(Thanks for the tip Dave) (TwitPic)

Did Pitt even try sitting in that cave-like backseat? How's he gonna get the entire family in that? This seems like some serious near-sightedness on Pitt's part.

Although maybe he actually is near-sighted. We mean, check out that color scheme. [TMZ]

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The vehicular prizes were awarded to the most compelling stories pulled from around 4,000 entries all making the case as to why theirs was a situation of greatest need. The giveaway happened over the weekend on "LudaDay" (known to the rest of us as "Sunday") where the contestants posed for pictures with Ludacris. According to the AP, Luda was taken aback after reading the essays telling of the struggles facing not-platinum-selling-millionaire-rappers during this latest recession. Ludacris urged fellow luminaries to also "Do The Right Thang" because during these "Hard Times" the "Word On The Street" is that walking around at "Two Miles An Hour" isn't going to help anybody "Rollout" of unemployment. (Thanks for the tip Wes) [Yahoo News]

Photo credit: AP Photo/Paul Abell

This evening in Berlin, the Jamaican sprinter broke his own world record of 19.30 at the 200 meter sprint with a time of 19.19 seconds.

The M3-flipping Bolt is now the man who holds the world title, the Olympic title and the world record in both the 100 meters and the 200 meters: he set the former on August 16 with a time of 9.58, besting his previous record of 9.69 from last summer at the Beijing Olympics.

With first places worth $60,000 and world records worth $100,000, the lanky Jamaican bagged a cool $320,000 at the Berlin world championships-more than enough to replace his crashed BMW M3 for his 23rd birthday, which is tomorrow.

(Yes, the clock reads 19.20 on the photo above, but his official time is 19.19 seconds.)

Photo Credit: ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images, OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images, Sky News

Celebrity: David Hasselhoff and Gary Coleman
Car: K.I.T.T.
Why So Embarrassing: It's the creepy thumbs up that makes this picture awesome to everyone not in it.
Suggested By: F1Morgan, Scandanavian Flick

Celebrity: 50 Cent
Car: Pontiac G8 GXP
Why So Embarrassing: Though we love the car, it doesn't particularly do it any good to get tarted up by 50 Cent on what seems to be the down-slope of his career. We bet Kanye could have sold more G8s.
Suggested By: BuickBoy92

Celebrity: Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence, John Travolta, William H. Macy
Car: Harley Davidson Bikes
Why So Embarrassing: The four of them look like a gay biker gang, but not in the good way. We do give them props for their realistic portrayal of the typical lame Harley owner in this shot from the film Wild Hogs.
Suggested By: Golferal

Celebrity: Michael Johnson
Car: C4 Corvette
Why So Embarrassing: Oh so 1990s. You may be fast, but you'll never outrun this Glamour Shot.
Photo Credit: Mike Powell /Allsport

Celebrity: Mila Kunis
Car: Lexus SC430
Why So Embarrassing: We're not big fans of the Lexus SC430, but it's not particularly embarrassing. Parking it in a handicapped spot to grab a coffee is.

Celebrity: Michael Phelps
Car: Mazda6/Atenza
Why So Embarrassing: Immediately following his pot bust/gold medal marathon Phelps was tasked with pushing the Mazda brand in China. We'd probably start using drugs as well.

Celebrity: Andre Agassi
Car: Vector W8
Why So Embarrassing: Posing near a Vector W8 is only cool in a semi-ironic sort of way. In this case, Agassi is trying to show off all he has: big hair, awkward car, soon-to-be-ex girlfriend.

Photo Credit: John Russell/Getty Images

Celebrity: Danica Patrick
Car: Chevrolet Bel Air
Why So Embarrassing: Danica Patrick is talented, but she also understands the connection between her sex appeal and her ability to get sponsors. Unfortunately, this photo is just awkward. It's supposed to be enticing and seductive but the strange outfit and uncomfortable look makes us wish we'd never seen this photo.
Suggested By: PowerMatic

Photo Credit: FHM/George Holz/JEGPhoto

Celebrity: Adam West
Car: Chrysler 300C
Why So Embarrassing: Adam West, Batman, drives an old man car. Whatever, he's hilarious. He gets away with it. What he doesn't get away with is the "NBR1BAT" license plate. Holy Vanity Plate Batman!
Suggested By: 57sweptside

