<![CDATA[Jalopnik: love the beast]]> http://tags.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png <![CDATA[Jalopnik: love the beast]]> http://jalopnik.com/tag/lovethebeast http://jalopnik.com/tag/lovethebeast <![CDATA[What's Your Greatest Love Affair With A Car?]]> Seeing the trailer for Love The Beast, the documentary recounting Eric Bana's love affair with his 1974 Ford XB Falcon, we started thinking of that special bond between a car and an owner. Most of the cars we buy we love. Sometimes, we buy cars we merely like. Occasionally, we buy cars that live as much in our dreams as in our garages. They take our time, our money and our affection. We would, if we could, roll around with them in the sand.

The staff here at Jalopnik has had various love affairs. Mark would have to decide between a BMW 732i or 633csi, though the 6-series seems like the clear winner give the fact that he's had it for more than a few months. Personally, I've been pining for my mustard-colored Mercedes 300D, which nobly gave its life so that another 300D could live. And we all know about Ben and his 64 Lincoln Continental. Wert misses his black Northstar-powered Cadillac DeVille dreadfully. Not everyone has had this experience, but if you haven't had a love affair with a car you at least know someone who has. Pretend we're Dr. Phil. Enlighten us.

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<![CDATA[Love The Beast Trailer Details Eric Bana's Touching Love Affair With His Ford Falcon]]> Although Eric Bana only publicly mentioned he was working on a documentary about his '74 Ford Falcon for the first time at the Bathurst 1000 race this past weekend, we've got an exclusive first look at the trailer for the movie, titled "Love The Beast," set to appear in Aussie theaters in February, 2009. We've known about Eric Bana's love affair with his '74 Ford Falcon ever since news hit that the Aussie actor had taken the Falcon head-first into a tree during last year's Targa Tasmania rally. Now he's enlisted some A-list auto celebs and one not-so-A-list auto celeb to help tell his car-loving tale.

Well, he couldn't just leave the Falcon sitting on the sidelines, no sense leaving it to rust as he'd already stayed true to it for 23 years. So Eric "Hoon-Hulk" Bana put together a documentary to provide the inside story of his dragon-like affection for the car, his mates and how he got it back together. For color commentary, Bana brought in the likes of Jeremy Clarkson, Jay Leno and yes, Dr. Phil. Why Dr. Phil? Well, when you've got a dragon in your pants for your car — even a monster of a beast like Bana's red XB, we're pretty sure Dr. Phil would have a problem with it. Silly, puny Dr. Phil, doesn't he know anything about cars? Bana smash!

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