Fast and Furious opening night, now.
Tonight the Cars + Movies crew is at the opening of the fourth instalment of the Fast and Furous series. We’ll give you our first impressions shortly after the movie! Read More
Fast & Furious 4
OMG, is Vin gonna make it? intolerable suspense... During the SuperBowl we had the opportunity to see the trailer for the next instalement of the Fast and Furious franchise. Looks good, partly because the main actors of the first episode are back (Vin Diesel and Paul Walker), there seems to be more muscle cars and less imports, and it looks like the plot is more than 2 pages long. Without... Read More
Sunday Ads special: SuperBowl XLIII
Jason prefers Audis anyway... First of all congrats to the Steelers for their victory, and to the Cardinals for a fantastic game. Then, the important stuff: the ads. In today’s economy, a lot of the big car manufacturers pulled out or didn’t go all the way to make a real “SuperBowl Ad”. Thankfully, Hyundai, Audi and Bridgestone gave us some good commercial... Read More
Tribute to the Best Car Chases ever made
We’ve been away for a while, so we needed a great video to start fresh again, and this one is just perfect. The author did a great job making a montage of his favorite car chases, highlighting the cliches of the art. As always, enjoy! Read More
Honda Motocompo in action
This Motocompo jumps real high. The Honda Motocompo is a great funny foldable bike, built between 1981 and 1983. It was meant to be stored in the trunk of a small car and was thus known as a “trunk bike”. It’s also he bike used by Natsumi Tsujimoto in the anime You’re Under Arrest, and you can see her abuse it in the following video… Watch it after... Read More
Pontiac G8 Spy Hunter commercial: the making of
Remember when we showed you that fantastic Spy Hunter commercial? Well, we got the making of, and the guys at Sway, who made it, are super impressive. Watch the awesome making of and the commercial after the jump! Read More Read More
James Bond crashes yet another Aston Martin
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 Quantum of Solace, the much desired vehicle hit a stone wall in a quarry for what will be the climax of the chase in the upcoming movie. For good measure,... Read More
Cool vehicles in Indiana Jones 4 “Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”!
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 great vehicles will be used by the different... Read More
Sunday Ads: 2008 Challenger in Vanishing Point
digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/03/30/sunday-ads-2008-challenger-in-vanishing-point/'; When the new Challenger came out, an idea immediatly sprung in the gasoline-filled brain of many car guys: what about a new Vanishing Point remake? Something to fear, or something to look forward to? There was the very forgetable TV remake of 1997, with… Viggo Mortensen as... Read More
Star Car Shootouts
“Each week we’ll let two silver screen automotive icons face off and let you decide which stays and which one goes home.” The good guys at Jalopnik started their “Star Car Shootoot” a few weeks ago with Cannonball Lambo or Bond’s Lotus? Which Is Cooler?, which was won by the Lotus Esprit, continued with Bullitt Mustang or Le Mans Porsche?,... Read More
