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quantum of solace

Second Car Accident Befalls Bond Film Stuntmen

It's not easy being a stuntman on the set of the new James Bond movie, "Quantum of Solace." If you'll remember, earlier this week we told you about that stunt driver taking Bond's Aston Martin DBS into the drink (and the subsequent video aftermath) in what's being described as a highly dangerous "delivery-related" stunt. Now they've seen another car accident. Although this time it wasn't the DBS, it was double trouble as two of the men all about stunts were involved. Reportedly,
"the accident happened when the car used by two stuntmen rammed into a filming lorry and then into a wall on set near the picturesque Lake Garda in northern Italy..."
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8:40 AM on Thu Apr 24 2008
By Ray Wert
3,511 views, 27 comments

Latest by hootjigga: Hehe, a lorry's a truck. more »

news

James Bond's Aston Martin DBS Swan Dives Into Italian Lake

It seems the lusty power of the Aston Martin DBS, a rain-soaked night and an over-zealous stunt driver conspired to result in James Bond's car taking a swim in Lake Garda in Italy. According to the Daily Telegraph, a stunt driver for the latest film Quantum of Solace, lost control while bombing along some narrow roads and managed to fly off the road. While the car was a quantum of sogginess, the driver managed to escape a similarly water-soaked fate, but probably decidedly less marketable as a stunt driver. We're thinking it's excusable to lose a car when you're rehearsing or performing a stunt in front of the camera and crew. It's probably less acceptable when you're merely attempting to deliver the car to the set. Even less acceptable is that it's the only car available for filming.

8:20 AM on Mon Apr 21 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
5,863 views, 45 comments

Latest by dwp: a bit late to the party, but it was not the only car nor a stunt driver. [www.autocar.co.uk] Autocar really is quite good for a lot of things, even silly news like this. more »

top gear

Jay Leno On Top Gear America: I Hope We Don't Ruin It

It looks like Jay Leno has some apprehensions about Top Gear America, and we're guessing he hasn't even seen the poorest imitation yet. In his column for The Sunday Times, he lists the reasons why he thinks the program is doomed (and he doesn't even mention Adam Corolla as host). Most importantly, he thinks the show is going to lose the edge it has because it'll bow to sponsors who don't like having their cars criticized. In addition, he feels as though the show is going to be produced by people not interested in cars. Don't believe us. Check out his conversation with producers below the jump. More »

10:20 AM on Tue Apr 1 2008
By Matt Hardigree
7,569 views, 131 comments

Latest by rrpostal: Well, I loved the original "Office" but must admit we made a pretty good version also. Amazingly. Or as Clarkson would say, astoundingly. He says that word a lot. As much as I love the show, there are so many more »

celebrities

Police Photos From Nick Hogan Supra Crash Released, Still P***y Magnet Yellow

How does the age-old adage go? Mangled or not, it's still a yellow p***y magnet? The Clearwater Police Department has released hundreds of pictures of the p***y magnet yellow 1998 Toyota Supra. The original report says that Nick "Hogan" Bollea originally struck a curb, spun 180 degrees and slammed into a palm tree. These pictures look more like the Hulkster got a hold of the car at Wrestlemania 1998 and tore it to shreds.
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4:00 PM on Thu Mar 13 2008
By Travis Hudson
12,673 views, 58 comments

Latest by cazin678: Do check out the YouTube clips of Little Nicky learning to drive- his level of incompetence is truly difficult to fathom; My fave is the clip where he's rocketing along at all of about 12 mph and inexplicably makes a right-turn more »

top gear

Adam Carolla to Host Top Gear USA?

