Johnny Cash’s “One Piece at a Time” car
Johnny Cash is at the wheel in this picture from 1976. In one of our all time favorite “One Piece at a Time” by The Man in Black, a.k.a Johnny Cash, a guy working on a GM assembly line uses his big lunch box to take home a part of the car he’s working on, every day. And for the big ones, he uses a friend’s RV. The car you see above is the “official” one, since it was built specifically to promote the song. The work was executed by Bruce Fitzpatrick... 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
Sunday Ads: 2008 Challenger in Vanishing Point
digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/03/30/sunday-ads-2008-challenger-in-vanishing-point/'; When the new Challenger came out, an idea immediatly sprung in the gasoline-filled brain of many car guys: what about a new Vanishing Point remake? Something to fear, or something to look forward to? There was the very forgetable TV remake of 1997, with… Viggo Mortensen as Kowalski, and an original white Challenger, but a real attempt hasn’t been done yet. With the... Read More
Quantum of Solace (a.k.a Bond 22) wallpapers
digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/03/25/quantum-of-solace-aka-bond-22-wallpapers/'; We found those wallpapers on 007.com, the official Bond website. They’re just teasers, but you can already tell that there’s a big change coming: Bond has ditched the traditional Walther PPK handgun for an automatic. He’s definitely out for revenge… 800×600 1024×768 1280×1024 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
On our watch list: Wanted (2008)
digg_url = \\\\\\\'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/02/05/on-our-watch-list-wanted-2008/\\\\\\\'; “Curb the bullet” It was during the Super Bowl that an upcoming movie caught our attention. Not because of Angelina Jolie, but because it looks promising for car scenes with some unique interaction of the characters vehicles: pay attention to the way Angelina enters the Viper when the latter is spinning. It looks like a sort of a reverse Parkour trick (the character doesn’t... Read More
