Sanity-Impaired? New Ice Speed Record

Bentley Supersport Ice Speed Record Edition

Here's something that would have never crossed our minds.

Autoblog is reporting Bentley's celebration of an impressive but, let's be honest, completely insane achievement with a new special edition Continental Supersport called the "Ice Speed Record" Convertible.

Who would have imagined that there are actually people trying to set records for who can go the fastest in an automobile on a frozen lake or, in this case, the Baltic Sea? Finnish ice racer (and rally star) Juha Kankkunen has just set the new record of 205.48 miles per hour (330.695 km/h) in a Bentley Continental Supersport Convertible. When I think of ice speed records, I always imagine doing it in a convertible. . . Actually, I suppose it does make some sense. You could get out of the car more quickly when the ice breaks and you plunge into the freezing water in a quickly sinking vehicle (see our article on how to escape sinking cars.)

What makes this achievement all the more incredible (or ridiculous) is that Juha was beating his own record set in another Bentley Continental in 2007 at 199.83 mph (321.6 km/h.)

Probably not a sport we'll take up any time soon. We're too busy curling.

None-the-less, congrats to Juha and Bentley. We hope this record stands for a very long time.

2006 Honda Civic with Auto collision repair

Today's Car of the Day is a 2006 Honda Civic that came in with the front bumper cover torn off and the radiator support damaged. Almost Everything Autobody replaced the radiator support, radiator, ac condenser, front bumper cover and brackets, horn, temperature sensor, and radiator fan assembly with new parts. Almost Everything Autobody painted the front bumper cover to match the rest of the car with the same quality paint used by Honda.

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BMW Alpina 5-Series Wagon with 2 Turbos

Visit Autoblog.com to see Alpina B5 Touring

I'm not ashamed to admit that I've become my parents. My most recent car is a station wagon. I needed more room to haul stuff but I wasn't interested in a top-heavy SUV. So I got a BMW wagon. I love it. I haul auto parts, scuba gear and dogs and it still goes like stink, handles like a BMW and gets 25 mpg (which is good with the way I drive.)

Autoblog.com posted a series of photos of the Alpina-modified version of the new BMW 5-Series wagon (BMW calls their station wagons "tourings.") What Alpina is famous for is taking a quick BMW and making it seriously fast. They've been at it since 1961 so they're getting pretty good at it. This new wagon sports a twin-turbo 4.4L V8 that is good for 0-100 kph (62 mph) in 4.7 seconds and a top speed of 187 mph (307 kph). Did I mention it's a station wagon? Sign me up--Frank