According to him anyway. Adam Carolla, on his show on KLSX today, announced he'll be one of the hosts of Top Gear USA. We've got no confirmation from anyone at NBC and frankly, we don't even know who to call to confirm it. But we've got to believe Adam if he's saying it. We mean, he was on the "Man Show" — of course he's a reliable source. Guess that means there's only two slots left. Why do we feel like we're looking for a "golden ticket" in a sea of Wonka bars here? Wait a second, is that the Aston Martin V8 Vantage N24 behind Adam in the picture above? We feel like we've seen it somewhere — like perhaps last season on Top Gear UK. Jeez, the guy's already starting to get acquainted with the toys used in the show from across the pond. [Final Gear, 97.1 FM via CarSpyShots]

8:44 PM on Fri Feb 29 2008
9,721 views, 168 comments

Latest by ba7raini56: even though I like Leno - TG is just dead without Clarkson, Hammond and May more »

boyd coddington

Cadzilla, A DeLorean And ZZ Top: A Boyd Coddington Tribute

For those still continuing to cope with Boyd Coddington's death, here's a video that should put a smile on your face and maybe dry up a few of those tears. One of Coddington's most beloved custom cars was the Cadzilla, which was created for ZZ Top singer Billy Gibbons (sometimes referred to as CadZZilla). Truly a unique ride, the custom cost around $900,000 to build. This might explain why ZZ Top put Cadzilla in so many videos. Our favorite has to be the video "Doubleback" for the Back To The Future Part III soundtrack, which features both a DeLorean and Cadzilla. As always, the day is saved by three leggy young women in a custom hot rod. We love America.

2:40 PM on Thu Feb 28 2008
By Matt Hardigree
21,238 views, 11 comments

Latest by mytdawg: @Smells_Homeless: The last one I saw was in a fairly small auditorium here in town. There was a line of maybe 2 dozen people on the balcony off to one side of the stage doing the Wayne's World "We're more »

question of the day

What Would You Have Driven To The Oscars?

If you didn't watch last night's Academy Awards we're not going to judge you (you can follow the Oscar live blog at Defamer if you're really interested). Most of what we wanted to happen, happened. No Country For Old Men was, hands down, the best film of 2007 and it won. Overall, a year of good movies apparently makes for a year of dull Oscars. To make matters more boring, they all showed up in eco-friendly vehicles. We wish they'd put as much effort into picking out cars as they do into picking out clothing. "What are you driving?" "This is a matte black De Tomaso Pantera." The red driveway, anyone? More »

11:40 AM on Mon Feb 25 2008
By Matt Hardigree
2,843 views, 110 comments

Latest by mr.choppers: I assume that all who mentioned various Facel Vegas actually meant to say Facel Vega Excellence - suicide doors, ghost of Frank Sinatra. Nothing better. Of course, I wouldn't be caught dead near the Oscar's ceremony. more »

knight rider

Exclusive: Jalopnik Lifts KITT's Hood

Ray and I got to live out a major childhood fantasy of ours earlier today when KITT swung by Brooklyn and offered to take us for a ride. KITT's found new life not as an F-body, but as a Ford Mustang GT500KR. Well, a more accurate description would be a Mustang GT with an automatic transmission — the cast can't drive stick — a supercharger and GT500KR bodywork. They do say, "Never meet your childhood heroes, you'll be disappointed." In this case, they're only partially right.



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4:00 PM on Fri Feb 15 2008
By Wes Siler
5,700 views, 54 comments

Latest by simona: Very sad indeed. When we were in our teams, KITT was the future and the future was cool. Now that we have grown up and hopefully gotten more intelligent and they put out a piece of crap like more »

knight rider

New Clip From New Knight Rider, Still No Turbo Boost


No turbo boost in the first 15-second teaser of the new KITT, no turbo boost in the second, 30-second commercial for NBC's new Knight Rider, and now we're here. How sad is it there's now a third video — a minute-and-a-half clip from the new Knight Rider movie/show now up on the interwebs, yet still no turbo boost. Yes, sure, there's plenty more moments of the new Shelby-fied Ford Mustang GT500KR-powered KITT in action and there's the new shots of the new Hoff-ness, Mike Tracer. There's even some great ignition sounds of the big 550-HP 'Stang — but there's certainly no boost of a turbo nature. Although we hear Ford's working on that.

