Sunday Ads: Audi “Keychains” commercial
digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/04/20/sunday-ads-audi-keychains-commercial/'; Updated: now with the video! (oops…) A really good and funny take on the Audi logo! It’s interesting also to see what the brand recognized as the key (no pun intended) feature behind each of its competitor: Alfa= Design, Mercedes= Comfort, Volvo= Security, BMW= Sportness Watch the clip after the jump. Read More Read More
This week: interview with Harald Belker
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, the shuttle from Armageddon, the new KITT from Knight Rider… and many more! Stay tuned to learn more about his work, how KITT was created and what exciting projects he’s working on. Read More
Smart car to be the next A-Team van?
Yesterday, we told you about the A-Team movie, scheduled for 2009. So when we found this lovely Smart car, we thought the producers had blown a fuse. Don’t worry too much though. Turned out it’s just the job of a dedicated (and talented) fan. Look at the details: the rims, the paint (with the right black-red-grey scheme), the roof spoiler…. It’s perfect! Just need a tiny version of Mr.T to drive it…. It will go very well next the “Smartinor”... Read More
Knight Rider is back, what’s next in the revival pipeline? (part I)
digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/04/03/knight-rider-is-back-whats-next-in-the-revival-pipeline-part-i/';Nostalgia and revivals are in full force these days (lack of creativity? lazyness? good idea? need to go back to a more comfy era during our uncertain times?) and KITT is on TV again, so what’s next? Here’s a three-part overview. The A-Team Yep, one of the all-time crowd favorites will be back in 2009, but as a movie, which seems to be the big trend... Read More
Watch KITT every Wednesday in the fall
digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/04/02/watch-kitt-every-wednesday-in-the-fall/'; After getting the news that the new Knight Rider was getting its own weekly show yesterday, we were keeping an eye on Variety, NBC and others to to see if the show would get a good slot in the Peacock’s schedule. Well, it didn’t get the best one, but Wednesdays at 8/7c is not too shabby either. Improvement in sight NBC has hired an experienced showrunner for the series, Gary... Read More
Everything known about Transformers 2.
digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/03/19/everything-known-about-transformers-2/'; As you probably all know by now, Transformers 2 has been green lit and will come out on June 26, 2009. As the first one, it will be directed by Michael Bay and produced by Steven Spielberg. Brace yourself, it’s one of our longest articles so far! Story While fans all over the world are debating about which Transformer universe will be exploited or which character should or shouldn’t... Read More
Rinspeed sQuba: The Spy Who Still Loves Me
Click on the image to see it big. digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/02/26/rinspeed-squba-the-spy-who-still-loves-me/'; What would you do if you were a devoted fan of The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), had plenty of money and a car convertion/fabrication company to promote? Well, you would come up with the sQuba, a heavily modified Lotus Elise, capable of diving under water. With no damage whatsoever to the car itself that is. Dream car “…demonstrated impressively... 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
Turn your Smart into Eleanor
digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/02/12/turn-your-smart-into-eleanor/'; Not too long ago we spotted a replica of Eleanor, the car from the remake of Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) and we told you all about it in a previous article. When looking for reference pictures, we came across the creations of Thalon Design, a design and prototyping studio based in Stockholm. These crazy Swedes have already recreated the Batmobile from Batman Returns, KITT from the original Knight... Read More
Bond’s couch
The guys at Aston Martin Heritage Design, who typically create custom parts for the famous British cars, used their craftsmanship on something more unusual: a couch shaped as a DB6 rear end. It’s all handmade and would probably please hard-core Bond fans (we’ll pass, thank you). To be precise, even though the DB6 was visually similar to the DB5, only the latter was used in 007′s movies. The couch could be yours for $7,600, without the headrests or the ejection... Read More