Celebrity: Conan O'Brien
Car: Ford Taurus SHO
Why So Embarrassing: Yes, Conan O'Brien is trying to look ridiculous. Yes, we love the Ford Taurus SHO. This is embarrassing for Conan because his attempts at appearing silly fail. You look awesome Conan.
Suggested By: Nerdwa

Celebrity: Sting
Car: Toyota Prius
Why So Embarrassing: Really, the guy who wrote Outlandos d'Amour is suddenly out cruising town in a Prius. We thought tantric sex was about extending the pleasure. Hybrids cut it way short, Gordy.
Suggested By: JamesMarino

Celebrity: Michael Schumacher
Car: Fiat Work Van
Why So Embarrassing: Schumacher looks the part too well. Also, "the quick gardner" sounds like a bad German translation of a man who fires quickly in bed.
Suggested By: Mr_Sives_Remotoc.

Apparently, the fabric-topped runabout holds a special appeal to Ms. Macpherson, who has said "I love the Fiat 500c, it has that sexy, cool, Italian thing going on!" Yes, it certainly does, and so does that well placed celebrity endorsement from arguably the most successful supermodel of all time. For the high res version of Ms. Macpherson's low-riding top, click here. [Source: Fiat Marketing]

When you look at vintage photography of motor racing, you may be led to believe that back when racing wasn’t a global media spectacle, the stars constantly hobnobbed with their fans. This is probably not true. But what certainly is true is that modern motorsports events guard their principal actors behind security systems the Secret Service would approve of. At a Formula One race, or at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, you can barely see the pits, let alone the drivers, who speed by behind Armco and barbed wire at 200+ MPH in full-faced helmets.

The Festival of Speed is supposed to be different. For one thing, there are an incredible number of famous people present from all walks of motoring. Racing drivers past and present, rich petrolheads, carmakers: they are all there. Add to that the remarkable access you have to the cars themselves: Porsche 917’s and Silver Arrows race full throttle behind a 1950s-style hay barrier and you can walk up to multimillion-dollar racing cars, pat them on their Gurney flaps and no one will chide you.

Let’s see the few notables who have walked or driven in front of my camera.

Jay Leno

Weird news: Leno is no shorter and no taller than on screen. I ran into him at 10:02 AM as he was giving an interview to a TV crew in front of Goodwood House. He was very nice, posing with kids and giving them autographs. Later in the day, he drove a Harrods-liveried McLaren F1 GTR up the hill.

Emanuele Pirro

The great Italian Le Mans winner—his five titles at Le Sarthe are equalled or topped by only four men—was in the Audi area, driving an R15 back to the pits.

Sir Stirling Moss

Britain’s “all-around hero”–as the official program called the 80-year-old racing driver—was very active all day, not only for an octagenarian but for anyone out in the wind and the sun all day. He drove his 1955 Mercedes-Benz W196 and also the outgoing special edition of the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, pictured here, which bears his name. I didn’t actually see him out of his many cars, but he came on the screens dotting the are several times during the day.

Sir Jackie Stewart

The hilarious Scot had many of his brilliant blue Matras and Tyrrells on display and on the track. He also spoke on a panel with Alan Jones about modern Formula One, which you’ll be able to read about shortly. He is seen here around noon, signing autographs.

Alan Jones

The Australian is the man who gave Sir Frank Williams the first of his seven Drivers’ Championships in 1980 with the ground effects FW07. He was on a panel with Sir Jackie and proceeded to sign autographs.

Al Unser

The four-time Indy 500 winner was one of many American racing heroes on the scene, seen here driving up the hill in the 1978 Lola T500 car which gave him his third win at the Brickyard.

David Piper

You may not know this pipe-smoking Englishman but he is one of the coolest privateers in the sports car community. He has driven his privately entered Ferrari 250 GTO’s and Porsche 917’s over decades, all painted in Piper’s trademark cornfield green. He was a stunt driver for the movie Le Mans and crashed badly during filming, losing one of his legs. This, of course, has not stopped him driving his 917.

Damon Hill

In spite of his F1 world title a 13-year-old memory now, Hill still has an incredible cult in Britain. Out of nowhere, he walked past me by the Formula One area, followed by a rooster tail of fans screaming DAMOOOOON at the tops of their lungs. Hill escaped into a VIP area and proceeded to sign a few more autographs before he escaped inside, followed by frustrated cries of more DAMOOOOOOOOON. He is seen here at the moment of escape.

