Today, LACMA opens a retrospective of photographs by Philip-Lorca diCorcia. The show includes samples from some of his more notorious collections, including Hustlers, Streetwork, Heads, and Lucky 13. But the highlight is the debut of Thousand, which (appropriately) consists of 1,000 snaps taken over the past 20 years. Among the shots are pictures of his family and excerpts from his work for W. Oh, and they're all Polaroids, which means the show doubles as yet another homage to the dying medium.
Through September 14, LACMA, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., L.A., (323) 857-6000, lacma.org

Recommended viewing this weekend: HBO's Recount. The film is fiery stuff, especially given the current ramp-up to election season, and the cast is excellent—especially Laura Dern as Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris. (With her inch-deep clown makeup, she's a gorgon with a hanging chad.) Let's face it: This amount of intrigue and in-fighting is the closest we're going to get to another episode of The Sopranos, at least until David Chase follows through.
Sunday, May 25, HBO, 9 p.m.

As you may have heard, Meatpacking District mainstay Florent is closing at the end of June (which means, sadly, that the days of enjoying 24/7 pâté are drawing to a close). In the meantime, the restaurant's decor is literally being sold off to the highest bidder. Through May 30, the posters and maps that lined the walls, like the "Hex on the City" poster pictured here, will be auctioned off on eBay to benefit "The Fund for the Staff." No word yet on when the pink neon sign or any Francophile draq queens will also go on the block.

We're referring, of course, to Sunday's Indianapolis 500. Among the field's most interesting characters is debut driver Graham Rahal, the 19-year-old son of 1986 champ Bobby Rahal and the youngest winner in open-wheel racing history. Still, we're rooting for Danica because, well, you know.

For those who prefer their races a little less...circular, there's the Monaco Grand Prix. A rainy forecast has led Fernando Alonso to predict the race will be a "nightmare," which sounds to us like a recipe for compelling television. Just be prepared to get up early: It airs at 7:30 a.m. Eastern on Speed.

Pentax just announced a seasonally appropriate point-and-shoot, the waterproof Optio W60. Its specs are fairly standard—10 megapixels, 5x optical zoom, and a 2.5-inch LCD screen—and it comes in your choice of either a blue or silver exterior. It works in water up to 13 feet deep and is resistant to dust and sand. Unfortunately for those of you in warmer climes, it's not out this weekend—it hits shelves this July.
$329, pentax.com

[Engadget]

Apparently it's a short trip from the top of the charts to the design showroom: N.E.R.D.'s frontman has collaborated with Domeau & Pérès on a chair (pictured), called Perspective. The seat represents "the love between a woman and a man," or so he says. (Judging by those feet, we'd say it's a pretty literal interpretation.) Perspective will be shown this October at Paris's Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin and sold in limited editions, with four being produced in several colors. No price yet, though we're sure it won't be cheap—but then again, it's a lot classier than your other sex furniture.

[Billionaire Boys Club]

When I was in high school, the cool kids wore Polo, but the coolest of the cool wore RRL, Ralph's vintage-inspired line of work- and western-wear classics. The chunky-knit sweaters, felted wool peacoats, and other rugged staples were all beat-up in such a way that your grandfather might have handed them down to you—except they fit (and, of course, smelled) quite a bit better. Years later, I'm still obsessed with the line, and searching for overlooked RRL gems in Polo outlets and on eBay has become something more than a hobby. (I once lost a fierce bidding war over an Aztec-pattern Pendleton-style coat. It's kind of my white whale.) I find it difficult to walk past the RRL store on Bleecker Street in New York without stopping in for a visit, which is how I came to own these. I'd been searching for an authentically broken-in pair made from selvage denim for months, and—of course—I found them at RRL. I love the authentic details (especially the cinch tab in the back), and I still marvel that a fade this realistic came from a machine. Did I ever think I'd spend $300 on a single pair of jeans? Of course not, but at least I know what I'll be wearing to my next high school reunion.

On Wednesday, starchitect Zaha Hadid unveiled her designs for the Lilium Tower (pictured), a 790-foot residential skyscraper to be built in the middle of Warsaw. (It's set to face the city's Stalinist-era Palace of Culture—the contrast between the two will be marked, to say the least.) The Polish capital is in the middle of an architectural renaissance: Construction recently began on another residential building designed by Daniel Libeskind, while Norman Foster's office building, dubbed the Metropolitan, was completed in 2003. Some cities can't shake off the 20th century fast enough, we guess.

