After Ditching FaceBook Ads, GM Drops Out from 2013 Super Bowl as Well
With a very brief statement, General Motors, America’s biggest automaker in terms of sales and third largest advertiser overall in the U.S., has announced that it will not buy any ads in the next Super Bowl in 2013.
“We understand the reach the Super Bowl provides, but with the significant increase in price, we simply can’t justify the expense,” said General Motors Global Chief Marketing Officer Joel Ewanick.
Read more »Spy Shots: Porsche 918 Spyder Snagged Topless, Plus Full-Specs, Turns the ‘Ring in Under 7:22
Only a few days after Porsche released an official set of images of the pre-production 918 Spyder, our spies sent in new photos of the plug-in hybrid supercar, this time testing with its top down.
The new crown jewel of the Porsche lineup features a targa top solution with a pair of detachable carbon fiber roof panels that can be stored in the front luggage compartment and a small windowpane located between the flying buttresses.
Read more »MINI Norris, Approved by Chuck, Designed by Milos
With all the far-fetched videos we have posted in our Chuck Norris Approved section, it was just a matter of time before one of you, our readers, sent in a Chuck Norris Approved vehicle.
From the creator of the mirthful Zastava ZUGO with its groundbreaking hand warmers comes the one and only Mini Norris, the only car in the world that passed all crash tests with a single roundhouse kick.
Read more »Lamborghini Gallardo Driver Hits Curb After Failed Drift Attempt
It may seem that we are targeting Lamborghini Gallardo drivers this week, but this is not the case. After all, we cannot control what you, our readers send in our mailbox…
In a somewhat similar scenario to the Gallardo incident in Chicago, a driver of Lamborghini’s entry-level supercar, reportedly in Poznan, Poland (according to the YouTube poster ), exits a parking lot with the intent of playing around with the Italian model’s rear end.
Read more »Wheelsandmore's Light Tune Up of the Lamborghini Aventador
To be honest, the Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 doesn’t exactly need any help in the looks and performance departments, but for those that cannot do without customizing their cars, Wheelsandmore has prepared a first batch of upgrades.
The only styling accessory available for now is a new set of ultra-light, three-piece forged alloy wheels with an outer rim finished in the same color as the Aventador’s body.
Read more »Polar Bear Driving a Mercedes-Benz Pulled Over and Arrested – No Really
Plucked from the weird depths of YouTube is this dashboard-camera footage that begins with a Mercedes-Benz A-Class being pulled over by someone that appears to be an undercover cop – how else would you explain the blue jeans and leather jacket?
The cop comes out of his car and approaches the Mercedes sub-compact model.
Read more »Steve Jobs’ Dream was to Design an iCar, Says Apple Board Member
[The iMove pictured above is an independent study from Liviu Tudoran]
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs may have passed away in October of 2011, but he is still very much present through his ideas and dreams.
Read more »Futuristic MG Midget Concept Created by Design Student During Internship at SAIC
More than six years after China’s Nanjing Automobiles acquired the once-famed MG brand only to be incorporated itself in SAIC Motor’s portfolio a couple of years later, the British carmaker is still struggling to find its way and re-enter the global scene.
At last month’s Beijing Auto Show, we saw MG providing a glimpse into the future with the Icon, a study for a small crossover coupe.
Read more »Kia's K9 Rear-Wheel Drive Flagship Spotted in California, is U.S. Debut Imminent?
Despite the fact that Kia Motors’ U.S. executives are avoiding to say whether the company’s brand new K9 flagship model will come to the States, we all know that the Korean company would not develop a premium sedan model without planning to sell it in the world’s biggest and most lucrative luxury car market.
Which is why we are not surprised that a Twitter user spotted the K9, which recently went on sale in South Korea, on an Orange County, California roadway.
Read more »A Video Tour of the 2012 Moscow Tuning Show
Some may find it hard to believe but not all Russians post videos of people flashing guns as turning signals, Audi R8s drift-crashing and Land Rovers flipping over sewage covers (just to mention a few of the most recent clips).
At the end of April, the Russian capital of Moscow served as the host to one of the largest tuning shows in the country with plenty of people making use of their cameras to film the modified cars and as is universally the case with these kind of events, professional models dressed, sometimes even.
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