Reports claim he's being treated at Golden State Regional Hospital after the accident, which occurred in Fullerton, California. According toTransWorldNews:

Green was allegedly driving a Mercedez in Fullerton, California when his vehicle struck a pickup truck towing landscaping equipment. Three men from the pickup truck pulled Green from his car and beat him before fleeing the scene.

"He didn't have a chance against these men who attacked him before he said a single word to them," says a witness.

Green, 37, was unresponsive when paramedics arrived. No other details on the alleged incident were available.

There has been news of this on Twitter but, as of now, no reports from major news sources. Knowing Tom Green, it's possible this is all some sort of psych-out being used to generate news. At least we hope so.

UPDATE: Yes, it turns out this is total bullshit.
[TransWorldNews]

The 1988 film, Moonwalker was an absolute mind trip featuring Joe Pesci as the evil Mr. Big and the King of Pop as... well, the King of Pop. Take a peak at this classic clip and you'll immediately see why this movie was so great. Well, minus all the child befriending creepiness.

George is one of the first people to take delivery of the $200,000 hard top convertibles, one of the cheaper models in Ferrari's range. He chose to have his in black, creating the opportunity for all kinds of jokes combining that color and large phallic objects like this front-engined Ferrari. [WENN via Luxist]

The Ridley Scott-produced A-Team film is supposed to begin initial shooting in August and if all goes well, Liam Nesson will star alongside Bradley Cooper, who is also in early contractual talks to play Lt. Templeton "Faceman" Peck. Still yet to be cast are the roles for both Capt. "Howling Mad" Murdock and Sgt. "B.A." Baracus. As awesome as it would be, don't expect to see Mr. T make a return appearance.

The script will follow the original TV show premise of four war veterans wrongly convicted turned mercenaries for hire. Written by Skip Woods, of G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra and Wolverine, directed by Joe Carnahan and distributed by 20th Century Fox, the A-Team will make a planned 80's comeback on June 11, 2010. No word yet on if the famous A-Team van will make a return, but either way, we can't wait. [via Variety]

Carradine, who was 72, became famous in the auto community as "Frankenstein" from Death Race 2000. Carradine brought a level of class to what would otherwise have been a tasteless movie. Frankly, he made the idea of points for kills palatable if not even enjoyable.

Although we like Jason Statham, Statham was no Carradine in last year's remake of Death Race. Kwai Chang Caine will be missed. (Hat tip to Ian!)

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The incident occurred after fancy car-owning neighbors called the cops on Paris Hilton's little shin dig at 4am with noise complaints. Allegedly Hilton or guests then keyed and egged six cars, including two Maseratis and a Veyron. Police have already interviewed the heiress, but speculation indicates that she's likely way too lazy to have done the deed herself. [via LA Times]

According to his manager the sprinter is fine, though video from Sky News shows a bandage around his foot. Given the condition of the car he appears to have been lucky. Reports also mention a female passenger, so we're a little curious about what might have been going on inside the car to cause the quick Bolt to lose his attention.

A Jamaican man who witnessed the crash give Bolt a "10" for his landing of the BMW. An Australian woman who also saw the accident only gave it a "4" due to a previously unheard of technical efficiency. Hat Tip to Damian!

[Sky News]

As we expected, the Raser Electric Hummer H3 is a plug-in, extended-range electric vehicle (EREV) utilizing a 200 kW motor to drive the wheels and a turbocharged Ecotec four-cylinder to power a 100 kW generator to charge the batteries and run the e-motor.

If you're good at math you immediately see the problem here. For the first sixty miles the Raser Hummer runs in all EV mode and from there it will run on a constantly operating generator, resulting in an asymptotic decline in average fuel economy. It does get the dramatic 100 MPG fuel economy the company claims — as long as you don't go further than 60 miles in a day. The actual, long-range economy is a less headline-grabbing 33 MPG. Much better than a standard H3 for sure, but Raser has not quite yet managed to defy the laws of physics.

We'd have more details for you, but Arnie strode into the middle of the press conference with his phalanx of security guards and turned it into a media feeding frenzy.

These pictures were taken at VIP Status, where the Queen's S-class was lowered off a wrecker. No information exists regarding the crash besides what's evident in the images. The only thing we know for certain is that "Jay J" is a lover of drop-shadow watermarks. Step away from the Photoshop. Please.

