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The Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe is a favorite among musicians and sports stars all over the globe but one very special edition stands out among the rest, a brand new 2009 model decked in blood red and customized to the hilt. Like a young Jay Leno, T-Pain is an avid car enthusiast and has several videos on YouTube featuring his own commentary on his passions for cars. Also like Jay Leno, the young rapper also has the wealth behind him to support his expensive hobby, which appears to be collecting all sorts of luxury and performance vehicles. T-Pain is the co-owner of Auto Extremes, a...
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Aston Martin Unleashes Vantage N420 With First Promo VideoWe knew the Aston Martin Vantage N420 would be coming to the U.S. back in July when pricing was released, and we finally saw the roadster version in the flesh at the Paris Auto Show, but now we have the first video trailer of the car. After some symphonic music and mellow static panning shots, we...
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Video: Shelby, Nelson Racing Team Up For 1,000 HP TT Code Red GT500The 2011 Shelby GT500 is an impressive beast, as we showed you from our first drive at Virgina International Raceway (complete with video). But now Shelby and Nelson Racing Engines have decided to team up to make the 2007-2009 GT500 something truly unique, with the aid of a pair of turbochargers...
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Today, In Things Rappers Like: 50 Cent Stashes $2 Million In A LamborghiniHear are some questions we're pondering on this peaceful Zen Tuesday: 1. What is the sound of one hand clapping? 2. Why do birds suddenly appear every time you are near? 3. What do you do with a drunken sailor? 4. Who's on first? 5. Why in the hizell would 50 Cent stash $2 million in the boot of a...
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Video: 2012 Audi Q5 Hybrid First LookThe Audi Q5 crossover tends to get lost in the X3/GLK/SRX hubbub, but it's a contender not to be overlooked. Especially so now that it's coming with a hybrid drivetrain pairing a 2.0-liter TFSI engine with a 44-horsepower electric motor. This video gives us our first look at the vehicle, due for...
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Video: Lingenfelter LS9 Camaro Nearly Breaks Nine Seconds In The Quarter MileWe've seen Mustangs that can break nine seconds in the quarter-mile, and now we know of at least one aftermarket Camaro that is coming close to breaking nine seconds as well. This LS9-powered Lingenfelter Camaro with the six-speed manual transmission came very close to breaking the nine-second...
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Did you know a Lamborghini can carry several houses in its forward-mounted trunk? Well, it can, if you turn those houses into cash. How do we know this? 50 Cent put $2 million in cash into a Lamborghini Murcielago and captured the feat on video. The running commentary turns what would otherwise be an exercise in mindless excess into self-parody of legendary status. Enjoy, but beware NSFW language. [YouTube]
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Video: E30 BMW M3 Hauls Asphalt At 1988 Manx RallyThe days of lightweight, rear-wheel drive sedans are well behind us, but we can reminisce, as in this video of Patrick Snijers flying over crests, sliding around corners, and generally tearing it up at the 1988 Manx Rally. Bimmer fans will delight, though anyone can appreciate both the car and the...
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Video: Jay Leno's Garage Hands-On With The Rossi SixtySix C2-Styled C6 CorvettePairing the classic looks of the split-window C2 Corvette with the mechanical might of the C6 Corvette platform is the brilliant idea behind the Rossi SixtySix, which made its debut this summer at the EyesOnDesign event in Detroit. We brought you a first look at the car back in 2008, but now we...
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Video: First Working Prototype Of BMW’s New Plug-In Hybrid Sports CarDespite BMW not having built a true supercar for 30 years since its original, limited-edition M1 model, we have reported on a number of occasions that the automaker is trying to reinvent its performance image with a new 'green' sports car combining the best elements of two very important concept...
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Video: Top Gear Breeds A New StigThe BBC's Top Gear is perhaps the most well-recognized and widely-watched motoring program on earth, and the series' dependence on a hired gun that plies the world's best supercars at the show's test track is equally well-known. This hired gun, commonly referred to as the Stig, came to be almost as...
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Ferrari World Abu Dhabi Finally Opens To The PublicAbu Dhabi is probably tired of Dubai always stealing the thunder as the star of the United Arab Emirates, but that may change with the opening of a new Ferrari-based theme park, which finally opened to the public this past weekend after three years of construction. As you may recall, the opening...
