Celebrities
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Lincoln has a new Continental on sale and to help promote it the automaker has once again called on actor Matthew McConaughey. He features in a new spot to be beamed out to televisions across the country on December 31. You don’t have to wait until then to watch it as an extended version is already up on YouTube. And like Lincoln’s previous ads featuring the “Interstellar” and “Dallas Buyers Club” star, there are plenty of musings and finger movements. The spot is the first in the new campaign titled “That’s Continental.” To film it...
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Tommy Hilfiger to sell his 3,000-mile Ferrari Enzo
Once in awhile, a rare car comes up for sale and we remark on the rarity and the cost. Today is "once in awhile," because another supercar produced in extremely limited quantities is heading to auction. It's a Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] Enzo, and this one is the property of none other than fashion...
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Gordon Ramsay shows off his pearl white LaFerrari Aperta
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is one of the first in the world to take delivery of a Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] LaFerrari Aperta, the open-top version of the Italian firm’s flagship supercar. He posted a short clip to his Instagram account on Monday in which he joked that there was a big...
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Ex-Rod Stewart Lamborghini Miura heads to auction
When you're rock and roll royalty, you get your chance to pick and choose what sort of vehicles wind up in your garage. Some go for luxury while others choose hyper speed. Decades ago there was a choice that landed you otherworldly styling and performance: the Lamborghini Miura. Rod Stewart...
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Lamborghini Huracán co-stars in new Marvel film "Doctor Strange"
Credit Doctor Strange for not being afraid to get back on the horse again—or bull. The latest big screen superhero from Marvel will be joined by another superhero—this time by way of Sant'Agata. When it's released next month, the go-to ride for "Doctor Strange" will be a Lamborghini...
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'Wayne's World' Pacer hits Barrett-Jackson auction block
I see a little silhouette of a car...It's a Pacer, a Pacer, will you be the one who buys it? Normally we wouldn't be too excited to share the details about a 1976 AMC Pacer coming up for sale. This one, though, is a bit different. That's because it belonged to one Garth Algar. Yes, the very same...
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Two years after a fiery, fatal car crash that claimed Paul Walker, the "Fast & Furious" franchise announced that his character may return thanks to some cinematic magic. Walker's death occurred near the end of filming "Furious 7," but shooting wasn't fully complete. Universal finished shooting and recruited Walker's brothers—along with CGI effects—to help fill in for Walker. (Most people didn't even realize it wasn't Walker, unless you had a keen eye.) ALSO SEE: Rare update on Michael Schumacher reveals he cannot walk Fans of the franchise will note that the end of the movie...
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Jay Leno meets up with David Spade to check out his Grand National
Jay Leno loves cars. He also loves chatting with his fellow comedian friends, and one of those friends is David Spade. Now Spade might not initially jump out at you as a "car guy", but he's been bitten by the bug. While filming his Joe Dirt movie, he fell in love with the ratty Superbird. So much...
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Make your garage great again with Donald Trump's Lamborghini
Is this Donald Trump's 1997 Lamborghini Diablo? That's certainly his name on the badging and the Florida insurance card. Regardless, it's a V-12-powered Italian stunner with just 15,277 miles on the odometer, and it's up for sale on eBay Motors. The Blu LeMans-colored machine is an all-wheel-drive...
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Jay Leno and Tim Allen drag race sleepers
TV stars can afford to amass large collections of cars. Jay Leno's is well known and is the basis for his "Jay Leno's Garage" TV and web series. Another comedian known for an automotive affliction is Tim Allen, star of the show "Home Improvement." This week on "Jay Leno's Garage" the comic duo...
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Interview: Gymkhana and rally hero Ken Block
Ken Block started racing at what many would consider an advanced age. The then-DC Shoes marketing executive went to a rally school at the age of 36 and immediately took to it. By the next year he was racing, and his big break came a few years later. Nobody gave it to him, though. He created it. He...
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Jeremy Clarkson shares his list of "The Terrible 10"
Jeremy Clarkson is a man with a burning passion for all things automotive. He doesn't hold back heaping helpings of either praise or disdain for any vehicle he drives. We recently shared a list of his ten favorite drives of recent memory. Now it's time to take a look at his list dubbed "The...
