One Lap of the Web: A wiseguy in a Cadillac

-- Not many car reviews feature a shot-for-shot remake of "Goodfellas." (We're still banking on Ford's re-introduction of the Crown Victoria for a shot-for-shot remake of Beastie Boys' "Sabotage.") Matt Farah of the Smoking Tire did for its review of the Cadillac CTS V-Sport, which took four days to shoot and six to edit, and probably three more to steal the dolly cam from Scorsese's basement.

-- You might not remember the Saturn Pioneer, but back in 1979, "the new marque Saturn was developed to play on the increased attention to astronomy NASA's deep space probes were generating," writes automotive historian/inveterate liar Jason Torchinsky. One of GM's many H-Body cars, the Pioneer -- named after the probe, not the Probe -- carried an innovative version of GM's venerable "Iron Duke": it had both a carburetor and throttle-body fuel injection, which undoubtedly added needless complexity that could have better served the real Rocket Division, Oldsmobile. Yet its six split headlights and lack of a grille set the tone for the look of Saturn we so fondly remember from the 1990s. Aren't we supposed to have hovercars to the moon by now?

-- Before every San Gabriel housewife slipped on an AMG before heading to Gelson's, the tuner unleashed the raw majesty of the Red Pig, a 300 SEL 6.8 AMG, upon the 24 Hours of Spa. It placed second at the 1971 running before it was sold to French jet builder Matra (home of the gorgeous Djet) -- who then used the former race car to test landing gears. It disappeared shortly thereafter, tarnished and beaten from racetrack to runway. Fortunately, a faithful replica exists up in Canada.

-- "Using hyperbole to describe the 1964 Ferrari 250 GTO is unnecessary," says Petrolicious, though the owner -- Derek Hill, son of Formula One legend Phil Hill -- couldn't resist: "It's so hard to describe just how incredible it is to drive this car at speed. I mean, it's really a certain kind of ecstasy."

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By Blake Z. Rong