Most of you who know me don’t believe I take the subway. The truth is I do! Just not as much as I should. While on my way to work this morning, I jumped on the Shuttle and noticed all the cars were well decorated in some type of “scape” of sorts. They are the new Westin Hotel ads and this one is of a jungle. The car behind me was fresh water with tropical fish. I don’t know about the rest but I’m gonna try to find out tomorrow when I ride it again.

I have very fond memories of this car. This is the one my uncle taught me how to drive in before I was legally allowed to. The thing is a tank and sounded like one with a 4 cylinder diesel engine. In case any of you are stuck in Diesel limbo, current iterations of cars with this type of fuel are in CDI (Common Rail Diesel Injection) such as certain VWs. There’s also a bunch of automakers that are coming out with Blue(fill in the blank) which are next generation diesels that run quieter, smoother, and faster. I would say MB dominated the diesel market back in the late 70’s to the mid 80’s in the US. Anyways, onto the gallery.

Found this gem while walking around K-town earlier. See more on my Flickr. For those who know very little about this beast, it’s not available in America. Seeing it here in NYC is quite a treat. The steering is on the right side and has the most massive grapefruit shooters for an exhaust. The new version is in testing now and should be out shortly. The new one is suppose to be US Spec’d. I can’t wait till it hits the shores.