<![CDATA[Jalopnik: star car]]> http://tags.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png <![CDATA[Jalopnik: star car]]> http://jalopnik.com/tag/starcar http://jalopnik.com/tag/starcar <![CDATA[The 50 Most Memorable Movie Cars, According To Rotten Tomatoes]]> The film critics over at the site all about Tomatoes that are Rotten, have proclaimed a list of the 50 "Most Memorable" movie cars. We won't give it all away here, but we were actually fairly satisfied with their choice for the numero uno slot. Obviously, they're not total hoons like us, but we were still interested to see where a few of our favorites ended up.

Somehow, despite all the recent Dodge Challenger hype, Eleanor from the original Gone In 60 Seconds came in at #41, beating out the Kowalski's white Challenger from Vanishing Point at #43. An apparently more famous Mustang, the '68 390 GT from Bullitt listed at #25, though its co-star Charger was nowhere in sight. The pond-skipping Lambo from Speed Zone failed to secure a spot, but its predecessor from Cannonball Run earned #17, barely being beat by Bond's Lotus at #16. The righteous Bluesmobile earned the #11 spot. Sadly, it came as no surprise that Michael Delaney's Porsche 911 S, and our very own March Madness Champion, the Miura, were forgotten.
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]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=389135&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Newspaper Launches WiFi Mobile NewsBlazer]]> In an effort to prove that print journalism is "with it" and "nifty," the Shelby Star of Cleveland County, North Carolina has launched a mobile newsroom. Called "The Star Car," this modified Chevy TrailBlazer features a GPS tracking system, cell-based wireless, a laptop and a dash-mounted camera so that people can watch news happening live (we can't wait for a car chase). All of this is tied together with a Kyocera mobile router and EmergreCore server. While this seems a little gimmicky, it's the first newspaper we've seen use the technology and we imagine the whole system is great for communities that don't get great television news coverage. They even have one of those blog things, which has been tracking a school lockdown here for concerned residents. [Shelby Star]

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