iM Event Coverage: Auto Union 2012

On Sunday August 19, 2012, A few of us from the crew made it out to Red Deer, Alberta to check out the Auto Union 2012 Show. Luckily, we were able to catch the last little bit of the show and from what we saw, the cars that attended were definitely suited up for the event. The Auto Union show attracted a pretty decent turn out with some top notch cars of various makes and models. We hope this show happens and again next year and hopefully we are there to participate at the event and of course stay for a longer period of time!

We hope you enjoy a few snaps that we managed to get JUST before the show ended!

On to the pics…

iM Event Coverage: Luxury / Exotic Cruise For a…

This past weekend we attended the 2nd Annual Luxury / Exotic Cruise For a Cause set up by local realtor Jordan Lotoski. About 30 cars came out and raised nearly $2500 for the Kelm family who has 3 children all who are affected by Fragile X Syndrome. After a quick meet in the morning at Distinctive Collection the cruise began, and as you can imagine with this group of cars it turned lots of heads as we cruised out to Banff Springs Hotel for brunch. This was a great event to take part in and thanks to everyone efforts in organizing it, can’t wait for next year.

More photos can be found on our Flickr page HERE

Exotica Mania!

Hey guys, Jeff Chin here signing in from Edmonton. It’s been awhile since I posted on here so I don’t expect anyone to remember me but however if you do, please write a comment! 🙂

My absence on here was due to the lack of photoshoots with import cars since this is what iM focus primarily on. I did a couple shoots of imports but we’ll talk about those next time. Meanwhile I’ve been keeping busy with shooting exotics for my buddy David Lee owner of Avant Garde Motorsports

I am very fortunate I get to shoot cars of this caliber; exotic cars really ignite my passion for cars ever since I was a young boy. They stir your soul. Who had a Lamborghini Countach/Diablo or Ferrari F40 poster in their room when they were young? I know I did. Getting up close and personal with them is truly something very special.

Anyways enough with the chit chat and let’s get on to the goods I’ve got here for iM today:

1st off we got a Rosso Vik (Candy apple) color ‘08 Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 Roadster. I never liked red Lambo’s until I saw this. Gorgeous.

Back off.

You mess with the bull you get the horns.

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Italian Job

Next is a ’07 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano. The sound of the V12 is just intoxicating, it has the same engine block found on the Enzo Ferrari.

The Beast is asleep.

Little Italy.

Perfectionist.

Respect your elders.

Tastefully Tasteful Taste.

And finally we have the all mighty American supercar, ’06 Ford GT Heritage Edition. What a beautiful piece of machine. This particular car is rolling on aftermarket Dymag rims, the barrel is carbon fiber. Same rims used on the Koenigsegg CCX. Hard to imagine this is a 40ish year old design (1964), sure there are a few new designs in this modern day GT but the shape looks back to the original. Another 40 years and this car will still look amazing. Timeless design will always look timeless.

Gulf spill.

GT Forty.

Multicultural.

Ferrari VS Ford, the rivalry just reignited. Which would it be?
I’d pick the Ford because it is man and machine. We’re all car guys right? Nothing beats a clutch and shifting your own gears even if it is slower then flappy paddles. There’s so much computer in the Ferrari, it almost seems… dare I say, soulless? Don’t get me wrong the Ferrari is a damn amazing machine. But at the end of the day I think the Ford is more beautiful and wins my heart.

The Beauty & The Beast

And that’s it for this post. Figure I make it a big post for my long absence haha.

Till next time,

– Jeff

iM Flashback: ZR Auto Track Day

We all miss the summer, I know everyone thats reading this does. Can’t wait for it to get nice out again and put the WRX back into summer mode. As much as I love blasting through the snow with her in winter mode, I love how she looks in summer mode.

Which got me thinking… how do drivers of exotics do it? I don’t know if I could wait a whole winter to drive my expensive ass car again. It spends most of its life hidden in a garage somewhere or stored.

I started digging back in my pics to look at exotics, and I came across the pics I took at the ZR Auto Track Day back in October. Corey posted some awesome pics of the cars on the track that day, but I figured I’d post a few of the ones I got since I was looking at them and wanted to share.

Check out Corey’s post -> iM Event Coverage: ZR Auto Track Day

Everybody loves exotics, and in reality, who doesn’t? But you know who loves them more? People that can afford them. So how do you live when you know you’ve gotta put your car away for over 6 months? I guess this is how they get it out of their system… by beating on them and using them to their full potential on the track before they have to put them away.

And then we thought that was it. It was late in the day, people were all starting to leave. Zahir (of ZR Auto) had taken the black Ferrari F40 home, so that was that. A few of us stuck around since we had nothing better to do. And then we heard what sounded like an monster, and tried to figure out what would make such a menacing noise. Looks like Zahir had another trick up his sleeve, and came back an hour later, and pulled up into the pits:

See that kid on the left of the picture looking at me funny? Its cause he just finished seeing me jump four feet back because Zahir fired up the Enzo a moment before I took the shot (Prashant can verify the distance of my jump). Seriously, when I was setting up this shot, the car was full frame:

As much as the F40 is my favorite Ferrari of all time, the Enzo is a sight to see and hear on the track:

Hope to see these cars again back on the track this year, and be sure that we will be there to capture them for you guys again.