Posts Tagged ‘lead role’

Wald C-Class Black Bison Edition scares us… really

Thursday, July 24th, 2008
Click above for a high resolution image We usually try and reserve judgment when it comes to aftermarket styling packages. After all, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and different people prefer different styles. In this case, however, we have to take exception with this body kit from Wald. Fir......

AM General to produce Standard Taxi cabs?

Monday, July 14th, 2008
It sure ain't pretty, though beauty, in this case, is likely in the eye of the beholder. A few years back, a new take on the taxi was provided by Standard Taxi, a company based in Troy, Michigan. The design for the purpose-built people hauler uses GM running gear and is able to haul four passengers ......

Loder1899 builds off Jaguar XF’s strong points

Thursday, May 1st, 2008
Click above for a gallery of the Loder1899 Jaguar XF.Unlikely the atrocity that Galpin performed on the new Jaguar XF, the German tuners at Loder1899 recognized the cat's strong points and built a set of tasteful mods around it. The package from Loder comes equipped with a new front bumper, rear dif......

Britain’s Telegraph picks their 100 most beautiful cars of all time!

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
The Telegraph is a major British newspaper and it's just published a list of what it deems the 100 most beautiful cars of all time. No matter what country you visit, regional automotive journalists seem to have some degree of bias toward the local brands. British publications, although they often fe......

Chevy Silverado commercial spoils CBS show for fans

Friday, October 5th, 2007
Earlier this year, the CBS show Cane was the seventh most searched new fall show. Since then, we haven't heard anything about it, neither good or bad. That changed this week when someone at CBS had a Homer moment ("D'oh!") and ran a story-spoiling commercial before the plot had run its course on the......

VIDEO: Ford fools people into telling the truth

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007
A lot of air has escaped Ford's balloon, and it's launching a new advertising campaign to spread the word about its lineup. Instead of some gimmicky pitchman like Honda's dreadful and annoyingly drawn "Mr. Opportunity," or the mustachioed Dr. Z of the company formerly known as DaimlerChrysler, Ford'......

Rated R muscle car featured in Tarantino’s Death Proof

Friday, August 25th, 2006
Details are beginning to circulate that sometime next year we're going to see a double-feature homage to the slasher flicks of the 70's in the form of Grind House. Robert Rodriguez (of Sin City fame) will be behind the lens of one of the films, entitled Planet Terror, with Quentin Tarantino taking t......