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Ludacris gives away 20 free cars to the needy

Posted: Sep 07, 2009

During tough economic times where American citizens are being forced to give up their houses and cars, famous rapper Ludacris (Christopher Brian Bridges) decided to come to the rescue. During a recent appearance on a local radio in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia, Ludacris announced that if listeners were able to pay the taxes, registration, [...]

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Jay Leno’s new show to pit celebrities against each other in green cars

Posted: Aug 06, 2009

Filed under: Hybrids, Green News, Industry News

Former Tonight Show host Jay Leno has revealed some tidbits about his new primetime show scheduled to debut later this fall. Taking a page for Top Gear, the show will features a segment called “Green Car Challenge” that will put celebrities against each other in alternative fuel cars.
You can see who is faster, Shaquille O’Neal or [...]

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Colin Braun shows Queen Latifah how to tame the 2010 Mustang

Posted: Aug 06, 2009

Filed under: 2010 Releases, Ford

Umm yeah, you know the routine. Follow the jump to read more of the press release. Oh, and there is a video as well.
Queen Latifah tames the 2010 Ford Mustang:

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2010 Chevrolet Camaro Transformers Special Edition Revealed

Posted: Jul 22, 2009

Filed under: 2010 Releases, Chevrolet, GM

Today at Comic-con in San Diego, GM announced the release of the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro Transformers Special Edition allowing us Autobot fans a chance to become Sam Witwicky and have our very own Bumblebee parked in our garage.
“When the first TRANSFORMERS movie was setting box office records, we had countless customers asking to purchase the [...]

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Miscellaneous Thoughts: Sandra Bullock loves Top Gear, get Nurburgring insurance, 2010 Infiniti M to debut next month

Posted: Jul 21, 2009

Filed under: Infiniti, Miscellaneous Thoughts

The day is almost over and that means it’s finally time for our Miscellaneous Thoughts post for the day.
Sandra Bullock loves herself some Top Gear: Hollywood actress Sandra Bullock loves Top Gear and that may be the fault of her West Coast Choppers CEO husband Jesse James. ”I love Top Gear. I live for Top Gear. Bullock [...]

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Miscellaneous Thoughts: Fox cleaned Bay’s Ferrari for Transformers auditions, Optimus on Letterman, use Twitter to comment

Posted: Jul 08, 2009

Filed under: Miscellaneous Thoughts, Videos

We’ve been quite busy wrapping up our week with the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS (it goes back tomorrow and we’re really depressed). Nonetheless, the show must go on and it’s now time for our daily (give or take a day here and there) Miscellaneous Thoughts post.
Megan Fox cleaned Michael Bay’s Ferrari for Transformers audition: Director [...]

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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen brings in $55 million on opening day

Posted: Jun 25, 2009

Filed under: Industry News

After months and months of waiting, the sequel for Transformers is finally here. We were one of the many geeks to go watch Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning, where it made $16 million on the midnight showings alone.
The movie ended up grossing more than $55 million, scoring the best opening ever for [...]

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Russian police using Brad Pitt cardboard cutouts to fight speeding

Posted: Jun 19, 2009

Filed under: Industry News

Slowing down or even stopping passerbys in their tracks is nothing new to Brad Pitt. Using Pitt’s popularity to their advantage, the Russian traffic police is now using cutouts of the Hollywood’s stars face to slow down drivers in the most dangerous intersection in the city of Omsk.
Traffic accidents in Russia are amongst the highest [...]

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Video: Michael Bay releases three new Transformers 2 trailers

Posted: May 21, 2009

Filed under: Videos

This week is turning out to be pretty exciting for us Transformers fans. Linkin Park released their new single, ‘New Divide,’ for the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Soundtrack; GM announced it will be offering a limited edition Bumblebee 2010 Chevrolet Camaro Package; and now, director Michael Bay has just released three TV spots for [...]

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Fast & Furious Nissan Skyline stolen from storage facility

Posted: May 14, 2009

Filed under: Industry News, Nissan

Most likely influenced by the movie itself, thieves stole the blue Nissan Skyline from the Fast & Furious movie from a storage facility in Sun Valley, Los Angeles. Thieves reportedly stole the car in a matter of 10 minutes.
The car was actually a Skyline GT-S model that had been modified to look like a turbocharged Nissan GT-R. [...]