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I'm not sure if you're aware, but Jeremy Clarkson was fired from his job with the BBC. He worked for a show you might've heard of called Top Gear. There was a fracas. There was an apology. There was no turning back really. Still, it seems the head of the BBC at the time wishes it all shook out a bit differently. If you missed all of this, you should emerge from under that rock a little more often. ALSO SEE: The Bugatti Vision GT concept ran out of fuel at Pebble Beach Mark Thompson is the former Director General for the BBC. He has stated to The Sunday Times, that firing Clarkson was a...
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The 10 best cars Jeremy Clarkson has driven this year
As you might guess, Jeremy Clarkson drives a ton of different vehicles. We imagine he's swapping keys so often it's hard to keep track of what's in and out of his driveway. That doesn't mean that certain cars don't stand out. Quite the opposite really. When you drive so many different machines, the...
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Ford Maverick serves as Fast and Furious star Sung Kang’s latest project car
After wowing crowds with his custom 240Z at SEMA in 2015, Fast and the Furious star Sung Kang has a new project car in the works for this year’s show, and this time he’s enlisted a little help. Kang has teamed up with Alexis, Christian and Tony, all of them students from Alhambra...
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The Rock goes on a rant, uses expletives to describe 'Fast 8' co-stars
The eighth installment of the Fast and the Furious franchise is coming next April, and you can count on there being some ridiculous cars, pretty ladies, unrealistic stunts, and of course, baby oil. That baby oil will be courtesy of a fan favorite, Hobbs, played by Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson. Johnson...
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BMW 507 owned by Elvis fully restored, heading to Monterey
Elvis Presley may have left the building, but his BMW 507 is making a comeback. Following a two-year restoration by BMW's Classic division, the sports car will appear at the 2016 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance on August 21. Driven by Elvis during his military service in Germany, the Feather White...
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Buy grill master George Foreman's Lamborghini
When selling a car at auction, a little star power never hurts. This 1997 Lamborghini Diablo VT Roadster is already pretty striking on its own, but it also has a notable former owner. When he wasn't selling grills, George Foreman was driving this Lambo from new. Now the classic supercar is heading...
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When he’s not out waging war in Westeros, it appears Jon Snow has a penchant for reciting poetry and driving luxury coupes. More accurately, Kit Harington, who plays the popular character on HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones, was been recruited by Infiniti to help promote its new Q60. Harington features in a short clip driving the Q60 and reciting William Blake's famous poem The Tyger, which he likens to the coupe’s attractive lines and stout performance. “They are both an exploration of aesthetic beauty, primal ferocity, ambition and seduction,” he said in a...
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Here’s the car Linkin Park designed for Mercedes-AMG
Mercedes-AMG recently undertook one of its more unusual partnerships, teaming up with American rock band Linkin Park to design a race car. The band has previously provided their song Papercut for the debut of AMG’s GT R sports car at the 2016 Goodwood Festival of Speed in late June. The...
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Dwayne Johnson rocks up to ‘Ballers’ premiere in Pagani Huayra
A new season of Ballers kicked off Sunday on HBO and there to celebrate the premiere in Miami was Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, who plays retired NFL player Spencer Strasmore on the hit series. But rather than just show up in a limousine, he showed up in a car that would fit right in on...
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Comedian Kevin Hart poses with his Mercedes-AMG G65
Being a celebrity definitely has its perks. The rich and famous collect cars the rest of us can only dream about, like the Mercedes-AMG G65, a G-Class SUV stuffed with a 6.0-liter twin-turbocharged V-12. Not satisfied with merely securing one of these rare beasts, comedian Kevin Hart decided to...
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‘Top Gear’ host Matt LeBlanc buys Ford Focus RS
Actor Matt LeBlanc, famous for playing Joey on the hit sitcom Friends, turned out to be one of the few bright spots for the new season of Top Gear, which recently concluded. That’s partially due to the fact that LeBlanc is a real gearhead, frequently working on his machines himself. DON'T...
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Mecum to auction '61 Lincoln Continental loaned to Jackie Kennedy by Ford
Flash back to 1961 and imagine the most glamorous First Lady ever to take up residence in the White House: Jacqueline Kennedy. To capitalize on her elegance and popularity, executives at Ford Motor Company loaned Jackie a gleaming white 1961 Continental four-door convertible for tooling around...
Andrew Ganz