photos of this cars as I would have liked, due to bad weather much of the week that I drove it.

I really enjoyed driving this car, even more than the GLI I had a few weeks before. The two cars are pretty much idential. The mechanicals are the same and so are the interiors. The main difference is the GLI has an extra set of doors and and good size trunk. But, this GTI is more fun to drive, handles better,  and I didn't experience the massive amount of torque steer like I did on the GLI.

On February 12 I attended the Audi Club ice driving event in Georgetown, Colorado. This was a fairly casual event and for a change I actually drove in the event rather than just photographing it. The event was noteable for the appearance of an Audi RS4, a vehicle currently not sold in the United States - it officially goes on sale in a few months. The RS4 was one of the test vehicles currently being driven in the region.  

I had a good time attending this event, although my photos could have turned out better. A slower shutter speed would have captured the action better. I've broken the photos into two galleries; one for the RS4 and the other for the other vehicles in attendance.

RS4 Ice-driving gallery
ACNA Ice-driving event gallery