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  • Batman Batpod look-alike

    It's not everyday that you're walking along the streets of town and you spot a Batman speeder bike, but that's just what happened to our own Jeff Birkeland, on University Avenue in Palo Alto, California, this afternoon. The speeding superhero was apparently in need of some caffeination, as the bike was spotted in front of Starbucks. While we don't know anything about the bike itself, it appears to be a completely custom job, complete with bodywork, faux-missiles, and an elongated wheelbase with a lay-down riding position to better emulate its nerdy roots. It's patterned after the Batpod...

  • Christina Aguilera
    Christina Aguilera Goes Shopping For Speed

    News flash: Christina Aguilera has a need for speed. News flashier: unlike many of her pop tartelette colleagues, she wants the legal kind. Behind the link, you'll see a very recent shot of Xtina browsing the merch at a Ferrari dealership in Calabasas, California. Presumably this is what celebrity...

  • Peugeot 205 T16
    You Can Be A Group B Rally Driver With This Peugeot 205 T16

    The price of entry is just $32,100--with an unmet reserve.

  • Screencap from Jedward's 'Ice Ice Baby', featuring Vanilla Ice
    Video: Has Vanilla Ice Become The Poor Man's Evel Knievel?

    Before we interviewed Vanilla Ice (aka Robert Van Winkle) earlier this year, we'd written the guy off as a one-hit wonder and year-round D-lister. But over the course of our chat, we changed our minds. He seemed really down to earth -- the kind of guy who'd had a moment of notoriety, milked it for...

  • Kim Granatell
    Today In Mysteries: Who Is Kim G And Why Do We Care?

    It's the end of July, which means that summer is quickly coming to a close, which leaves us feeling a little wistful -- a little introspective. And so, we're doing some soul-searching, asking questions of ourselves we might not ordinarily ask. Such as: 1. Why do we watch reality television? 2. More...

  • Ice-T
    Today In Celebrity Beverages: Ice-T, Coco Pulled Over For Not Wearing Seat Belts

    Dear Ice-T: Yes, you have to wear a seatbelt, even though you cart around your own set of airbags. (Tell Coco we said "hi"!) xoxo Your Friends at CelebsAndCars.com P.S. Is it ironic that you and Coco were pulled over shortly after competing in a rally sponsored by Amp energy drinks? Was that a...

  • Dwayne Johnson in FASTER

    Today, we are happy to share with you Motor Authority's foolproof action movie formula! Be careful not to share it with anyone before you make millions for yourself and others. First, pick one bald muscleguy: A. Vin Diesel B. Dwayne Johnson C. Jason Statham D. Bruce Willis Next, pick one car of exceptional vintage: A. Chevrolet Camaro SS B. Ford Gran Torino C. Pontiac GTO D. Shelby Mustang Then, pick one heroine/low-rent Bond Girl: A. Jordana Brewster B. Megan Fox C. Maggie Grace D. Olivia Munn Now, pick a plot line: A. Cop goes undercover to bring down a street gang. B. Cop goes undercover...

  • 2010 Corvette C6.R based on Corvette ZR1
    Video: Corvette Racing's Le Mans Fan Experience

    There's a lot more to Le Mans than just racing--though the racing is center stage.

  • Team O'Neil and Ford Racing team up for the Fiesta Rally Experience
    Ford Racing + Team O'Neil = Fiesta Driving School

    The Fiesta Driving School will supply 43 Fiesta Movement vehicles for rally instruction.

  • Video: G4 Attack Of The Show at Ford's VR testing center
    Video: G4 'Attack Of The Show' Tests Ford's Virtual Reality Simulator

    The technology allows a design to be tested from the inside out without building a thing.

  • Angelina Jolie in SALT
    Video: Angelina Jolie Delivers A (Car) Smashing Performance In SALT

    We haven't seen much of Angelina Jolie lately. Between all the globe-trotting and the dieting and the bowchickawowow with her equally stunning common-law husband, she's had a lot on her plate. However, Ms. Jolie is about to make a return to the big screen, and once again she's playing a spy. A very...

  • Nicole "Coco" Austin
    Coco Shows Us Where The Rubber Meets The Road

    Yesterday, our colleagues at Jalopnik ran a piece about J.F. Musial helping Ice-T change a tire on his Aston Martin Vantage during the Amp Energy Bullrun. Ray Wert added: "That same tire...blew again today outside Iowa City on the way to Omaha. The man is having an unlucky couple days when it comes...