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Though it happened in June, the sudden passing of Hiromu Naruse, Toyota's chief test driver, in a crash on German roads still feels fresh. Naruse's influence on Toyota's vehicles ran so deep the company decided to pay video tribute to his role in this short clip. Naruse worked for Toyota for over 47 years before his death in Germany, inspiring almost all of Toyota's sports cars throughout its history. He was also one of the core driving forces behind the development of the car in which he ultimately met his end, the LFA. [Lexus via YouTube]
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Video: Official Chevy Walkaround Of Corvette Z06X, Camaro SSX Track ConceptsIf you missed the new Chevrolet Track Car Concepts unveiled at SEMA, you missed some of the most interesting enthusiast-oriented things to come out of the Bowtie in quite some time. But fear not: you'll get a solid walkaround (with some excellent visuals) of both cars in the video below. Check out...
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Video: Tired Of Plywood And Duct Tape For Your iPhone/iPad Mount? BMW Has An AnswerAftermarket solutions for mounting iPhones, iPods, and now iPads abound, but as anyone that's used many knows, they don't all work as well as advertised. Doing it yourself can be even trickier, as this video illustrates. But BMW has the solution for those without the stick-to-it-ive-ness to...
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Video: Eva Longoria Rallies For Kids With CancerWhat with all the gay cars and 70s-icon hit-and-runs, we're a little behind on sharing some of the more pleasant celebs-and-cars stories. One such item: the recent Rally for Kids With Cancer in Los Angeles, headed up by one of America's favorite (though not particularly desperate) housewives, Eva...
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Video: Gran Turismo 5 Red Bull Power TrailerGran Turismo 5’s release date has been pushed back a number of times already but we have word that the discs for the popular racing sim are being pressed as you read this and its final release is only a few weeks away. In the lead up to its arrival the guys at Polyphony Digital, the...
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Video: Subaru Canada Films 2011 WRX STI-Powered AnimationThe 2011 Subaru WRX STI brings back the wing, and the four-door sedan body style, but Subaru isn't getting lazy about its marketing--at least not in Canada. Proof: the gigantic trackside filmstrip animation captured from a rolling 2011 STI in the video below. Instead of putting the frames on paper...
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The Need For Speed series of video games/driving simulators was one of the first to bring the thrill you get behind the wheel to the PC and console arena. I remember playing the original game on an ancient IBM as a kid. But the latest generation takes it to a whole new level--and beyond, in this real-life trailer for the game featuring Top Gear's ex-Stig, Ben Collins. However you might feel about Collins' exit from the world's most popular automotive TV show (or the British hip-hop scene for that matter) you're bound to find this video entertaining, if only to see the Stig talking smack and...
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Video: Brazilian Grand Prix Preview With Mark WebberThe F1 Driver's Championship is heating up with five drivers in the hunt for the title. This weekend's Brazilian Grand Prix will play a key role in deciding whether the Red Bull drivers can catch current leader Fernando Alonso's Ferrari, though McLaren's Lewis Hamilton is right in the mix and...
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Video: Man On Freeway Reading A Book, Kindle E-Book And Using A Cell PhoneFor those of you who ever thought men were incapable of multitasking, meet the man who could possibly be the most efficient person in the world.. or the most dangerous. He was spotted driving down a freeway at speeds of up to 60 mph with not only a book in front of him, but also a Kindle e-book...
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2010 SEMA Video: 2011 Toyota Swagger Wagon Supreme Sneak PeekToyota has done lost its mind. This stretched, "tricked out, suped up" minivan is the Swagger Wagon Supreme. As our social media hero Joel Feder so eloquently put it, "...speechless." There's no other way to describe what's going on here. Created in cooperation with B.A.D. Company, the Swagger...
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2010 SEMA: Stretched Out Cartel Scion xB Live PhotosThe floodgates have opened and live photos are flowing out of the SEMA show floor, with these images of a wacky "Stretched Out Cartel" Scion xB among the first. In addition to the limousine length, the Cartel xB gets a two-town red-and-black exterior, a custom body kit, huge custom wheels with...
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Video: Ralph Gilles Pulls Up The Skirt On The 2011 RedLine Dodge ChargerWe've already seen a rendering of the new RedLine 2011 Dodge Charger (pictured), and soon we'll see the full car as press conferences are beginning in Las Vegas right now, but here's a video to tide you over, along with a little background on the car from Dodge CEO Ralph Gilles himself. Also...
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