autoevolution 11 May 2021, 12:15 UTC ·
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It’s not every day you have the chance to purchase a car that used to belong to a hip-hop icon. This 1992 Acura NSX was allegedly first purchased by none other than Ice Cube himself, when he had already become famous, although not quite as big internationally as he is today. 21 photos
Since this is described as a 1992 NSX, it stands to reason that it was manufactured sometime in 1991, after Cube had already left N.W.A, starting his solo career off with a bang.
Around that time, he had already recorded two solo albums during a 24-month period, and was well on his way to establishing himself as an actor too beginning with the 1991 classic
The NSX is experiencing something of a renaissance, with renewed interest from fans of simple, fast, sports cars. Does that renewed passion extend to those that were hacked up, though?
This 1992 example, which the dealer claims was once owned by rapper and actor Ice Cube, has had its roof cut off and a speedster-style fabric top fitted on in its place. And although beauty is in the eye of the beholder, to this eye, the conversion comes frustratingly close to working, but ultimately just falls short.
There’s very little information available about this conversion, but my googling leads me to believe that it might have been done by Newport Convertible Engineering.
Classic Land Rover Defender still a theft risk due to lack of modern security features
The most-stolen modern cars are targeted electronically; the popular but old-fashioned 4x4 is easily succumbs to less sophisticated attack
4 May 2021 • 3:29pm
The Defender, produced from 1990 to 2016, bore an obvious lineage to the original Land Rover of 1948. This is a 1995 model
There’s one car that the UK’s most wanted professional car thieves covet, the classic Land Rover Defender. The renowned 4x4 has been a fixture of their “shopping list” of cars to steal for many years. While the increase in sophisticated electronic tools to bypass vehicle security systems is used to steal modern cars, many models of the old-fashioned Defender can be entered and started with “any old key”.
Charlie MacLean, a whisky legend in his own right, dubbed George Urquhart “the father of single malt.” Noted whisky writer Michael Jackson echoed that sentiment noting in George’s 2001 eulogy: I believe that single-malt whisky would simply not be available today were it not for George Urquhart.