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James Garner, like a several other notable actors, has a longstanding love of racing. After starring in Grand Prix in 1966, he started a long semi-career in racing, owning a racing team, preparing Ramblers for the Baja 500 race as part of a deal with AMC, and driving Indy 500 pace cars three times. The guy loved racing. More »
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Watch as Garner, Bondurant and Car and Track head to Orange County Raceway in this television footage from 1971. Not only is this vintage clip featuring "movie star and car buff" James Garner cool, as host Bud Lindemann explains "it's a driving lesson for all of us". More »
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Peter Douglas is remaking John Frankenheimer's Grand Prix. Why? The film only stands up because of the romance of the era, the novelty of the production, and the charm of James Garner — and that's all gone. (H/T Scroggz!) [Deadline] More »
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The Mazda B2000 SE-5 isn't just a small truck. According to James Garner, actor and Mazda spokesman, it can really handle. And James Garner never thought he would say that about a small truck, until Mazda paid him to. More »
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When an automaker builds a car named the Cosmo Big Run Genteel, you know they're going to make some good television advertisements. Yes, we're talking about Mazda here! More »
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Remember the late-80s Mazda 929? It was supposed to be big, fast, and capable of blowing away Infiniti, Acura, and Lexus on the showroom floors; Mazda managed to meet the first two goals, but the last proved elusive. What to do? Bring in James Garner! More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=400138&view=rss&microfeed=true Okay, admittedly, Suzanne Somers isn't a woman we'd generally go out of our way to seduce these days. But back in '74, she was quite the looker, and let's face it, being Jim Rockford isn't entirely unlike being a blogger. Well, except that we can't afford a trailer in Malibu or a gold Firebird Esprit. And the closest thing we have to Angel Martin is Wert. But we're thinking that we could afford to dress like Rockford; In fact, if we're lucky, maybe we'll be able to find one of Garner's outfits in a thrift shop. Then we'll just have to put together a rental-car-and-coathanger budget. – Davey G. Johnson More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=232577&view=rss&microfeed=true Mike Post and Stephen J. Cannell were no doubt two of the giants of 1970s/80s television. This show, combined with this theme song, were a one-two punch the likes of which wouldn't be seen again until the A-Team. Which, admittedly, came only a few years later, and as awesome as it was, wasn't nearly as witty. Meanwhile, Jim Rockford gives us hope that one can be poor, awesome and happy in Los Angeles. Click here for the unfortunately-unembeddable more-stupidly-amazing version of the title sequence. Same visuals, funnier phone message, and a better, harmonica-infused version of the theme. More »
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