John Dillinger’s escape car and ‘Public Enemy’ star sells for $165,000
January 18-24 the 39th Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction took place in Scottsdale, AZ, and a few well-known movie vehicles crossed the stage and found new owners. One of them was the Ford A that was used my the infamous John Dillinger to escape the FBI in of the darkest moments of its history. On top of that, the car starred in the movie about John Dillinger, played by Johnny Depp, Public Enemies. The all-star cast also included Marion Cotillard, James Russo, Channing Tatum,... Read More
eBay movie car of the day: Mad Max Mach 1 Interceptor
A Mad Max fan has built an Interceptor replica on a Ford Mustang Mach 1 base and is now trying to sell it on eBay for the small Buy it now price of $18k… It’s not base on a Falcon like it should and the supercharger, air scoops and side exhausts are fake, but it still looks cool and would have everyone in your neighborhood talking. Instant fame, just like that. For a real replica, check out Gordon Hayes’ The Last Interceptor. Thanks Eric for the tip about... Read More
TLC’s Street Ride reveals custom truck for Stallone’s The Expendables
Street Customs, the TLC show starring Ryan Friedlinghaus and his crew from West Coast Customs in Corona (CA) recently had a huge opportunity: create a custom truck for Sly’s next movie, The Expendables (2010). Shot most notably in New Orleans, the movie has an impressive cast of action movie stars such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mickey Rourke, Jason Statham, Sylvester Stallone, Jet Li, Forest Whitaker, Dolph Lundgren and UFC champion Randy Couture. First Ryan shows up... Read More
Death Race 2008 first trailer!
A Mustang is the main car star of Death Race. We’ve been very anxious to discover more about the Death Race remake with Jason Statham, and we just got our first look at the trailer. It looks very different from the original and, once again, a Mustang has the lead on the mechanical side. That starting to be a little much, Ford… Watch it after the jump! Read More Read More
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
“KITT my Ride” on NBC
Is this what they mean? Update: download our KITT My Ride wallpapers! digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/04/05/kitt-my-ride-on-nbc/'; A couple days ago, the good guys at The Knight Rider Online revealed NBC’s online strategy for the new Knight Rider series, scheduled to debut this fall: “Knight Rider” – Fans of the show will find a “KITT” My Ride feature, weekly KITT voicemails to mobile subscribers, talking KITT e-cards and streaming... 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
The GT500KR KITTs to be auctioned off at Barret-Jackson. Already?
digg_url = 'WEBSITE_URL'; In less than a month, the legendary Barrett-Jackson auction event will be held in Palm Beach, Florida. From March 27 to March 30, hundreds of car aficionados and investors will gather in the coastal city to see and maybe buy some of the rarest and most beautiful cars in the world. The Barret-Jackson auctions are also famous because of the star cars they offer, such as Bo’s General Lee (see our article) or the Monkeemobile. This time though,... 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
