Posts Tagged ‘youtube’

VIDEO: Redneck ingenuity to the rescue

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Click above to view the videoWhen a 50-ton semi needs to be towed out of a snow bank, it's a good idea to call on a very big tow truck. If you're in the South during a snow storm, however, your best bet just may be the super 'necks. After the jump is video of a Jeep, Silverado and Ford Bronco worki......

VIDEO: Cadillac CTS-V promo film

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Click above to view videoThe 2009 Cadillac CTS-V appears to have the power and performance to take on the best that Germany has to offer, and GM's marketing team is just itching for the chance to brag about it. Following the jump is a two minute long tribute to the most powerful production Cadillac......

VIDEO: Ford of Canada makes cars out of people

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Click above to watch Ford's new commercial for CanadaFord would like to think that it's a car company for the people, and the Blue Oval's latest TV commercial for Canada features zero cars. What the ad does show is a group of men and women dressed in Ford-issue blue going Cirque Du Soleil to form t......

Mazda hires ad team that crafted MINI, VW campaigns

Monday, December 10th, 2007
Think about some of your favorite automotive ads in the past few years and a couple of campaigns stand out. Volkswagen's "Unpimp Mein Auto" and "Safe Happens" spots were some choice bits, and the countless print, billboard and TV ads for MINI simultaneously defined the brand and gave buyers on the f......

VIDEO: Rally champ Sebastien Loeb gets speeding ticket at Swedish Rally

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
It's pretty straightforward for most of us: drive above the speed limit and risk getting in trouble with the fuzz. Racing drivers usually get away with it – if only because they're on closed circuits – which makes it all the more interesting when the same fate befalls them as applies to the rest......

VIDEO: The future of motoring, circa 1960

Saturday, November 24th, 2007
Back in 1960, the sky was the limit in terms of technology and industrial growth. 60 years earlier, only the rich had cars and telephones, and television was a pipe-dream. By 1960, however, every family had a car and a television, nuclear power had been invented, and jet airplanes transported people......

VIDEO: Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR at the track

Friday, November 23rd, 2007
click above to view the videoThe Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR is a racing machine, that's what the three letter suffix denotes (American Club Racer), of course. You don't even have to be within 100 feet of the Viper ACR to know what it is, that wing on the back clues you in. Somewhere, a 737 is missing an......

Scottish police use YouTube to track down speeders

Monday, November 19th, 2007
Be careful what you put up on YouTube, because the police could be watching. At least, that is if you're speeding in Scotland, where police have been monitoring the internet in a campaign to crack down on reckless driving. Not only do the videos serve as evidence of moving violations, Scottish polic......

Pimp my tractor: the Valtra Revolution

Saturday, November 17th, 2007
Finnish tractor maker Valtra has just the thing for the likes of Huggy Bear, Snoop and Ice-T when they decide to find a little plot out in the country and tend the garden. Valtra took a T-191 and, in a makeover worthy of Galpin Auto Sport, loaded it up with goods to keep the day moving when it's har......

VIDEO: Terry Grant’s world record “J-Turn” in a Twingo

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
click above to view more images of Terry Grant's world record J-TurnYesterday we told you about stunt driver Terry Grant setting a Guiness World Record by performing a J-Turn through a narrow gap of just 378 centimeters. A J-Turn is basically reversing a car in a straight line, throwing it into a 18......