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MTV's Pimp My Ride had a simple premise: rapper Xzibit and his band of merry customizers would show up at your house and make your crappy beater awesome. A former "pimped car" recipient explains what happened when MTV left. More »
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By 1973 the muscle car was almost entirely dead. A few cars fought through increased emissions requirements and fuel concerns to try and keep the muscle car flame burning. Buick built the Century GS455 to be one of them. According to this vintage Car & Track review, they did the best they could. More »
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It appears that GM's marketers recruited the actors from this ad from Synanon, if we go by the vacuous, zombified smiles and apparent belief that the '80 Regal was a sporty car. More »
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You know what we haven't had in this series? Donks! Oakland, just across a narrow estuary from Alameda, has a fair number of donkified GM cars, but the trend seems to be dying out. In any case, donkmania never got very big in Alameda, where old-school musclecars and lowriders seem to be the customization themes of choice. Here's a rare Alameda donk, which I shot next to Alameda High over the winter (no, it doesn't rain here in June). The car parked on that block every school day, so is it a teacher's car or a student's? More »
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Our friends over at Japanese Nostalgic Car Magazine went to the motherland recently and were kind enough to drop by the Toyota showroom and send us these photos of the latest Toyota Century luxury sedan. Is this thing a Yakuza enforcermobile or what? Make the jump to see the expanded gallery and read what JNC editor Ben Hsu has to say about the Century. More »
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Finally. Yes, finally. As you no doubt are fully aware, Godzilla is invading America. And it only took 'em 50 years. Which got us thinking (something has to, right?) what other Japan only cars are we hot for? Sure, everyone wants the last gen Evo wagon or a Civic Type R, but really, what makes you ache? Well, for us the answer is painfully simple: the Toyota Century. It's 40 years old and even after a major redesign in 1997, it still looks the bleepin' bloody same. And we find it super hot. There's also the matter of the 5.0-liter V12 good for 276 HP. Did we say 276 horsepower? Oh, that's the official number. What we mean is 350+ hp (thanks Carter). Plus window doilies, as tinted windows attract undo attention. But that's us. Which car from the Japanese domestic market do you want Santa to cram up your stocking? And sure, you can pick the Mud Master. Why the heck not? More »
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Many moons ago, the UK Subs once sang, "Well i ain't got no television set or stereo, 'cos I live in a car." Steve Graham, of Pittsburg, KS, has honored the shopworn tradition of killing one's idols by going ahead and living in his Buick Century with those amenities, after his wife kicked him out eight years ago. Meanwhile, his neighbors accuse him of incinerating poop in the yard. Quoth Graham? "No, I go elsewhere. I don't expose myself to people." [SFGate] More »
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