Last weekend, the British Car Union held the 25th annual, British Car Festival. The festival is a massive gathering of British car enthusiasts from all around the Midwest. This is probably the hardest car show of the year for me because the show is massive, it's blazingly hot, and I really don't know classic British cars.

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Earlier today was the last Supercar Saturday of 2011. It really did live up to it's name though. Lamborghini of Chicago brought out a white Lamborghini Aventador. I was a little surprised by how many Lambos showed up. The Chevelle SS was probably my favorite car at the show though. I love modified cars and that one was done very well. Another nice one was this Lexus GS300 with a huge turbo. I can only hope that next year is as good as this one was. Here is a sample of some of the pics. The link to the full set is below.

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On the 20th Weksos Industries brought the Wekfest Tour to Chicago. This car show is more different than others because it focuses on appearance (see: Stance) and just being incredibly unique. It is the new wave of import tuners. This leads to an unlikely mix of cars. American cars are rare, but Asian and German cars are everywhere. There is also a healthy mix of old and new cars and cars that can barely make it on Chicago streets, to ones that dominate on the track. It was a good show, but the guys riding bikes and skateboards through the show was pretty annoying. The widebody NSX was amazing, the E30 BMW with Nissan SR engine was confusing, and the panda AE86 was a reminder of why I love modified cars.

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Last weekend was the Chicago Volkswagen Organizations 15th annual Midwest Treffen. Treffen is one of the largest meetings of VW and Audi enthusiasts in the Midwest. The parking lot at the Oakton Community College was packed, as usual, with VWs and Audis. This year seemed especially light on early Volkswagens and Audis (in general). I think time and brand definition is beginning to split up "the scene."

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The Ferrari Festival is an annual Italian Buffet that takes place at the Italian Village restaurant in downtown Chicago. You get to see a group of modern and vintage Ferraris and all of proceeds the benefit Children's Memorial Hospital. My favorite car of the day was the Ferrari F40. The F40 is incredibly rare, fast, and still looks amazing. I wish I could have stayed to hear it fire up. My number two would defiantly be the 599 GTB. I think the GTB looks amazing, plus it's a proper, front-engine, V12, Ferrari. I'd jump at the chance to drive any of these cars (except for the one that was leaking radiator fluid).

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