Posts Tagged ‘antics’
You might love cars, but there's a good possibility you hate going to the dealer. We're not going to speak ill of this particular breed of pitchman, but we're sure you've had your fill of car dealers and their antics. Thankfully, if you want to get behind the wheel of the newest hotness, there are o......
Lexus returns the favor to Audi in new ads
Friday, August 10th, 2007
Oh, what fun, a luxury sport sedan advertising smackdown. Lexus has returned a volley after Audi made a shot across their bow with a TV spot swiping at Lexus and implying that a self-parking car is for non-driving drivers. Like that kid in class who never knew quite how to shoot back a response, Lex......
Another great One Lap blog to watch
Sunday, March 18th, 2007
Between our periodic bouts of rage and disappointment for not making it to this year's One Lap, we've been able to keep tabs on the event by checking in with our friends at Winding Road and also with the power-obsessed folks at GSC Motorsports. They've been making consistent posts on their blog, whi......
Love Hertz: Shelby GT-H rental stolen, man arrested
Friday, March 9th, 2007
As devout members of Our Lady of Blowers and Burnouts, most of us can sympathize with someone that rents the Shelby GT-H and then has to return the 'Stang to their local Hertz office. It must be a tough pill to swallow, but at the end of the day, what's the alternative?For one weary soul in Arizona,......
VIDEO: Rollover avoidance taken to the extreme
Thursday, August 3rd, 2006
B9JTAhpDiDYWe're not sure which event this clip came from, nor are we aware of who was behind the wheel, but this takes the proverbial cake when it comes to driver skill, rollover avoidance and downright luck. Not to mention the sharp cliff the BMW's pilot came within inches of tumbling over while r......
BBC decides to back Top Gear against complaints
Tuesday, June 20th, 2006
To think, we here in the U.S. would love nothing to more than to see the salty hosts of Top Gear on our own tubes instead of being forced to bittorrent episodes off of the web, and some viewers in the show's native land have taken to complaining about "controversial" remarks made by Jeremy Clarkson,......
Pilots Wanted: new Saab Performance Team video released
Saturday, June 17th, 2006
WWzS_UcplQISaab is in touch with its roots in aviation, so much so that the Swedish company's marketing dept. let loose the Saab Performance Team on a closed runway to practice its earthbound interpretation of aerial acrobatics. The five-man Saab Performance Team has been exhibiting all the exciting......
Scientology enters the ranks of NASCAR sponsors
Sunday, May 7th, 2006
It's a concept that has endless potential for comic relief, if the recent antics of Tom Cruise and the media scrutiny thereof is any indication. Scientology is presumably making an effort to broaden its appeal by getting involved in NASCAR and sponsoring the Ignite Your Potential racing team. The te......
Top Gear to be banned from track over city planning violations?
Friday, April 28th, 2006
Britain's leading automotive television export, Top Gear, is reportedly in a spot of hot water stemming from its on-track antics. Apparently, the Jeremy Clarkson-helmed show uses Dunsfold Park (an ex-WWII airfield) in the UK for its Stig sessions, and doing so isn't copasetic with the locals.In fact......
Another Ferrari crash in SoCal, this one a double-fatality with possible police involvement
Wednesday, April 26th, 2006
Another Ferrari has left the road in Southern California, this time a 1993 Ferrari Testarossa in the outlying areas of western Los Angeles, resulting in the death of its two occupants. Although the names of the deceased have not been released, signs at the scene reportedly indicate that one of the t......