[via Knight Rider Online]

11:32 AM on Wed Jan 9 2008
By Ray Wert
53,157 views, 79 comments

Latest by kevjohn: Surprisingly, this movie looks pretty bad.Wait, did I say surprisingly? I meant to say UNsuprisingly. more »

knight rider

30-Second Knight Rider Commercial Airs, No Turbo Boost In Sight


UPDATE: We snagged ourselves a higher-res version of the new Knight Rider commercial. We've replaced the ol' and busted one with the new hotness you see above and added the text of the commercial below the jump. The second commercial for the new Knight Rider's aired just weeks after the first and it's got us thinking. OK, so the new K.I.T.T.'s a Mustang GT500KR, right? And it's got all these great standard features, right? 550 horses under the Cylon-like hood, race-tuned suspension, Xenon headlights with infrared, military satellite access, and all the rest. But where's the turbo boost, eh? Seriously — that's all we want — a little bit of turbo boost. Is that too much to ask for? We don't think so.

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9:10 AM on Sun Jan 6 2008
By Ray Wert
51,299 views, 86 comments

Latest by subzero288: The douche-bags putting this thing together apparently NEVER WATCHED THE SHOW. KITT, within the reality of the series, just RESEMBLED a Trans Am, but he didn't share ONE component with a GM product. KITT wasn't "modified,", but a completely new more »

death race

Exclusive Video From New Death Race Movie Features Mean-Looking "Dreadnought"


While we knew going in the Death Race "trailer" we posted earlier wasn't the real thing, our sources tell us like the Jason Statham screen shot we showed you last week, the video we've got up above is absolutely the real thing. It's some behind-the-scenes video from the new Death Race movie. That vehicle you see running through an industrial wasteland (that appears to look a great deal like a prison) is something called the "Dreadnought" and we're told it's up to no good in the Race all about the Death. Embargoes threatening our own "Death" prevent us from saying anything more. No need for us to give Universal Studios a free 40 points at our expense.

4:00 PM on Wed Jan 2 2008
By Ray Wert
4,006 views, 27 comments

Latest by billstewartx: come on! IF ITS ALL THE SAME TO YOU, I'LL DRIVE THAT TANKER... more »

transformers

Transformers Producers Steal 'Bee-Otch' Air Freshener Idea From Little Old Lady in Brooklyn?

We were pretty fascinated by the "Bee-Otch" air freshener back when we saw it hanging from Bumblebee's rear-view mirror in Transformers a few months back. We were so enthralled and amused we even tried to figure out how we too could own our very own li'l "Bee-Otch" air freshener. Well, it looks like there's now a bit of a legal tussle over the adorable little hang tag. Here's the story from the NY Post:
" Producers of the summer hit allegedly ripped off a Brooklyn woman's popular copyrighted design of an angry bee for a sight gag in the flick.
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4:30 PM on Sun Dec 30 2007
By Ray Wert
4,111 views, 17 comments

Latest by Collins1: @TexanIdiot25: You live up to your name. They copied the product and are selling it as Transformers merchandise! It's her copywritten idea and they're breaking the law! more »

knight rider

First Trailer For New Knight Rider Airs, Features New Shelby-fied KITT, Flashing Red Lights and Will Arnett


If anyone happened to have been watching NFL Football last night on NBC, they'd have seen a quick 15 seconds of promo reel that'll make their heart beat just a few seconds faster this morning. The rainbow-colored network dropped their first promo for the new Knight Rider TV movie. It was only a few seconds long, but as soon as we saw the Ford/Shelby GT500KR logo flashing red lights and the voice of Will Arnett they had us at hello.

[Hat tip to Knight Rider Online!]

