Sunday Ads: Ford American Idol commercials

digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/05/25/sunday-ads-ford-american-idol-commercials/'; Ford has once again came up with very specific commercials based around a sole popular TV show, and we selected three of them to share with you guys. You might remember the ads specificaly made for the new Knight Rider pilot, involving KITT, Mike Tracer (Justin Bruening) and pretty much every Ford vehicle equipped with SYNC. Well, they did about the same thing with the finalists from... Read More

Cool vehicles in Indiana Jones 4 “Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”!

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 great vehicles will be used by the different protagonists, including the Ford GPA (or is it its russian version, the GAZ 69?), the weird-looking... Read More

Sunday Ads: Toyota’s Rav 4 will destroy your marriage (and more)

digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/05/18/sunday-ads-skoda-cakesunday-ads-skoda-cake/'; If you’re considering buying a Rav 4, careful: it might be the end of your marriage. As this ad shows, it’s such a good car, you and your spouse will fight over it. But not just verbally. You will actually booby trap your house, and might even blow up your significant other with it. Consider yourself warned.  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

Is GTA IV crushing Iron Man?

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 opened last week. So how bad is Niko Bellic for Tony Stark? Just before the big opening, the guys from Reelz Channel and Variety were wondering if Iron Man’s results could be hurt by the release of GTA IV (watch the video below). 6... Read More

Speed Racer: Mach 5 vs. Mach 6. What’s your favorite?

Update: now with a gallery! digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/05/07/speed-racer-mach-5-vs-mach-6-whats-your-favorite/'; If you’ve wandered in the toy section of any store recently, you’ve probably noticed that it’s a big battle between Iron Man and Speed Racer. Which is a bit ironic, considering that the first one is PG-13 and the second one PG… but it doesn’t matter, the kids love them. And ourselves, we couldn’t resist the new Hotwheels... Read More

Sunday Ads: a bit of physics with the Accord

digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/05/04/sunday-ads-a-bit-of-physics-with-the-accord/'; “Isn’t it nice when things just… work?” Remember playing with gears and pulleys, for example with your Legos, when you were a kid? Yeah? Then you’re going to like this amazing ad, which was made to promote the Honda Accord back in 2006. Using only parts from the car itself, they put together an incredibly complex mechanism (a.k.a a Rube Goldberg machine)... Read More

KITT could be a Volvo

digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/05/04/kitt-could-be-a-volvo/'; 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 video with a tricked out (read “an extra cashier, some duct tape and a few stickers”) 240, shot in a deserted place outside Stockholm. The result is hilarious! Watch... Read More

Shooting of Quantum of Solace suspended after second car crash.

(AP Photo/ Luca Bruno) digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/04/26/shooting-of-quantum-of-solace-suspended-after-second-car-crash/'; Maybe it’s Murphy’s law, maybe it’s the road around Lake Garda, but just days after a stunt man and his DBS ended up in the aforementioned lake (see our article), two of his colleagues crashed an Alfa Romeo 159 into a production truck. The passenger made it fine, but the driver is said to be in critical condition. Let’s... Read More

James Bond stunt goes wrong: a DBS in lake Garda.

digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/04/23/james-bond-stunt-goes-wrong-a-dbs-in-lake-garda/'; While shooting a stunt for Quantum of Solace, the next Bond, the stuntman lost control of the Aston Martin DBS and ended up in the lake beyond. Thanksfully, the driver suffers only minor injuries, which is crazy considering how badly damaged the car is. It’s painful to see such a beautiful car get smashed, but when you see what these guys do with them when filming, it’s... Read More