  • Jennifer Aniston

    Brad Pitt? Gone. John Mayer? Man-ho. Gerard Butler? Still on the hunt. Apparently, he likes 'em mad, bad, and unavailable for 90 days. And so, Jennifer Aniston is without a traveling companion. Again. But soft, what dude through yonder valet stand breaks? It is a Mystery Man, and Jennifer has a headache! (Which may explain why she keeps losing traveling companions, but that's another post.) Actually, it's not a Mystery Man, it's actor Christopher Gartin, star of such popular fare as The New Adventures of Old Christine and Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall. Which is to say, Jen and Chris have a...

  • Elijah Wood
    Elijah Wood In A MINI (Obviously)

    And here we have diminutive dreamboat Elijah Wood, out for a night on the town in the passenger seat of a MINI. He's acting like it's not his, like it belongs to his friend/personal assistant/other, but c'mon dude: we know. We know, okay? Elijah, if you're reading this -- and statistically, there's...

  • Chaparral 2J
    Video: Watch The Goodwood Festival Of Speed Live

    You don't have to buy a ticket to Goodwood to enjoy the show.

  • Victoria Beckham, aka Posh Spice
    Victoria Beckham Reminds Us Why We Kicked England To The Curb

    Roughly 234 years ago, we said "smell ya later" to Great Britain. And today -- before we break into the Jack Daniels, PBR, and other appropriately American, appropriately adult beverages -- we would like to remind you why: Once again, England has come between us and something we love. Before us...

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    Alexander Skarsgard And Kate Bosworth In An Audi R8

    This is going to sound terrible, but we can never remember why Kate Bosworth is important -- or at least important enough to be taking up a corner of the limited real estate north of our medulla oblongata. Is she a musician? A juggler? Did she kill someone famous, or just our sense of inner peace?...

  • Lotus Evora Naomi Haiti
    Naomi Campbell Enjoys Some Pumping Now And Then

    Yes, that's Naomi Campbell, in the photo found at the link below. Yes, she's wearing a knee-length fur vest. No, we don't know anyone who would actually buy a knee-length fur vest, though it might be of interest to wealthy amputees. No, we don't know what it's made from, but it's likely real mink...

  • Hillary Duff

    At first, we were just going to say something catty about Hilary Duff in the photo behind the link below. You know, maybe something about the fact that she's going to the gym in Louboutins, which can only mean that she's finally broken down and agreed to take that damn stripper aerobics class -- because really, why should Miley have all the fun? But then we thought: whoa, they make celery-green Mustang convertibles now? Where do you get one of those? And then: okay, whoever drives that celery-green Mustang convertible is NOT going to be happy to learn that she's been boxed in. And of course...

  • Double Decker, by mockney_piers
    Car Video Break: Bad Brits on A Double-Decker Joyride

    You can tell the world economy's gone sour when local badasses resort to joyriding...in a double-decker bus. The U.K. Register reports today that three royal subjects--two teenage girls and an adult man--made off with a high-top bus in the town of Amesbury last week in the wee hours. While they...

  • Smart Expressions vinyl-wrap option - plaid pattern
    Smart Fortwo Says: 'OMG YOU GUYS I'M IN A PIC WITH GOLDIE HAWN II'

    HOLY CRAP, YOU GUYS! DO YOU KNOW WHO THAT IS? Don't stare, stupid monkeys. Just be quiet and act naturally.... Now pretend you're looking at something else -- that fire hydrant, maybe, or that halal vendor who's munching on a corndog between customers. Okay, now look over there. You see who that...

  • Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton try to build an F1 car.
    Video: McLaren F1 Drivers Button And Hamilton Assemble An F1 Car

    It's not as easy to build an F1 car as the drivers may think.

  • MINI Challenges Porsche 911 To Race Against Cooper S
    Video: Porsche Beats MINI In Infield Race At Road Atlanta

    The silliness of the challenge still didn't work in MINI's favor.

  • 2010 Chumpcar Texas Motor Speedway: The Start
    2010 Chumpcar Texas Motor Speedway: The Recap

    Round 9 of the 2010 Chumpcar World Series is now over.

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