With Julian and Erik in Vegas this past week for SEMA, it left the interns to head up from home base for Simply Clean 3. Myself and Richard took a leisurely cruse up getting to the show “when it opened,” only to find it packed way past capacity. Cruising down line after line of cars to find parking spots, one thing was clear; the Best of the best in Euro and JDM stance showed up to Simply Clean 3.

On the Euro side of things aside from the usual VW MkIV, MKV, and MKVIs, older models were definitely in style. Richard was shocked to find that he wasn’t the only MkII there, but instead he was only one of four and every one of them was done right. Another crazy surprise was a nice ‘stanced’ out Volvo 240 that almost blended in with the collection of BMW 2002′s and E36′s that were featured on the “hard parking” section.

On the JDM front sea foam was in-style. One of the first cars that caught my eye was a slammed civic painted entirely sea foam green with white wheels. While that description may put a bad taste in your mouth I loved it. On top of that, a few Nissans and Hondas were seen rocking the same vibrant colored wheels.  Then there were the usual bad ass JDM race cars: Skylines, S2000s and WRXs all showed up in force and earned our respect for sure. One black Skyline on green Works specifically turned heads as I didn’t see a single person pass buy it without taking a picture with their camera, phone or at the very least mind.

Simply Clean 3 was an awesome show, over flowing with the freshest cars from the JDM and Euro scenes. I can see this show growing with time into an event that is on par if not larger than SoWo, H20 or the other major euro events, as it draws from two huge car crowds. If you’re located in the South East or willing to make the drive, and have an appreciation for all things stance, then Simply Clean certainly would be a show I suggest marking on your calendar for next year.

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Words: Rob

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Hear Volvo and you generally think of safety, seat belts and station wagons, but pretty soon speed may be added to that list. Polestar, the branch of Volvo responsible for their Scandinavian and World Touring cars are now taking a larger role in the company. Starting with a new 400 hp race inspired all-wheel drive C30, cars designed by Polestar will wear a PCP badge. This will stand for “Performance Concept Prototype” just like BMW’s M and Mercedes AMG brands. I do think they should work on the name a bit or be prepared for lots of narcotic based analogies. With that said, in a time where most automakers are cutting back on their performance lines it’s exciting to see Volvo start up something new.

The marketing team for Shell Holland decided that having a Fiat 500 do a loop de loop was the perfect way to promote V-power. I really don’t see the connection, but what I do see is a stunt that Travis Pastarana wishes he thought of first. The weirdest bit is how slow the car seems to be going, but whatever works right? Check out the Fiat 500 doing a loop de loop in the first 30 seconds, because unless you speak Dutch the other 2 minutes are totally useless.

(Source: Autoblog UK)

Volvo has announced that they will be entering the World Touring Car Championship this year along with Polestar.  The season starts in less than a month in Okayama, Japan.  Volvo will be competing in their C30 STCC car that has just come off back to wins in the Swedish Touring Car Championship.  While most teams like BMW and SEAT have been scaling down their teams, Volvo is entering the Championship to judge interest and possibly become a big impact in next years season.

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While most car nuts are worried about putting miles on their cars, Irv Gordon is aiming for 3 MILLION miles by his 73rd birthday in 3 years.  He has been the record holder for over 1 million miles and is trying to make a milestone.  The car that has gotten him there is a 1966 Volvo P1800. Within 2 days of purchasing it he had over 1500 miles put on it and with that we can see how he sits at 2.8 million miles today.  We hope to see this car hit 3 million in the coming years as he is in a race against himself at this point with no one even remotely close to his milestone.

Subtitle: “Experience ’24 Hours – A Decision‘. The first-ever motor sport film from HEICO SPORTIV.”

Very well done. Bring your German translator…