Sunday Ads: a new direction for Kia

Kia TV ads used to be funny and a bit over-the-top, like the one with a salesman of the brand reenacting the famous danse scene frome Flashdance. But they got some attention. Now Kia Motors America’s marketing director, Tim Chaney, was quoted by AdAge saying: “We don’t want to spend a good chunk of our time in a 30-second spot trying to entertain people.” Hum. So the new TV spot for the Borrego reflects the new direction, it pokes fun a the traditional... 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, the bad guy’s vehicle is also destroyed in the scene, which MI6 describes as follow: Bond... Read More

10 Fastest fictional cars listed by Forbes

digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/05/17/10-fastest-fictional-cars-listed-by-forbes/'; 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: 800 mph (!) 2. The Mach 5 from Speed Racer Top Speed: 258 mph 3. The Batmobile (Tumbler) from Batman Begins Top Speed: 220 mph If you want to know... Read More

Aston Martin DBS in Quantum of Solace

digg_url = http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/04/16/aston-martin-dbs-in-quantum-of-solace/'; 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, the next James Bond. They don’t show much, but it’s quite fascinating to see the apparatus the production has to install on the Aston Martin DBS to shoot... Read More

Sunday Ads: Cadbury “Airport trucks racing”

digg_url = 'WEBSITE_URL'; Okay. We already shared some ads with you guys this week: the Hoff and Heidi Klum for Volkswagen, and the newest Iron Man TV spot. Now we’d like to share this Cadbury ad we first saw on Autoblog. We called it “Airport trucks racing” because it describes it perfectly. Not a single piece of chocolate during the whole video, but awesomely customized airport vehicles laying some rubber down (better than KITT My Ride? One of Queen’s... Read More

Feel like buying the General Lee “LEE 1″ today?

That’s what we thought. In that case, it’s still time to get your hands on the original Dodge Charger used during the opening credit of the Dukes of Hazzard, and patiently restored to its original condition by General Lee Enterprises. In 2009, it will be exactly 30 years old and become even more pricey (the price isn’t up, but we assume it’s pretty high). The car is -without a doubt- already a celebrity, but on top of that the ad in the duPont Registry... Read More

Knight Rider to become a series for fall 2008

digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/04/01/knight-rider-to-become-a-series-for-fall-2008/'; Nope, it’s no April fool’s day hoax, Knight Rider will be part of NBC’s fall schedule on a weekly basis. While the 2 hour pilot, aired in February, was barely enjoyable and got many bad reviews, many people watched it and it got great ratings. If you want to read more about the pilot, check out our complete review. Hopefully, NBC will take in account all the... Read More

Knight Rider last night

digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/02/18/knight-rider-last-night/'; NBC aired its two-hour movie “event” last night and of course we were in front of the TV. While we were pleasantly surprised by the show -which was better than we expected- it could have been much better. There’s been tons of reactions on the Internet, both by websites and their users, and they tend to be either very sour (like Autoblog and its “liveblog” (and most of... Read More

Sunday Ads special: it’s Super Bowl time!

digg_url = \'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/02/03/sunday-ads-special-its-super-bowl-time/\';Today is the Super Bowl XLII, and as you might know, Super Bowl means uber expensive, never-seen-before ads. It’s very important for a lot of brands and especially for car manufacturers.As revealed by Autoblog, this year Toyota, Hyundai, Audi and Chevrolet are the four car brands who will take the financial and creative challenge. Cars.com and Garmin will also be there. Watch... Read More