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Entries from May 2008

James Bond crashes yet another Aston Martin

May 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Once again, a DBS met its maker on a James Bond shooting. Following the several ones destroyed during the rollover scene in Casino Royale and the one which wasn’t supposed to take a fatal bath in the Lake Garda on the set of [...]

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Tags: Car Chase · James Bond · Movie car · News · Product placement · Stunt

On our watch list: Get Smart (2008)

May 26th, 2008 · No Comments

We haven’t paid much attention to the upcoming spy/comedy film yet, but there’s actually some car action in it, and even some product placement deals. Vespa is sponsoring it, and a Triumph is seen in the trailer jumping from the stairs of a [...]

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Tags: Movie car · Product placement · Trailers · marketing · video

Sunday Ads: Ford American Idol commercials

May 25th, 2008 · No Comments

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Ford has once again came up with very specific commercials based around a sole popular TV show, and we selected three of them to share with you guys. You might remember the ads specificaly made for the new Knight Rider pilot, [...]

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Tags: Knight Rider · Mustang · TV ad

New Promotional Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560 video

May 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Lamborghini has came up with a new video to promote its latest baby, the Gallardo LP 560. It showcases all the amenities you get with one, including drifting in the middle of a tunnel, and pretty much anywhere….
Watch this beautiful video after the [...]

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Tags: News · video

Cool vehicles in Indiana Jones 4 “Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”!

May 20th, 2008 · No Comments

digg_url = ‘http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/05/21/vehicles-indiana-jones-4-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull’;If you notice a lot of motorcycle action in the trailer below, that’s normal: Harley Davidson scored a big product placement deal with the production and we will talk more about the deal in another post.
But as often with Indy, some [...]

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Tags: Car Chase · Movie car · News · Product placement · movie vehicle · video

That’s a Saturn? No f#ing way!

May 19th, 2008 · No Comments

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Are you sh*tting us? This Saturn commercial is effin’ great!
I have to admit that this actually happened to me when I first saw one one their new SUVs. Difficult to do worse than the previous [...]

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Tags: Funny · TV ad

Little Britain: Mr.T

May 19th, 2008 · No Comments

One off our favorite TV show is Little Britain, an hilarious 20 minute long BBC program centered around two crazy actors and the multitude of characters they invent and play.
So when we realized they had made a parody of another of our favorite [...]

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Tags: Funny · TV show · video

Sunday Ads: Toyota’s Rav 4 will destroy your marriage (and more)

May 18th, 2008 · No Comments

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If you’re considering buying a Rav 4, careful: it might be the end of your marriage. As this ad shows, it’s such a good car, you and your spouse will fight over it. But not just verbally. You will actually booby [...]

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Tags: Funny · TV ad

Sunday Ads: a Skoda made out of cakes!

May 18th, 2008 · No Comments

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Skodas have long suffered a bad reputation, but ever since the brand has been bought by VW, things are looking up. The Fabia is one of the best sellers and gets good commercials on TV, like this one, were a dozen [...]

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Tags: TV ad

10 Fastest fictional cars listed by Forbes

May 17th, 2008 · No Comments

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Forbes has published a list of the
10 fastest fictional cars. Their choices are a little weird, but it’s worth a look.
Just to give you a taste of it, here is their top 3:

1. Blurr from the Transformers movie (1986)
Top Speed: [...]

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Tags: Movie car · News