[New York Times]

More than 50 years ago, a handful of BMW employees went rogue and began building racing cars based on prewar Bimmers. They dubbed the line Veritas, and built about 75 vehicles before shutting down the operation in 1952. Then in 2001, a handful of enthusiasts resuscitated the name for the RS III concept (pictured), and now Autoblog reports the car will finally be produced later this year. It'll carry a tuned version of BMW's 5-liter V-10 under the hood, good for 600 horsepower and a 0-to-60 time of 3.2 seconds. It probably won't come cheap—only 50 will be made.

If you're gonna drop eight grand on high-end home theater equipment—and if you (still) have the means, you definitely should—then check out Canadian brand Classé's upcoming SSP-800. The ten-channel preamp and processor is meant to be "future proof"; for instance, it supports 32-bit Deep Color video, even though Blu-ray is only 24-bit. The company will also supply you with a free upgrade should a new HD audio codec emerge. Of course, no gadget can last forever, but the SSP-800's brushed-chrome exterior is nothing if not timeless.
$8,000, available soon, classeaudio.com

Offscreen, French actor Charles Boyer was the monogamous sort—he married only once, stayed that way for 44 years, and committed suicide just two days after his wife's death. Onscreen, however, he was a devastating ladies' man—the Mystery of his time. See for yourself at Charles Boyer and the Art of Seduction, a new retrospective beginning today at the Walter Reade Theater. We asked the series' programmer, Joanna Ney, for the secrets behind his mojo.

- Admitting weakness: "In Conquest, he tells Greta Garbo that yes, he is the emperor and a conqueror of the world. He also keeps repeating how lonely he is and that nobody loves him. Garbo succumbs to this approach quicker than you can say 'Waterloo.'"

- Gallantry: "He saves Jean Arthur from being robbed of her jewelry and manhandled in History Is Made at Night. Then he takes her to the best Parisian restaurant—where he happens to be head waiter—for lobster è la Cesar, salade chiffonade, and pink Cabernet before calling in the musicians for a late-night concert of tango. They spin around the dance floor, and when her heels hurt, he encourages her to dance barefoot. Ooh-la-la."

- Small talk and meaningful stares: "As a Czech refugee intellectual in Cluny Brown, he encourages Jennifer Jones' plumbing assistant to be more rebellious. She doesn't get it at first, but any man who supports a woman—here a young girl about to go into domestic service—with that kind of talk and those soulful stares can't miss."

- More small talk and a light: "While both of Love Affairs' parties are engaged to others, Charles courts Irene Dunne with small talk, much hand-kissing, and a gold cigarette lighter always at the ready. He smokes. She smokes. On a ship, he woos her with witty small talk and pink Champagne. Once in New York, they vow to meet up in six months on the 102nd floor of the Empire State Building."

- Lying: "A full-time gigolo must have charm and be able to lie with conviction. In Hold Back the Dawn, he woos naive Olivia de Havilland with shameless flattery—'your eyes are so beautiful,' 'I have been waiting for you all my life,' that kind of thing. Before you know it, it's nuptial bliss (and a possible exit visa) for the Romanian expatriate."
Charles Boyer and the Art of Seduction, through May 27, Walter Reade Theater, 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY, (212) LINCOLN, lincolncenter.org

Five things worth knowing today

- The annual environmental Lightning in a Bottle festival and campout begins at Live Oak Campground, Santa Barbara, CA. (Yes, tie-dye is encouraged.)
- Spanish gastronomes prepare 12 tons of snails for the annual Aplec del Caragol (Snail Festival) in the Catalonian town of Lleida, Spain.
- Adam Green and the Strokes' Albert Hammond, Jr. celebrate Bob Dylan's upcoming 67th birthday with a concert at Rehab, 25 Ave. B, New York, NY, (212) 253-2595.
- Today in 1618, Protestant aristocrats enacted the Second Defenestration of Prague—i.e., throwing their Catholic opponents out a high window into a large pile of manure. The Catholics survived.
- And on this day in 1929, in The Karnival Kid, Mickey Mouse uttered his first immortal words to the world: "Hot dogs!" That immortal phrase, plus Minnie doing the hoochy-coochy, below:

As has been widely reported, Spike Lee's in an ornery mood at this year's Cannes Film Festival. ("They treat life like a joke. Ha ha ha...Look how blood squirts out the side of his head!" he recently said about the Coen brothers.) Maybe Spike'll be in a better mood next year, when he debuts his just-announced documentary about Michael Jordan's last few seasons in the NBA. Sounds promising, though we can hear the Coens now: "Ha ha ha...Barton Fink could've hit that jumper!"

