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
Sunday Ads: a Skoda made out of cakes!
digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/05/18/sunday-ads-skoda-cakesunday-ads-skoda-cake/'; Skodas have long suffered a bad reputation, but ever since the brand has been bought by VW, things are looking up. The Fabia is one of the best sellers and gets good commercials on TV, like this one, were a dozen cooks makes it look very yummy. Makes us wonder who got to eat it! 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
Car of Tomorrow
Nope, its not a video about Nascar’s Car of Tomorrow. It’s an old cartoon about what the car of tomorrow…could have been. There’s some really good ideas, some funny jokes, some bad ones, and lots of could old machismo. They even have a car for straight up GTA/Carmageddon style massacre: “This model has a glass bottom, so when you hit a pedestrian, you can look down and see if he was a friend of yours.” It’s a bit long, but you’ll... Read More
Sunday Ads: Mercedes E-class is good for cheaters
Mercedes isn’t known for its hilarious ad campaigns. The German car manufacturer communicates typically the luxury and safety of its vehicles. In this ad, based on the fact that without a Mercedes E-class no one would be able to get anywhere in the snow, it helps people cheating on each other.. with a twist. Nice! That’s pretty far from the brand’s conservative image. 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
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
Iron Man first review: “Supercharged”
Here’s the very first Iron Man review, from the guys at Reelz Channel and Variety. Apparently they like it a lot and we can see our friend the Audi R8 on set. CARS+MOVIES is going to see it tonight and will share its thoughts tomorrow! For those of you who are going tonight too, enjoy the show and easy on the popcorn. Read More
