The insert used to film interior scenes in the Batmobile for the Tim Burton-directed, Michael Keaton-starring “Batman Returns” film is officially up on the block from the Prop Store in Los Angeles. The insert – technically called an Insert Process Car – has a removable cockpit roof and most of the original gauges and instrument […]
The newest “Single Shot” episode of the Jerry Seinfeld web series “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” debuted today with this week’s topic being “Gay Stuff” and featuring Ricky Gervais, Howard Stern, Larry David, Sarah Silverman and Alec Baldwin all briefly discussing “gay stuff”… Source: Single Shot – Gay Stuff
Historic car racer Denis Welch was killed at an event at Silverstone in the UK over the weekend. Welch was driving a 1960 Lotus 18 as he was competing in the second Jack Brabham Memorial Race for pre-1966 Grand Prix race cars when he became entangled with another car on the opening lap and rolled […]
You probably would like to drive a Ferrari 458 Speciale. So would this guy at the Kyalami track in South Africa. Or, at the very least, he wishes he had a do-over after having his 458 Speciale exchange pleasantries with the wall…
Japanese advertising agency Dentsu Aegis hired Japanese dance band World Order to choreograph their new commercial for the Toyota HiLux pickup truck and encourage you to do the Waku Doki….
While many people around the world may be blissfully unaware of it, at least two people in the UK figured the use of the seemingly harmless word “slope” in last series’ Top Gear Burma Special was deemed to be offensive to Asian people and made their thoughts known to Ofcom – the British version of […]
With Nico Rosberg sitting on the pole position and Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton residing at the back of the grid entering the race, there seemed to be nothing to prevent the dominant Mercedes team from capturing another victory to pile on to their many other victories in the 2014 season. But Mother Nature had another […]
Mexico joined the Formula One racing circuit for 2015 and now Baku in Azerbaijan has been announced as a location for a Formula One race in the 2016 season. The Baku race is expected to be paired with the race that will occur in Sochi, Russia late in the 2016 season. The Baku course is […]
McLaren will unveil its P1 GTR track car during the weeklong buildup to the annual Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in Pebble Beach, California. McLaren has released a design sketch of the car that will be revealed on August 15, 2014 in Pebble Beach. The Pebble Beach Concours d’ Elegance will be held at Pebble Beach, […]
Jerry Seinfeld’s wildly popular web series “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” has completed its fourth season – but that doesn’t mean you have to sit around and twiddle your thumbs waiting for the next season like you used to – instead, Seinfeld provides two minutes’ worth of outtakes of previous guests from previous seasons discussing […]
Microsoft will give away 21 custom Xbox One consoles at the 2014 Comic Con in San Diego – each designed with the skin of one of its popular video games, including Forza Horizon 2, The Crew and Sunset Overdrive. The collection is being housed at the Xbox Gaming Lounge at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in […]
The 2014 Comic Con is officially upon all humanity this week and like a lethal blast from the Death Star, Hot Wheels has selected the occasion to release their new Star Wars-themed Darth Vader car on an unsuspecting public. The new Darth Vader car comes in its own case and will be available – in […]
The Formula One racing series last held in Mexico in 1992 but will be returning there in 2015 for the Mexican Grand Prix. The site was supposed to be on the 2013 or 2014 calendar but updates to the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez [translation: Rodriguez Brothers Racetrack] track could not be completed in time. The 2.7-mile […]
Korean war veteran-turned-actor James Garner first gained fame in the role of wise-cracking cowboy Bret Maverick [1957-62], then in a slew of 1960s movies as suave guy usually opposite Doris Day, then perhaps most famously as private detective James Rockford in “The Rockford Files” [1974-80] and finally, a string of movie roles over the last […]
The only thing keeping it from being another 1-2 finish for Mercedes at the 2014 German Grand Prix in Hockenheim was the fact that Lewis Hamilton crashed during qualifying and had to begin from the 20th spot on the grid – but that wound being a mere formality as it took Hamilton less than 20 […]
Making life slightly more difficult, Lewis Hamilton crashed his Mercedes after a brake failure entering a hairpin turn in the first session of Formula One qualifying for the upcoming 2014 German Grand Prix and will start in the 16th spot on the grid for tomorrow’s race while his teammate and current season leader, Nico Rosberg, […]
The fifth episode of Season Four of Jerry Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” popular web series features Jon Stewart, an AMC Gremlin and an AMC AMX muscle car – not necessarily in that order… Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
The fourth episode of the fourth season of Jerry Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” has Jerry visiting comedian Aziz Ansari [from “Parks and Recreation”] in Boston. Alas, no vintage cars are involved as Ansari insists on using his tour bus for the encounter and the result is a decidedly subpar effort in the acclaimed […]
Jerry Seinfeld’s web series “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” and “Jay Leno’s Garage” on NBC.com will be having a drag race for the Emmy Award in the Outstanding Short-Format Nonfiction Program category after the nominations for the 66th annual Emmy Awards were announced today. Seinfeld and Leno will have to defeat some tough competition though… […]
When Ian Fleming was originally writing about his British superspy, James Bond, he always had him riding in a 1930s Bentley – but that was until he got around to writing “Goldfinger” – and living next door to the officer who ran Britain’s MI5 intelligence service and who just happened to own an Aston-Martin DB2/4 […]