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Death Race 2008 first trailer!

June 17th, 2008 · Comments Off

We’ve been very anxious to discover more about the Death Race remake with Jason Statham, and we just got our first look at the trailer. It looks very different from the original and, once again, a Mustang has the lead on the mechanical [...]

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Tags: Movie car · Trailers · cult car movie · video

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

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

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

Mach 5 and Mach 6 gallery

May 12th, 2008 · No Comments

We’ve added a cool gallery in our
Speed Racer: Mach 5 vs. Mach 6. article, with high quality pictures. We know you’ll like it, so we put it here too! Find it after the jump, and don’t forget to push the “Full screen” [...]

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Tags: Mach 5 · Merchandising · Movie car

KITT could be a Volvo

May 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

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What if KITT was a Volvo? And not a new one, mind you: the finest exemple of Swedish crafstmanship, a.k.a the 240 station wagon?
YouTube’s user Hakanson and his friends wanted to see by themselves and put together a nicely done [...]

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Tags: Funny · Knight Rider · Movie car · TV show

Speed Racer: the videogame

April 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Coming up with a racing video game a couple weeks after Gran Turismo 5 hit the shelves can sounds like a risky idea, but when you’re wearing the Speed Racer name and have all the buzz generated by the movie with you, it [...]

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Tags: Mach 5 · Merchandising · Movie car · News · cult car movie · marketing · video games

Aston Martin DBS in Quantum of Solace

April 16th, 2008 · No Comments

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We’re not too keen on using Autoblog as a source so often, but they do have great articles, and we like to share some of them with you. Tuesday, they posted two “spy” videos from the set of
Quantum of Solace, [...]

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Tags: James Bond · Movie car · News · Product placement

This week: interview with Harald Belker

April 8th, 2008 · No Comments

CARS + MOVIES had the privilege to spend an hour with famed designer Harald Belker, whose impressive credits include the Batmobile from Batman & Robin, the GTO from xXx, the vehicles from Minority Report, the crazy car from The Cat in the Hat, [...]

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Tags: Concept Art · Knight Rider · Movie car · News · cult car movie