Posts Tagged ‘comic book’

IIHS midsize smack down: Side impact ratings better, rear crashes, not so much

Thursday, April 10th, 2008
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety just wrapped up its latest battery of batterings and most of the tested contenders in the mid-size segment faired well. The Dodge Avenger and Chrysler Sebring, along with the Infiniti G35, Nissan Altima, Chevrolet Malibu, Saturn Aura, Mitsubishi Galant and ......

Motorsports and soccer are the Superleague Formula

Sunday, August 19th, 2007
Click the above picture for more Superleague Formula photos.Superleague Formula might sound like a new comic book or a cough syrup but in fact it is the title of a new open-wheel race series coming in August 2008. It plays on the idea that people can't get enough open-wheel racing between all the al......

Iron Man alter ego Tony Stark’s R8 at Comic-Con!

Friday, May 25th, 2007
Our sister blog, Cinematical, is covering Comic-Con in San Diego and lo and behold, what did they spot out in front of the convention center? Tony Stark's Audi R8. This is just an early tease for Fanboy Nation, and this major product tie-in that will also see several other Audis cross the screen in ......

WRX marketing campaign injected with Japanese culture

Monday, May 7th, 2007
Subaru is hoping to give us all a little culture via its new Impreza ads. To show off the new 2008 Impreza and WRX, the company is using an ad campaign that portrays "the history, heritage and popular culture of its home country, Japan." Think everything from Japanese pop culture, from anime films a......

Faster than a speeding Yaris: the Superman Limited Edition

Sunday, August 27th, 2006
The Caped Crusader gets to drive the coolest-of-cool Batmobiles, but what does the Man of Steel get? A Yaris.The Toyota Yairs Superman Limited Edition comes only in Superman blue, natch. And you can tell it's special from all them snazzy decals: they're on the hood, the sides and on the back – big......

Pontiac product placement targets pulp fiction

Wednesday, May 17th, 2006
Pontiac is breaking new ground with product placement next month with "Rush City," a DC Comics production heavily funded by General Motors in an attempt to hock its Pontiac brand to men in their 20s and 30s. The six-issue series will debut on July 19.The Pontiac Solstice a chick car? Not when a New ......