5:00 AM on Mon Dec 24 2007
By Ray Wert
116,076 views, 44 comments

Latest by Atol: Kitt been in 4 differnt cars. Mybe you all should look it up. more »

iron man

Audi Releases More Details of Iron Man Product Placement Extravaganza


Compared to iRobot, Iron Man takes it easy on the R8 in the trailer, showing only maybe two seconds of it as the trailer begins. We're not sure if this is going to be a hit or not, but the Audi R8 seems a bit pedestrian for someone who is supposed to be a freaky genius billionaire. On the other hand, an Audi S5 seems about exactly appropriate for Virginia "Pepper" Pots, the secretary played by the lovely Gwyneth Paltrow. The film is going to be directed by Jon Favreau, so expect it to be "so money" or something like that. Full press release below the jump:


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3:00 PM on Thu Dec 20 2007
By Matt Hardigree
3,294 views, 24 comments

Latest by Heftyjo: @Charles_Barrett: Yea but 4 of them are clogged with hamsters wrapped in duck tape. more »

speed racer

Speed Racer Trailer, Prepare to Trip Balls in Higher Definition


While the trailer for the new Speed Racer movie above certainly isn't in high-def, it's at least of a higher quality than what we and other sites have tried to peddle as "teh sweet." As we're sure you're already aware, it's been more like "teh suck." But at least this time you'll actually be able to tell the difference between Speed Racer and Racer X — because here they've finally got more definition and aren't quite the amorphous blobs they were the in the last version we brought you.
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12:15 AM on Tue Dec 18 2007
By Ray Wert
7,495 views, 29 comments

Latest by Heftyjo: Shoulda called it Tron 2. And is it just me or is that Al Gore plotting to destroy Speed? more »

detroit auto show

2009 Mercedes GLK Gets Naked on "Sex and the City" Movie Set

Our spy photographers caught a completely naked 2009 Mercedes GLK on the set of the new Sex and the City movie. The new Mercedes CUV sans camo is looking better than we expect co-star Sarah Jessica Parker probably does sans her own caked on camouflage-like makeup. Luckily our spy mistress Brenda Priddy tells us shows us with the above picture this particular shot featured the sultry cougar Kim Cattrall at the wheel in this shot taken not in the siren's normal hunting grounds of Manhattan, but rather on Rodeo Drive. Rowr! We hope she'll be riding the new GLK into Cobo Hall at the Detroit Auto Show for what we're told should be the mini-ute's world debut.

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Feature

2:16 PM on Sun Dec 16 2007
By Ray Wert
16,489 views, 57 comments

Latest by dotorg greg: Big Trouble In Little Stuttgart more »

found on ebay

No One Wants to Buy Gary Coleman's Saturn Sky

The story of child star Gary Coleman took another sad turn last month as the former star of Diff'rent Strokes was unable to unload his 2007 Saturn Sky Convertible. In fact, there wasn't even a single bidder or another offer. Even more depressing, he only asked for $25,000, which isn't an outrageous price for the car given the condition (here's a similar Saturn Sky with no child star connection at the same price). The car even came with a Gary Coleman autograph. Vehicle description below the jump:

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2:45 PM on Fri Dec 14 2007
By Matt Hardigree
12,123 views, 72 comments

Latest by 86nova: It looks like Mr. Coleman needs to wash his hands more often, or eat fewer donuts, or something. Those are some serious fingerprints on his center stack. more »

found on ebay

Buy Hyper-Autographed BugE, Help Autistic Kids!

How would you like to buy a "Special Edition BugE Personal EV Transport" signed by 100 celebrities, including John Legend, Ne-Yo and Adrienne Curry? Max speed in this little electric devil is 50 MPH; range is listed at 40 miles. Sure, the starting bid is a cool 10 grand, but every dollar over the MSRP will be donated to a charity that helps autistic kids! Say, what is the MSRP of a BugE? Is this what we'll all be driving in a few years? [eBay Motors]

4:00 PM on Thu Dec 13 2007
By Murilee Martin
580 views, 16 comments

Latest by Novaload: NOT ONE BID YET on eBay. more »