Posts Tagged ‘bummer’

Flickr Find: FNF4 Subaru WRX STI

Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of Paul Walker's ride in FF4Filming on the Fast and Furious 4 film has been wrapped up for a few weeks. Despite that, fans will still have to wait until next summer to get their fill of Dom's return. However, that hasn't stopped the franchise from soaking up attentio......

Fast and Furious muscles up

Sunday, June 29th, 2008
Click above image for photo galleryOntarioStreetCar caught sight of a transporter loaded with Detroit Muscle being used in the filming of the fourth installment of The Fast and the Furious saga, innovatively titled, Fast and Furious. This is one truck we'd gladly hijack with a crew of accomplices dr......

FF4 gets official name, plot details revealed

Friday, April 18th, 2008
Our cinema-obsessed sister-site got the low down on the next installment of the Fast and Furious franchise, and since the plot and character development (or lack thereof) will be predictable enough, Universal decided to drop the "Four" from the title, so the new flick will simply be known as "Fast a......

Vin Diesel damages S2000 on set of F&F4

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
While filming the latest installment of everyone's favorite overly dramatized street racing flick, Vin Diesel extended his rage from a character in the movie onto the right front bumper of an S2000. The Honda, owned by Ben from Bespoke Ventures and being used as an automotive extra in The Fast and F......

Fast and Furious 4 will include a Hyundai Genesis Coupe

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
Click above for full high-res gallery of the 2010 Hyundai Genesis CoupeAccording to Inside Line, movie-goers should expect to see more tire-burning action from Hyundai's new Genesis Coupe than what's already been shown. It seems that the Korean car company has already sent Universal a bright red Gen......

French revelers take it easy, torch only 372 cars New Year’s Eve

Monday, October 22nd, 2007
Automobile flambé is a familiar dish in France, where rioters, protesters and revelers seemingly use any occasion involving large congregations of people to torch whatever cars happen to be in the vicinity. Apparently, New Year's Eve is always good for a spike in car-burning incidents, but this yea......

Ford previews Showroom of the Future for press (that’s us)

Wednesday, November 1st, 2006
We've just come from Cobo Arena where Ford Motor Company spent the morning previewing its Showroom of the Future to the automotive press, much in the same way its employees were given a sneak peek a few weeks ago. And, as the title indicates, "automotive press" included us this time around. After be......

Shelby GT350 stolen 26 years ago returned to insurance company, not owner

Saturday, August 26th, 2006
From the bible of the collector car world comes a cautionary tale of a stolen Shelby and a good lesson in caveat emptor. John Draneas of Collector Car Market recounts the story of a 1965 Shelby GT350 that was stolen back in 1979. The insurance company paid the owner $6500 and the vehicle was never s......

We knew VW Bugs were air-cooled, but this is ridiculous…

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006
The last time I saw wire construction like this, it was on a set of old patio furniture my grandmother had. This is considerably more impressive. Found on the Hemmings Blog, the details are... well... there are no details, but you know the phrase: a picture's worth a thousand words.This wiry little ......

How low can your Fiat go?

Tuesday, August 8th, 2006
We've heard of chopping the top on your car, but this really is ridiculous. Brit gearhead Andy Saunders decided he wanted to build the world's lowest car, and set about doing it by dropping £240 on a 17-year-old Fiat 126. Next, he and two frieds spent three days building the car before a live audie......