[LexusNet]

The hotel's pastry chef, 21-year-old Aaron Billington, was arrested on suspicion of causing "thousands of pounds of damage to the car." Must've been a heavy bloke.

The damage consists of a cracked windscreen and a busted side window. Repairs are estimated at £7,000, or a bajillion dollars American, whichever comes first. The singer, who owns "four Ferraris and seven Porsches," was described as both devastated and forlorn. We at Jalopnik are similarly distraught, though not as distraught had it been our own Enzo.

Do we have to begin Saving The Enzos again, or can the pastry chefs of the world keep it in their collective pants?

[DailyMail]

This weekend was a cold one here in the Midwest so instead of going out and braving the weather we decided to hibernate instead, but not before heading out to our local cult video store and grabbing a couple of our all-time favorite classic movies. We got a couple of goodies including: Le Mans, The Great Escape and couple of our significant other's favorite Agatha Christie mystery TV episodes featuring the quirky detective, Hercule Poirot.

After watching a couple of these films we got to thinking about what some of these famous actors would be like if they were celebrities in today's day and age. We contemplated this for a while (mostly while suffering through Agatha Christie's, The Mysterious Affair at Styles) and got to thinking about what some of these celebrities would drive. So, thanks in part to both our boredom and ADHD, we've come up with the list below featuring some of our favorite classic celebrities and what we think they would drive if they were alive today.

Bettie Page	James Dean	Bob Ross
Louis Armstrong	Steve McQueen	Tiny Tim
Lucille Ball	Frank Sinatra	Elvis Presley
Audrey Hepburn	Charlie Chaplin	Marlon Brando
Marilyn Monroe	John Wayne	Bruce Lee
George Burns	Harry Houdini	Vincent Price
Cesar Romero	Agatha Christie	Ray Charles

[inspired by our ADHD and famousdeaddb, clips via YouTube]

The story of J.D. Fortune, singer/songwriter, starts with him as a budding star living underneath a bridge in his unidentified pickup truck. He applied for a spot on Rock Star: INXS, got on, and won. Though not a critical success, the band certainly seemed to be getting more attention than they deserved so the reasons for firing him in a Hong Kong airport are unclear. Either way, his life has taken an un-fortunate turn and he's back to living in a truck or on assorted couches across the greater Toronto area. This is all probably a stunt to bring attention to his upcoming solo release, but we'll credit him for living in a cold truck cab in a particularly harsh winter.

What is it with Canadian reality stars and their cars anyway?

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The stretched Rolls Royce Silver Seraph along with other Jackson memorabilia will be up for bid by Julien's Auctions at the Beverley Hills Hilton. The dark blue Seraph wears an interior which looks to have been pulled directly from the Palace of Versailles and seats five, seven if you must include the front cabin passengers.

The car fits in perfectly with the unintentionally creepy portrait of the Prince of Pop the wider auction paints — especially the larger-than-life Superman figure and Snow White and the Seven Dwarves sculpture. Price guidance puts the car at $140,000 - $160,000, don't spend too much time investigating the upholstery. [The Gaurdian]

We don't mean to imply Phelps doesn't truly feel sorry this all happened and doesn't understand it was a mistake. Compared to other busted athletes, he's doing a great job of accepting what happened. Still, maybe it's just because he tired, it looks like he phoned this one in.

And no, we don't know why we could only find this with Spanish subtitles.

Imagine a country where people are sensible enough to believe smoking a little pot doesn't erase your life's accomplishments. Where taking a bong hit at a party doesn't make sponsors scream "Won't someone think of the children?" Where it's OK to be human. Who would've thought that country would be China?

Just last month Phelps signed the most lucrative sponsorship deal in Chinese history, promoting the struggling Mazda brand there. The swimmer won eight gold medals at last summer's Beijing games, rocketing him to instant celebrity in the country.

Since the bong photo emerged on January 31, Phelps has lost sponsorship deals with Kellogg's and Subway. Apparently neither brand saw the lucrative munchies potential of a pot-fueled image.

Now, DMG Entertainment, which inked the Mazda deal, has said the scandal "does not affect the deal. We don't condone what he has done, but this is not the time to turn our back on him. Ultimately it's what Michael does in the pool that counts." Wow, that makes a lot of sense.

We assume the Chinese will happily photoshop fireworks over any photos of Phelps with pot.

