Fun Stuff
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Learn about the cars given away on the "The Price Is Right" over the past 50 years.
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MTV's “Pimp My Ride” returns this month with new host—watch the trailer here
“Pimp My Ride” is making a comeback, albeit with a new host.
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US Postal Service powers up stamps with pony cars
The USPS is back with a new automotive stamp collection, this time honoring some of our favorite pony cars.
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MnDOT's Plowy McPlowFace has eight new co-workers—including Betty Whiteout
We're good with Ctrl Salt Delete and The Big Leplowski, too.
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Witness a Christmas tree go 183 mph strapped to an Audi RS 6 Avant
Santa must achieve incredible speeds to deliver all those presents in one night. Maybe he should consider an Audi RS 6 Avant as his delivery vehicle.
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Watch a $22M McLaren F1 get washed
When your car costs tens of millions of dollars, you'd better wash with care.
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"American Auto" will focus on a failing Detroit automaker trying to make a comeback in a changing marketplace.
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A burnout contest viewed through a thermal camera is wild
New video lets you go behind the burnout's smoke.
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"SNL" reminds us why learning how to drive a stick is critical
"Saturday Night Live" demonstrates why knowing how to drive a manual transmission is pretty important if you’re planning a car heist.
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See the Motor City in the backseat of a 1953 Chrysler New Yorker
A rusted 1953 Chrysler New Yorker taxicab is still taxing people around Detroit, Michigan, but this isn't a typical cab ride.
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Little Talladega is a bed and breakfast with two tracks and car beds
If you're in the mood for a motorsports-themed vacation, check out Little Talladega. Located in Pomona, Missouri, about two hours east of the popular tourist spot of Branson, it's a small resort surrounded by its own racetrack. The quarter-mile track may not have the banked turns of Little...
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New book for the ultimate Micro Machines fan
For anyone who collected Micro Machines back in the day, it's time for a little nostalgia.
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How a Mini that was left for dead found a second life as a dream racing sim rig.
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Watch a Christmas tree hit 181 mph strapped to a 1,000-hp Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk
Christmas is drawing near and you still haven't gone out and found a tree? Well, if you need to get one in a hurry, and we mean a real hurry, one of the better options is a Jeep Grand Cherokee tuned by Hennessey Performance Engineering. The Texan tuner demonstrated this by taking a tree strapped to...
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Nissan GT-R Nismo Lego set coming in 2020
Lego's new Speed Champions series are 25-percent bigger than before, allowing for more lifelike detail.
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“The Grand Tour” is about to hit the water
Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond will swap cars for boats in an upcoming “The Grand Tour” special.
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Animated "Fast & Furious: Spy Racers" series hits Netflix on December 26
Can't wait until next year for your next "Fast and Furious" fix? Good news. A new animated series dubbed "Fast & Furious: Spy Racers" will land on Netflix later this year. The series, which will usher in a younger generation of "Fast and Furious" characters, will follow a group of teens led by...
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There's a car for the ultimate “Rick and Morty” fan, and you can drive it
The Mortymobile is about to hit California's roads, so be sure to look out for it.
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It has far more in common with a go-kart than with a toy car.
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Stay a night in the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile
Hot dog fans can now book a night in the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile via Airbnb.
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First teaser trailer for Netflix animated "Fast & Furious" series released
"Fast & Furious: Spy Racers" is headed to Netflix.
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Cheeky VW advertises manual transmission as anti-theft device
Driving a car equipped with a manual transmission these days is something of a rarity among the public, but this rarity has turned into something positve for owners of manual-equipped cars. It seems the decline of three pedals and a stick has produced numerous headlines declaring would-be thieves...
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Slug bug is still a hit: The game outlasts the Volkswagen Beetle that inspired it
The childhood game punch buggy is shadenfraude with wheels. It's unknown when the game started, but printed evidence goes back to 1964 and the game will outlast Volkswagen's iconic Beetle.
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Geek out with the sci-fi cars exhibit at Petersen Automotive Museum
The collection displays cars from cult classics and mainstream films such as "Transformers," and "The Man from U.N.C.L.E."
Sean Szymkowski