Related: The 25 most stylish moments in Cannes history

Tonight in New York, nonprofit agency 826NYC hosts an auction of artworks to benefit children's literacy. Those participating include Lisa Yuskavage, Marilyn Minter, and Marcel Dzama, whose Drawn in Berlin, Written in Paris (pictured) starts at $6,000. The evening's guest auctioneer? John Flansburgh, of course, whose band They Might Be Giants has taken on an increasingly kiddie-oriented bent over the years.
Art show, 7 p.m. at David Zwirner, 525 W. 19th St., New York, NY, (718) 499-9884, 826nyc.org

The geeks at Crave just scored a look at LG's new all-in-one 5.1 home theater system. Their conclusion? Great stuff—booming woofers, plenty of inputs and outputs (ideal for those who haven't yet gone fully HD), and a player that upscales DVDs to 1080p. We're just as impressed with the Champagne-flute-style speakers—slim, elegant, and, with 700 watts of power, strong enough to inform your neighbors which Bond flick you're watching. Best of all, though, is the recession-friendly price tag: around 800 bucks.
LG HT762TZ, about $800, lge.com

Pictured: French student Baptiste Mathieu's Veuve Clicquot Night Clubber. The design concept comes with a bottle of bubbly and a glass drinking tube, sheathed in perforated leather, that has an LED light at the bottom of it. Hey, it sounds festive—if also a little like drinking a disco ball.

[Baller House]

We know you're going to see it anyway, no matter how mixed the reviews (just hope Spielberg kept Lucas' Jar Jar Binks instincts in check). The $125-million film opens today, and Paramount's hoping it recoups its overhead by Monday. It's likely: Harrison Ford might be a little more shopworn than when last we saw him as Indiana Jones, but that's not going to bring down a ship this sturdy. And if you're one of the few who really needs a reason to see The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, think of it as a style parable: As Indy valuably reminds us, no one's worth killing who's not worth killing in a fedora.

A brand called Ant Commandos has just announced the first guitar-controller that works with both Rock Band and Guitar Hero across multiple gaming formats. (Bonus: The so-called Double Range Guitar is also wireless.) As for the shape, well, if the Flying V was good enough for Randy Rhoads, it's good enough for you.
$60, theantcommandos.com

[Gizmodo]

Presented without comment: the cover of Sonic Youth's new greatest hits CD, available only at Starbucks on June 10.

[Pitchfork]

In the sixties, Porsche stopped making Targa-topped 911s thanks to that old culprit, pesky government regulations. Then in 2007, the company brought back the Targa—essentially an open-air roof, albeit with a roll bar and rear window—but many enthusiasts found them a bit too…modern. Enter California company VeloTech: It's outfitting new 911s with vintage-style Targa roofs. The cost? Ten grand, which ain't bad considering the car's original asking price is just shy of six figures. Go ahead and mull it over: The company is rumored to be lowering the price to $6,000 soon.
VeloTech Automotive, Paso Robles, CA, (805) 227-4404

[Detroit News via Autoblog]

Matthew Brannon's latest show is a group of letterpress prints that feature the artist's signature twisted sensibilities. Opening tonight, the works in The question is a compliment, marry sophisticated graphics to crude and often funny texts, like the one pictured here—a pitch for a book about an "effete young man, a handsome yet weary detective addicted to painkillers, a group of art enthusiasts, several irresponsible waiters, two bookish hairdressers, a nympho florist, a frustrated critic, a tireless reporter." Brannon goes on to note: "It has the makings of a great paperback with potential to sell well in airports." Sounds to us like appointment reading.
Through July 11 at Friedrich Petzel Gallery, 537 W. 22nd St., New York, NY, (212) 680-9467, petzel.com

For those who like to rock their jams like it's 1982, Lasonic's iPod boombox fits the bill. The eighties aesthetic disguises the usual iPod dock, plus an alarm clock, radio, and equalizer. For an ultra-authentic experience, skip plugging it in and use batteries instead—it takes 10 D cells. In a word: heavy.