[via Edmunds]

If history repeats itself she'll probably drive it, crash it, go to rehab and then someone will put it on eBay. After a few cycles of "crashing" and then crashing we imagine she'll trade herself down to a Smart ForTwo, which you may actually be able to afford.

Oh well, now we have an answer for what should Lindsay Lohan drive?

[via Celebrity Cars Blog]

Back in May of 2008, a Florida circuit judge ordered Hogan's license to be revoked for up to three years and that he serve eight months in jail after he crashed his "p***y magnet" yellow Toyota Supra in 2007, subsequently leaving his friend, John Graziano, with serious brain damage.

As we reported back in October, Nick was released from jail after serving only 166 days (nearly 7 months) of his eight month sentence and now he's been granted limited driving privileges to drive to and from work. No word yet on what Hogan will be driving, but our guess is that it'll be his Mom's car and won't be another "p***y magnet" yellow Supra. Be safe out there Floridians!

[via TMZ]

As we normally do when we're bored on a Saturday afternoon, we took a look around the auto forums for fun content. First things first was a trip over to our friends at VW Vortex where we found a delightfully mainstream almost-year-old thread that recently popped back atop the pecking order at The Car Lounge. Entitled "Celebrity Cars" — it appeared to be exactly what we were looking for — a by-no-means-comprehensive list of celebrities and the cars they drive. Excellent — something for us to write about. So we did some more pecking around and found a little site called "Celebrity Cars Blog." Even better!

So, without further ado, here's the best of what we found in an hour of searching. It's only 20, but it's a start. That's right, you heard us — a start. Now we need your help. If you're stuck inside tonight, we want to see what you're able to find. Wert said he'd help by hanging out in the comments below throughout the evening, so go ahead and have at it. Consider this like a "Bonus Question of the Day."

Kim Kardashian	Larry King	Adrian Grenier
Kendra Wilkinson	Audrina Patridge	Al Pacino
Ewan McGregor	Will.I.Am	Jennifer Garner
David Beckham	Miley Cyrus	Nicholas Cage
Conan O'Brien	Sienna Miller	Hayden Christensen
Larry David	Lauren Conrad	Simon Cowell
Daniel Craig	Jeremy Piven

[Inspiration from VWVortex]

The article about Suzie McNeil's Prius, which appears in today's Globe And Mail, is proof a slow news day in Canada is a million times worse than one south of the St. Lawrence. It's literally about how she drives a 2006 Prius and "pimped it out" by tinting the windows. Here are some gems:

"It says I'm concerned about the environment and also I am interested in thinking outside the box and trying new things that will help us," says McNeil, who was nominated for a Juno and a Canadian Radio Music award in 2008.

[...]

"When you stop and start, it uses the battery so that just compounds and doing that enough times you just save that much energy and money. I didn't even know that when I bought it; I was, like, do you plug it in?"

The one car she might trade for the Prius? A Volkswagen Beetle convertible. Seriously? When you're on the B-list in America at least you get a hydrogen BMW or a hybrid Lexus. Apparently, a Prius is a noteworthy and expensive car (for Canada).

Oh, Canada. McNeil also brags about being pulled over by two young cops and getting a phone number, which has less to do with the car and more to do with her being attractive (for Canada). Thanks to Mark for the tip!

[Globe And Mail Auto, Photo Credit: Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail]

This video is apparently Young singing (or mouthing) the title track from Fork In The Road which is basically a condemnation of the choices people who own gas guzzlers make. It's pretty awful. If the whole album is this literal and angry it'll be completely un-listenable.

For those keeping score at home: An electric 1959 Lincoln Continental Mark IV Convertible is cool. An entire record about environmentally-friendly cars? Not so much. We'd much rather listen to Stainless Style, the John DeLorean concept album.

[Pitchfork]

As far as luxury cars for famous writers go, an A5 is both sporty and stealthy without being over-the-top. Though we think he'd be better off with a STaSIS Audi S5 we applaud him for not just buying a Lexus hybrid.

It's at this point we'd like to remind people B.J.'s father, William Novak, was the ghostwriter for Lee Iacocca's autobiography Iacocca which, we think, led to Michael Scott raising a glass and erroneously toasting "To Mr. Iacocca and his failed experiment, the DeLorean" in an episode of The Office. Hilarious.

[Celebrity Car Blogs]