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We’ll be right back.

June 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

You might have noticed, a decrease in the amount of posting recently here, and we’d like to apologize for that. But don’t worry, we’ll be back in full force soon! CARS+MOVIES is simply moving to a new office, and things have been a [...]

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Tags: News

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

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

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

eBay Madness: Airwolf replica

May 15th, 2008 · 3 Comments

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OK, we hear you, it’s not a car, but as we stated before, we’re pretty open to any kind of cool movie vehicle and, secondly,
Airwolf was probably pitched to the networks as “Think Knight Rider, but in an helicopter” (completely [...]

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Tags: Knight Rider · News · TV show · Transforming vehicles · movie vehicle

Is GTA IV crushing Iron Man?

May 9th, 2008 · No Comments

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We’ve heard that before: studio head honchos don’t like to release their movie the same week a blockbuster video-game is released. Some even blame video-games for the poor results of theirs. GTA IV hit the shelves the day before Iron Man [...]

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Tags: Funny · News · video games

Iron Man first review: “Supercharged”

May 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

Here’s the very first Iron Man review, from the guys at
Reelz Channel and Variety. Apparently they like it a lot and we can see our friend the Audi R8 on set. CARS+MOVIES is going to see it tonight and will share its [...]

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Tags: Movie review · News

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

Ghostbusters Ecto-1 being restored

April 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Sony is restoring an Ecto-1 for its backlot tour. It’s one of our favorite movie cars, so we’re quite happy about the news!

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