[Thrillist]

In honor of its 75th anniversary, Lacoste has created a series of graphics and video that imagine what tennis will look like in 2083, or 75 years from now. (Get it?) Sure, it sounds a bit contrived, but the execution's actually kind of cool, as you can see in the video below. (And if you're more interested in the here and now, check out our tennis racquet hotlist.)

[Gizmodo]

The concept generated a lot of buzz when it was introduced at 2007's Woerthersee tour. (Imagine a sort of Sturgis for car enthusiasts, except in Austria.) This year, the car's back, but with a newer, production-friendlier design—note the pillars in the windscreen—which has the gearheads at Autoblog wondering if it's headed for production soon. We hope so: The coupe includes a 300-horsepower engine, a sweet black-and-orange leather interior, and, of course, this sporty topless design. Tea-leaf readers, take note: Audi says "small-series production of this model cannot be ruled out."

Five things worth knowing today

- Indie rockers convene for Super! Mon Amour in Paris, featuring Animal Collective, Silver Jews, and the (presumably zipper-friendly) Fuck Buttons.
- 3.1 Phillip Lim holds a sample sale in New York at 260 W. 39th Street, 17th fl., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
- Monkey: Journey to the West, an opera by Gorillaz collaborators Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, has its U.S. premiere at the Charleston, SC, Spoleto Festival.
- Naomi Campbell turns 38. (Throw a cellphone in her honor.)
- And today in 1992, Johnny Carson hosted his final episode of The Tonight Show. Here's some vintage Johnny, below:

The Lowland Ladyburn distillery in Ayrshire was opened in 1966 by William Grant & Sons, owners of Glenfiddich and The Balvenie, to great fanfare—and then promptly closed down nine years later when business took a turn for the worse. (Adding insult to injury, it underwent a transformation and now produces Richard Branson's Virgin Vodka.) A few casks of Ladyburn remain, however, and rare Scotch dealer Duncan Taylor has got its hands on one from 1973. Only 30 bottles of the stuff are making their way Stateside, and it doesn't run cheap: The 34-year-old elixir will cost you around $900. Of course, that includes a wooden presentation box and a miniature so Scotch hoarders can have a sip and then lock the bottle away.
$899.99, www.winespecialist.com

Researchers in Britain are working to develop planes that can repair themselves by modeling them on human skin. That might sound bizarre, but it's actually fairly straightforward: The idea involves using composite materials that secrete resin when a plane wears and tears, creating an epoxy scab that will repair minor damage. (Of course, that's only for the fuselage—you'll still need to change the tires every 5,000 miles or so.)

[Wired]

With their latest creations in hand, most of the design field's biggest names—from Hella Jongerius and Jaime Hayon to Yves Behar, Jasper Morrison and Naoto Fukasawa—were in New York last weekend for the International Contemporary Furniture Fair. Up-and-comers like Todd Bracher staked their ground at the fair proper, but elsewhere in the city designers showed a diverse (and beautiful) assortment of works. Some of the best were the Atlantis chandelier by Barlas Baylar for Terzani made from four miles of nickel chain (pictured), a giant mosaic-covered teapot, and a nanoscopic chair that stands just five microns tall (finally, a seating solution for very extremely tiny people). For more, see our slideshow.

The phrase "waterfront renewal" is rarely cause for celebration, but in the case of Aarhus, Denmark's second-largest city, we'll make an exception. The town's Iceberg Project (pictured) is a housing development by architects JDS, Cebra, Louis Paillard and SeArch, due for completion in 2010. When finished, it will contain 200 apartments, a third of which the government has set aside for lower-income residents. It's a stunning addition to the port, although vaguely reminiscent of a shipping container terminal. That's probably because it used to be one.

[Dezeen]

Paolo Roversi isn't the only one lamenting the film's demise. For The Last Ten Shots, a group show up today in Berlin, Bongout Showroom provided a series of photographers and artists with 10 Polaroid stills each to use as they wished. The results are intriguing, especially those by Richard Kern, Asia Argento and Natacha Merritt (pictured). Not intriguing enough to make the company resurrect the film, mind you, but not a bad send-off either.

Green thumb a little brown? Vitamin Living has just the thing for you: a self-watering pot featuring (somewhat ghoulishly) a medical drip feed. Rest safe in the knowledge that you won't kill yet another houseplant. Unless, that is, you pull the plug.

