New TAG Heuer ad pitches Steve McQueen against Lewis Hamilton

McQueen and Hamilton : two legends duel at Le Mans To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of its Monaco watch, TAG Heuer has gone down the fantasy road and imagined who would have won the race between Steve McQueen and Lewis Hamilton. They’ve used footage from McQueen’s Le Mans in which they’ve inserted Hamilton, a technique we remember getting great results in movies like Forrest Gump. It’s not as well done as the latter and the 3D cars could have used more... Read More

Honda Motocompo in action

This Motocompo jumps real high. The Honda Motocompo is a great funny foldable bike, built between 1981 and 1983. It was meant to be stored in the trunk of a small car and was thus known as a “trunk bike”. It’s also he bike used by Natsumi Tsujimoto in the anime You’re Under Arrest, and you can see her abuse it in the following video… Watch it after the jump! Read More  Read More

eBay Madness: Airwolf replica

digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/05/15/ebay-madness-airwolf-replica/'; OK, we hear you, it’s not a car, but as we stated before, we’re pretty open to any kind of cool movie vehicle and, secondly, Airwolf was probably pitched to the networks as “Think Knight Rider, but in an helicopter” (completely different from Street Hawk, which was pitched as “Knight Rider, but on a bike”). That said, the futuristic chopper and its awesome theme... 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