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Entries from January 2008

Vehicles of The Golden Compass (2007)

January 31st, 2008 · 1 Comment

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Although there’s no “cars” in The Golden Compass, there is a good diversity of vehicles set in a particular parallel past/future such as the Sky Ferry, the Carriage, balloons, ships, etc.
The movie
Potter, Narnia, Stardust… The Golden Compass is the latest in [...]

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Tags: General · Movie car · Movie review · News

1,000th visitor on CARS+MOVIES.com

January 31st, 2008 · No Comments

The first article on CARS+MOVIES.com was published on January 4th, 2008, but we only started our stats on the 16th.
Today we had our official 1,000th visitor on the website (which means that the actual number of visitors is slightly higher) and since we’re happy [...]

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Tags: General

Team Knight Rider (1997)

January 30th, 2008 · No Comments

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To be fully prepared when the ‘08 Knight Rider pilot comes on, we thought you guys should know about some of the previous attempts to bring the show back.
One of them was Team Knight Rider, a 1997 spin-off that lasted only [...]

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Tags: Knight Rider · Mustang · TV show

The Bullitt chase recreated

January 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Motive mag is an automotive website with cool articles, fresh news and an excellent graphic design. Actually that’s the first thing that came to my mind when I went there. It’s a nice change compared to some of the most popular [...]

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Tags: Bullitt · From screens to roads · Mustang · Product placement

Chinese Citroen C4 transformer

January 29th, 2008 · No Comments

You might have heard of this already, but some guys built a Citroën C4 Transformer. They were either obsessed with the commercial (our
article) or working for some Citroën event there…
We’ve found a video on digg and couldn’t understand a word, but it’s [...]

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Tags: General · TV ad · Transformers · Transforming vehicles

Greatest Car Chases in Science Fiction

January 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Charlie Anders, from the io9 blog, published a very insightful list (in two parts) of the best car chases in Sci-Fi movies. Every movie chosen comes with a description and it’s own video. Why not pay them a visit?
“Car chases are a huge [...]

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Tags: General · Knight Rider · Movie car

Sunday ads: Peugeot 205 GTI, Bond style

January 27th, 2008 · No Comments

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Today we introduce a new section: Sunday ads. Every sunday we will present a new commercial, vintage or contemporary, good or bad… The only rule: it must have a cinematic quality or make a reference to a movie.

To kick things out, [...]

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Tags: James Bond · TV ad

Bo’s General Lee auction video

January 26th, 2008 · No Comments

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As a reminder John Schneider’s General Lee has been sold last week-end at the Scottsdale, AZ, Barrett-Jackson auction.
The star from The Dukes of Hazzard was snapped for $450,000. See our article
here.
We’ve found a video of the actual auction on YouTube [...]

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Tags: General · Movie car · TV show

Shelby GT500KR KITT: official Ford press release

January 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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While researching some info about the new Knight Rider design, we stumbled upon the official Ford’s press release and found out some interesting facts.
KR
On January 10th we were talling about the KR suffix used for the new Shelby Mustang, and what [...]

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Tags: Knight Rider · Movie car · Mustang · Product placement · Shelby · Transforming vehicles

James Bond 22 = Quantum of Solace

January 25th, 2008 · No Comments

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The BBC News website has
revealed the next James Bond title: Quantum of Solace. It will be in theatres on November 7th of this year.
it’s the smallest unit of human compassion that two people can have
This enigmatic title is taken from [...]

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Tags: General · James Bond