Turntable porn tends to attract a more vintage-minded sort, but the new Lusso, from German company Montegiro, should appeal to modern design enthusiasts. The record player comes in a gorgeous, conical, striped aluminum-and-acrylic design, and includes a carbon-fiber arm, titanium cartridge, and a hyper-precise motor that cuts down on excess noise. Of course, all that modernity comes at a price: $50,000. Suddenly spending a grand on a vintage model sounds a bit more appealing.

[Audiojunkies via Gizmodo]

PRINT Magazine just posted an exhaustive (and amusing) Flickr gallery of novels, posters, comic books, magazines, and album covers using "the most frequently copied trope ever used"— the A-frame shot, a pair of legs framing something in the middle. Leg men, consider your afternoon booked.

[via Gawker]

The sports network just announced an unusual (if totally logical) bit of brand extension: a Wi-Fi-enabled remote control. As you might expect, it's a sports geek's dream. There's a Web browser (for live score updates), e-mail, and even text messaging (to remind your friends that the Yankees lost again). As you might not expect, it looks halfway decent, with red trim and a bright 2.2-inch LCD. (Still, it's not as sleek as its most natural rival, Logitech's Harmony One.) It doesn't come cheap, though—it'll cost 300 bucks when it's released later this year.

Before Manchester United and Chelsea face off in today's European Cup Final—on ESPN 2 at 2:25 Eastern—each team will be sporting suits from (respectively) Paul Smith and Giorgio Armani. The former has given Man U. two-button gray wool numbers with red-paneled lining, in honor of the team's jersey color. The latter, meanwhile, says "the theme of superheroes is very much at the forefront of my mind at the moment"—wonder why—"[and] I hope that my suits have a similar effect to the Batman cape for the Chelsea team." Translation: Pictured.

[Vogue UK]

On view today: a series of photographs of the model Guinevere Van Seenus, all taken over the past 12 years by Paolo Roversi. "Some girls, you see them and you know everything right away, [but] there is something very deep, mysterious, and changing all the time in her," the photographer says of his muse. The exhibit features personal photos, formal portraits, and informal snapshots, including several of Roversi's Polaroids. ("It's like for an Italian cook taking away the pasta," he says of the recently discontinued film. "The Polaroid is my blood. My skin.") The duo began shooting together at the beginning of Van Seenus' career, and then, in Roversi's telling, "she disappeared for a few years. When she returned she was more beautiful than ever." But rest assured, this is a work in progress: "The story is still going on. It's not over."
Paolo Roversi: Guinevere, through June 14, Pace/MacGill, 32 East 57th St., NYC, (212) 759-7999, pacemacgill.com

Five things worth knowing today

- In 1945, 45-year-old Bogie married 20-year-old Bacall—nice work, player.
- In 1956, the first airborne hydrogen bomb was detonated at Bikini Atoll.
- And in 1972, Christopher Wallace (a.k.a. the Notorious B.I.G.) was born. (In case you were wondering, the troubled Biggie biopic, Notorious, may finally reach screens sometime in 2009.)
- The Museum of Modern Art opens Dada at MoMA, an exhibition of the museum's Dadaist documents, letters, and publications.
- The Coney Island USA Spring Gala comes to the Angel Orensanz Foundation Center for the Arts in NYC, bringing with it the sideshow, burlesque queens, and a mini-Mermaid Parade—nudity for a good cause.

Logitech just announced the Pure-Fi Mobile, a portable wireless speaker system that streams music from your phone or MP3 player via Bluetooth. You can also connect it to your PC via USB, and iPod users need not fear: Though Apple's players lack Bluetooth, you can also use the Pure-Fi with an old-fashioned stereo wire. The thing's got stamina, too: The battery lasts a whopping 12 hours. We'd expect it to have the same stellar sound you'll find in Logitech's other systems, but we'll know for sure when it comes out this June.
$150, logitech.com

[Engadget]

Green-crazy Californians have a new toy—the St. Tropez, the world's first hybrid powerboat. Designed by Austrian manufacturer Frauscher, the vessel comes with a combination electric/diesel engine that allows boaters to select the level of their environmental impact: slow and easy (electric-only, at speeds of up to five knots) or fast and filthy (pumping diesel fuel and cruising at up to 38 knots). Skeptics will scoff—at five knots, you may as well be paddling—but no one can say the St. Tropez isn't a step in a right direction. You know, one step behind not having a powerboat.
Priced starting at $150,000, available at California Chris-Craft, cachriscraft.com

[Dvice]

Fox has green-lighted a new competition series called Hole in the Wall, based on the human Tetris game show from Japan that became such a hit on YouTube (see below). In the show, contestants contort themselves to fit through precut holes in walls that are flying toward them; if they don't clear the wall, they're pushed into a pool of water. Sound stupid? It is, but it's also strangely compelling—at least when it's in Japanese. When it's in English, we fear its prospects for entertainment will be marginal.

