Looks like in addition to the A-list, B-list and C-list music names the General's throwin' down at the GM Style event next Saturday night prior to the Detroit Auto Show, they'll also have a D-list entertainer in the house. "D" as in D-etroit. Ha! We slay ourselves...and pretty much only ourselves. Yes, GM's bringing Metro Detroit's child rocker, Kid Rock, to the Style event to add to performances by Mary J. Blige, DJ Samantha Ronson and Maroon 5. We'll be there live — earplugs in hand — as we're told there will also be some cars on stage. So join us at the Detroit Auto Show tag throughout the next week as we get ready for the Detroit Auto Show and all next weekend as we cover it live. Full press release from GM after the jump.
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Apparently the '96 Hummer H1 owned at one time by rapper Tupac Shakur is now up for auction on eBay for the bargain basement price of just $200,000. No, seriously — two hundred large. And why wouldn't you want to spend 200 Grover Clevelands (or more!) on a used black Hummer that wasn't even the vehicle 2Pac was rollin' in? Well, how about because it's the same H1 raffled in a contest by BET in the "Picture Me Rollin': Win Tupac's Hummer Sweepstakes" back in 2003. We're also told the winner then ended up selling the Hummer which then it found its way back into the possession of the late, great Shakur's family who are now selling it due to bankruptcy. What? Don't tell me the family's already blown through the "Lost Tapes" money? Full eBay description after the jump. Oh, and did we mention it's only got 14,000 miles on it? What a steal.
It's been 10 months, so what the hell is going on with that Sirius and XM satellite radio merger? Eh, it's a bunch of bureaucratic BS, but the Department of Justice should be giving approval by the end of the year with the final ballbuster, the FCC, hopefully giving the go ahead in February. Apparently investorspeople are even starting to get antsy. GM, Ford, Toyota, Honda, Hyundai and Kia all publicly gave support for the merger citing the price, competition and availability benefits. Chrysler even went as far as writing the FCC's chairman and assistant attorney general expressing no opposition to the merger. After the fold check out what your favorite manufacturer had to say about the merger, straight from the horse's mouth.
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Toyota unveiled today two new robots, a "Mobility Robot" and a "Violin-playing Robot" — the newest additions to its team of Toyota "Partner Robots" being developed to support people's everyday life. The mobility robot, designed around the i-Real concept shown in Tokyo earlier this year (see the Toyota folks giving us a demo of the i-Real chair-concept-thing in Tokyo here) is a robot for the "aged." The 'bot's supposedly capable of autonomous movement over uneven ground and around obstacles and has a traveling range of 12 miles per charge and a top speed of 3.7 mph. We'll have more pictures up shortly, but for the moment, here's a bit of sexy violins by way of the 17 joints in the robots hands and arms — because pics are all you're getting as the super number one best automaker from the land of the rising sun's not expected to have these bad boys any time before 2010. Full press release after the jump. UPDATE: Pictures added below!
Common is the latest in a long line of rising or falling (ahem Flex) hip-hop stars to endorse an SUV, in this case the 2008 Lincoln Navigator. There's generally nothing wrong with a rapper, even a conscious rapper, marketing an SUV. Mos Def once marketed a Denali and, you know what, the world didn't end. But there's something about this that bugs us. Common constantly shills for PETA and is now marketing a product that's more cow than steel? Let's hope he selects the faux-leather option. Full press release after the jump.
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Rapper 50 Cent took some time away from recording music and trying to grab a piece of Fast Lane Daily host Ashley Van Dyke, to customize a Pontiac G8. We're told he was absolutely instrumental in the design process — like when he said "I want a red car" and then "I want it to have a black stripe." Bingo, he got a "red car" with a "black stripe." Unfortunately, GM wouldn't let him use the rest of his "ideas" and left the remainder of the custom job on the 500 HP LSX 427-engined customized ride to the capable hands at Unique Autosports. Full release below the jump. More »
Aww, shoot, it's Fast Lane Daily and they got themselves an exclusive interview with some guy named "Fiddy" or "50" or something. And look, he's got himself a special-ed Pontiac G6. Err...that's Special Edition.
So we guess pop music maven John "Chevy" Mellencamp may still be able to croon about this here truck's "Our Truck" coming from "Our Country," but we're unsure he's able to continue to say that the music he's singing "our music" anymore. At least that's our thought behind the thoughts he must be having after seeing this here Chevy Silverado 3500HD Crew Cab that's all about the country croonin'. Yup, it's the Chevy "Country Music" Silverado 3500 HD Crew Cab — with a bed and tonneau cover that open up to reveal a makeshift stage complete with lighting and power for microphones and amplifiers. You know, for the Toby Keith in y'all. Full press release below the jump. More »
Bob Dylan's early lyrics may have incorporated politics, social commentary, philosophy and literary influences, but his latest verbiage is going to be selling some Cadillacs. Or at least it'll be used to sell some XM-equipped Cadillacs. There's three new Modernista!-made Dylan Does Caddilac commercials that've been mysteriously dropped onto YouTube — the first Dylan commercial is a trippy two-minute extended length, the second, above, is a one-minute version and the third's a thirty-second piece. We'd love to analyze this some more, but all we're able to come up with so far has been a "Highway 61" reference of some sort and that's he's "rockin' the road like a rolling stone" — frankly, neither one's funny. Damn you, jet lag!
Latest by NovaloadMissesPolar: @TobyBarlow: Oh, so that's why he's been doing all those other endorsements all these years. Thanks for clearing that up. more »
After seeing all the excitement around the lunatic transcontinental driving record on Monday, I was reminded of a much slower (yet still a red-eyed marathon in its own way), much more low-tech circumnavigation of the United States I did with a friend back in 1995. Instead of a BMW, we had his beater '88 Toyota pickup. More to the point, I was reminded of the mix tape- yes, tape, well into the CD Era- that became the soundtrack for our journey. So, inspired by the Loverman's Ten Best Driving Albums Of All Time (and your insightful additions to his picks), here's the Legend of the Orange Tape. More »
Latest by peakay: OK, my turn, time to impress with MY cooler than thou obscure/ironic mix list (think Maiden into Monk), but...FUCK...I'm forty more »
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