Over 10,000 visitors.
On January 31st, we were like kids in front of the original Knight Rider in a candy store after we got our 1,000th visitor, and we even made an article about it. We were telling you how thrilled we were to be there after only two weeks and that we would let you know when we reach the 10,000 landmark… and here we are! The stats for the website (launched on Jan. 4th, 2008)... Read More
Gas prices reaching $4.00 per gallon = world of Mad Max getting closer?
digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/03/12/gas-prices-reaching-400-per-gallon-world-of-mad-max-getting-closer/'; Last Monday we were telling you about the Mad Max looking universe and characters of Doomsday, the new zombie/apocalypse movie that will hit the screens this Friday in the US. Today, Autoblog relayed the actual news that gas thieves are getting more brutal than... Read More
Sunday Ads: VW GTi “Pimp My Ride” campaign
digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/03/10/sunday-ads-vw-gti-pimp-my-ride-campaign/'; In a week Kathy Griffin will be hosting World’s Funniest Commercials: Hilarious Liaisons on TBS, and we’re guessing that they chose to air that on a Sunday because they wanted to compete with our crowd-favourite Sunday Ads section. All we can say is: good luck, Kathy. “We’re... Read More
Our Downloads section is open!
We just opened it and you’ll find our main photo galleries there, including some new ones, along with wallpapers. The Bullitt Mustang, the Knight Rider, I Am Legend, The Golden Compass… they’re all there. Keep an eye on it, new stuff will be added soon. And if you have any requests, leave a comment! You have to leave your email address to do that, but we won’t... Read More
Across Paris in 8min: C’était un rendez-vous (1976)
digg_url = 'WEBSITE_URL'; Long before Fast and Furious, the Ghost Rider and other YouTube’s overabundant homemade videos of insane street driving, Oscar-winning director, Claude Lelouch, shot C’etait un rendez-vous (It Was an Appointment), a 9 min short. The only point of view is from the front bumper of a car, crossing Paris at very high speed, taking one way... Read More
Sunday ads: Pontiac, Sin City & Renaissance style
digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/02/10/sunday-ads-pontiac-sin-city/'; As you can tell, today is Pontiac day, with two commercials relying on recent movies. The first one was linked to Transformers, with Megan Fox (read our previous article: Megan Fox hearts Pontiac), while the second one, entirely in black and white (except for the Pontiac logo) seems to be inspired... Read More
Poll: what’s next on CARS+ MOVIES. Results!
The results from the poll are here and it’s a tie for the Batmobile and Christine, with 33% of the votes. 33% Batmobile (movies and TV shows) 33% Christine (Plymouth Fury) 25% DeLorean (Back to the Future trilogy) 8% The Fast and Furious vehicles So what are we going to feature next. Well, both! We’ll start with the Batmobile and it’s history -the voters on... Read More
The future Impreza from Fast and Furious 4 (2009)
Before we start, one note about the title: we don’t know it yet, but someone on Imdb proposed the title 4 the Fast, 4 the Furious and we like it here. Vin Diesel and Paul Walker will return as Dominic Toretto and Brian O’Conner in 2009, and Exhaust Note released pictures of what it supposed to be Brian’s ride. As you can see it’s in the works, but it gives... Read More
New functionality: rssHugger
We’re happy to announce that CARS+MOVIES.com will soon be joining rssHugger, the brainchild of Collin LaHay, who has already been providing useful marketing tips on his blog Mixed Market Arts for quite some time now. RssHugger is a new and powerful tool that will help us reach a broader audience, while helping you, our readers, discover new blogs about the subjects that... Read More
New functionality: introducing Snap Shots
We just installed a nice little tool on this site called Snap Shots that enhances links with visual previews of the destination site, interactive excerpts of Wikipedia articles, IMDb profiles and Amazon products, display inline videos, RSS, MP3s, photos, stock charts and more. Sometimes Snap Shots bring you the information you need, without your having to leave the site,... Read More