[The Hollywood Reporter]

Tomorrow in London, Christie's is auctioning off the last four shotguns produced by Asprey. The double-barreled 12-, 16- and 20-bore guns on offer (pictured), estimated at $49,000 to $69,000 each, feature walnut stocks and silver scrollwork, and "mark the end of a tradition of impeccably executed gun craft," Christie's notes. Asprey closed its gun rooms in 1996, shortly after the British luxury-goods maker was acquired by Prince Jefri of Brunei. It's little wonder: These are, admittedly, prices fit for a ruler—as it turns out, both Prince Charles and George Bush are fans.

Just in time for the Hamptons' opening weekend, gourmet Bridgehampton food shop Loaves and Fishes (famous for its obscenely priced $100/lb. lobster salad) has announced it'll be accepting euros—a nod to the hordes of Continental types coming to feast (now literally) on the spoils of the U.S. economy. Buck up, American nationals: If you find yourself in the Hamptons at all, you're probably not doing too badly.

[The Real Deal via Racked]

Out now: The Humidor Library from art-book publisher Assouline. It comes with a humidity gauge and a leatherbound exterior made from fake spines of actual titles from its catalog, including No Smoking. (Get it?) Of course, given the $2,000 asking price, we're tempted just to buy eight books and hollow them out ourselves.

[Luxist]

Amazon's Kindle—the little device that most thought, well, couldn't—is turning into a sleeper hit, with sales estimated between 189,000 (conservatively) and 600,000 (according to supply-side rumors) over its first six months. So how do those numbers compare to first-year sales of tech's biggest all-time hits? As Silicon Alley's chart attests, it's no Razr, but the reader bests the BlackBerry and, by more liberal counts, keeps pace with the iPod and the Palm Pilot. And next month, another upstart is poised to join their ranks: the new 3G iPhone.

[Silicon Alley Insider via Gizmodo]

Next Tuesday, Gordon Ramsay makes his L.A. debut at the newly opened London West Hollywood. The chef's menu includes nods toward the Golden State locale, from California spiny lobster with white port sauce to Pacific yellowfin tuna with pickled daikon and a rack of Sonoma lamb with olive-crusted fingerlings. "I've spent a lot of time in the city and have always enjoyed it," says the Michelin-starred chef. "I'm particularly excited to work with the produce that's available on the West Coast." How long before he's demanding other restaurants be fined for not following suit? Then again, maybe L.A.'s sunny weather and positive disposition will rub off on the fiery, foul-mouthed chef. But we doubt it.
1020 N. San Vicente Blvd., West Hollywood, (866) 282-4560, thelondonwesthollywood.com

Streaming movies on your TV got a whole lot easier today—and better yet, a whole lot cheaper. Netflix just unveiled the new Roku, a set-top box that allows subscribers to wirelessly send content to their TV. It costs just 99 bucks, less than half of Apple TV's price tag, and you can download an unlimited number of movies with your subscription. The biggest drawback? Selection. Netflix's instant-download movie library includes 10,000 titles—far more than Apple TV or Vudu—but lacks most recent big-studio fare. It also doesn't include HD streaming—yet. The device will adapt to HD once Netflix begins offering it, supposedly later this year.
Roku, $99, roku.com

Italian upstarts Scuderia just unveiled their Bizzarrini P538 concept, a modern-day update to fabled sixties failure the P538S. That car famously failed to start at the 1967 Le Mans, but its curvy exterior has remained a cult legend. It was designed by Giotto Bizzarrini, who worked on (among others) the Ferrari 250 GTO and Lamborghini's V-12 engine. (Check out a gallery of the dapper man and his work here.) The new edition has his blessing, and will be officially launched later this month at Italy's Nardo high-speed test track. Here's hoping the new 500-hp engine starts.
Bizzarrini P538, price and availability TBD, bizzarrini-p538.com

[Diesel Station via Autoblog]

Despite our usual reservations ab