The magic of the Citroen DS shown in CHiPS
What other brand has cars capable of driving on only 3 of their 4 wheels? Read More
Sunday Ads: insane “Grace Jones” Citroen commercial
Back in the 80′s, when ad creators were tanned yuppies high on cocaine, they came up with that ad for the Citroen CX. The concept is pretty simple and totally normal and realistic: Grace Jones, at the time fresh out of James Bond and riding the charts with her songs, is seen driving the CX after a giant replica of her head spat it out. That’s precious. Who would dare proposing that to a client nowadays? Gotta love the 80′s… Read More
Across Paris in 8min: C’était un rendez-vous (1976)
digg_url = 'WEBSITE_URL'; Long before Fast and Furious, the Ghost Rider and other YouTube’s overabundant homemade videos of insane street driving, Oscar-winning director, Claude Lelouch, shot C’etait un rendez-vous (It Was an Appointment), a 9 min short. The only point of view is from the front bumper of a car, crossing Paris at very high speed, taking one way streets in reverse and running red lights. Only at the end do we understand why the driver was in... Read More
Sunday Ads: 1980′s Atari’s Pole Position
digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/02/24/sunday-ads-1980s-ataris-pole-position/'; In 1982, Namco released Pole Position, it’s famous racing simulation (yes, it was considered a simulation at that time…). The game was available on all Atari game systems and the brand was taking care of the promotion. They came up with this long, fantastic and hilarious commercial (1min 30s), that starts with the narrator talking to the dad driving his family:”Hey! You... Read More
KITT is Back: the newest NBC commercial.
digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/02/09/kitt-is-back-the-newest-nbc-commercial/';Only a week away from the 2 hours pilot of the new Knight Rider, the marketing is getting more and more aggressive and NBC airing new commercials. Here, Justin Bruening (as Mike Tracer) is being explained that the Foundation is back and that they want him to drive the car. He’s then seen driving it and gettting a first hand experience of KITT’s abilities (including not getting... Read More
Shelby GT500KR KITT: official Ford press release
800×600 wallpaper digg_url = \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/01/26/shelby-gt500kr-kitt-official-ford-press-release/\\\\\'\\\\\\\\\; While researching some info about the new Knight Rider design, we stumbled upon the official Ford’s press release and found out some interesting facts. KR On January 10th we were talling about the KR suffix used for the new Shelby Mustang, and what a coincidence it was: “By the way, did you notice that originally... Read More
Will Smith hunting deers with his GT 500 in I am Legend
We actually don’t know if those are actually deer, but it sure looks like fun and Will Smith doesn’t shoot any (for one moment we thought he was trying to run them over), so it’s safe to watch, even for animal lovers or PETA members. Way more exciting than driving for two hours in the woods in a beat up Bronco and wait for the prey to show up. You can see all this and hear the wonderful roar of the predator -a.k.a the Shelby Mustang GT 500- in the first... Read More
2008 Bullitt Mustang jumping in San Francisco
To promote the new special edition pony, Ford put together some nice driving videos, screaming “Here’s what you could do in your Bullitt Mustang”. McQueen can rest peacefully, but they’re still worth watching. See them after the jump! Read More Read More
I Am Legend, Mustang GT500 window crash
digg_url = \\\\\\\\\\\\'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/01/15/i-am-legend-mustang-gt500-window-crash/\\\\\'\\\\\\\\\; This video was shot during the filming of a stunt scene from I Am Legend. The red Shelby Mustang GT 500 goes through a window, in the same way Charlton Heston went through one in the Omega Man (1971). Which is pretty normal since the two movies are based on the same book by Richard Matheson (published in 1954)… Video after the jump. Read More Read More
2008 Bullitt Mustang
This isn’t breaking news, but this website didn’t exist when the car was presented… so here it is now. Ford has released a Bullitt version of the Mustang, complete with the Dark Highland Green paint job, Bullitt emblems on faux fuel cap, steering wheel and engine, Euro-Flange rims and souped-up performances. Here’s an extract from the press release (source: Jalopnik): “* More horses: Featuring the latest in Ford Racing Technology, Bullitt’s... Read More
