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Booty, beats, and Block: the Monster World Rally 2011 Fiesta RS WRC makes its debut with a party. What else would you expect from the flat-brimmed icon? Crazy energy-drink inspired graphics and grandiose claims, of course. Those are present, too. Along with the new Fiesta RS WRC car, Block has...

Fast Five--a.k.a. Fast and the Furious Five--wasn't the only big Hollywood title getting a showing as an ad during yesterday’s Super Bowl XLV. The third installment of the Transformers franchise, Transformers 3 - Dark Of The Moon was also previewed as a short snippet, revealing some...

Speculation is rampant that Robert Kubica's racing career could be over after a very hard crash suffered this weekend during the Ronde di Andora rally. Surgeons managed to restore blood flow to his injured right hand, but caution that amputation could still be possible. Even if Kubica manages to...

Earlier today Mercedes teased us with snippets of its upcoming fourth-quarter Super Bowl commercial, and now we have the 99-second long version of the 60-second spot that will air during the game. It features the unveiling of the 2012 SLS AMG Roadster and the 2012 C63 AMG Coupe along with the 2012...

UPDATE: We just received a tip from an inside source that two very big model reveals will be featured in the upcoming Super Bowl ad spot. Stay tuned between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. EST for the full details. --------------- We're just two days away from the big game, and as we stock our refrigerators...

What's with all the special black editions lately? Now Cadillac is getting into the blackout paint luxury car meme with its Black Diamond Edition CTS-V. Available in all versions of the CTS-V -- sedan, coupe and wagon -- the Black Diamond package consists primarily of a special, proprietary black...

Earlier this week, Chevrolet released its first Super Bowl XLV ad, featuring Bumblebee and an unfortunate rodent mascot. Today, we get an unofficial release of the second, focused on the Camaro. Almost a meta-commercial, the ad itself lives out the stream of consciousness brainstorm of two guys...

Another day, another Chevrolet ad featuring the Camaro. Like the other one we profiled this week, this one is set to air during Super Bowl XLV between the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday. This one mocks the thought process behind car ads, and like the first, has a slight...

UPDATE: As several intrepid (and sharp-eyed) readers have pointed out, there is a quarter-second shot of a GM-era convertible around the 16-second mark. Good catch. As for the 9-5, it was designed during the GM era, true, but it's being sold entirely under the Spyker-owned Saab umbrella. Point...

BMW's ConnectedDrive Future Lab is a car tech geek's Disney World. In this video, the team from the Future Lab previews possible future directions for BMW's ConnectedDrive infotainment and telematics system. As a leader in the Internet-connected car field, BMW has a brood of ideas growing in the...

As we trace the slow but steady progress of the 2012 McLaren MP4-12C to market, today brings a milestone: the start of regular production in the company's Technology Centre (MTC). Full series production will take place at the not-yet-completed McLaren Production Center (MPC), but the first batch of...

Last year, Formula 1 drivers had the ability to adjust the angle of attack of their front wings from the cockpit, in theory to aid overtaking in the turbulent wake of another car. It didn't work all that well. This year, it's the rear wing that gets active control, showcased in the video below by...

Not so long ago, Kenny G was a major threat to the civilized world. Sleepy, innocuous notes rolled out of his saxophone and onto the world's airwaves, lulling us all into a false sense of comfort and security. Things could've gone terribly wrong, but Kenny's unearthly talent was, in fact, his own...

It’s hard to beat that feeling of buying a brand new car, especially when it’s a car that promises the exclusivity and the performance of the new 2012 Lexus LFA. With only 500 examples ever to be produced and a pricetag that starts at $375,000, it’s safe to say that LFA owners...

"Never mess with a Chevy, dude." That's the moral of the story of Chevrolet's latest Super Bowl XLV ad. It's also a cross-promo for the new Transformers movie. We'll leave the details to the video, but here's a teaser: it includes a giant woodchuck getting thrown through the air, Bumblebee, and a...

James Bond has had a lot of cool gadgets, but one of our favourites had to be the remotely controlled BMW 7-Series from Tomorrow Never Dies. Controlled by a touch-screen cell phone (which still manages to look old-hat now, such is the pace of technology), our hero was able to drive, and indeed...

Ferraris sounds gorgeous at full throttle, and they can do some pretty impressive things in the right hands. This guy does not have the right hands--or feet. In a very good demonstration of why the throttle pedal should not be considered an on-off switch, this Ferrari driver's wet skidpad antics...

Racing drivers are a tough lot. Maybe not as touch as they once were, in the days of Niki Lauda, Jackie Stewart, Phil Hill, or even Ayrton Senna, but tough nonetheless. They're play can be just as tough, as proven in this video of Boris Said interviewing Joey Hand. No doubt intended (and received)...

Running slow pace laps during caution periods might seem like a relatively lame duty for a high-performance car, but when that pace car has to run hard enough to keep in front of massively powerful, lightweight, race-tired Daytona prototypes, even at half-speed, it's a different story. The 1-Series...

Have you ever wanted to drive a gigantic black beetle through a temperate rain forest? Volkswagen may just have you covered with the next New Beetle if this teaser video is any indication. Of course, the actual car won't look much like a six-legged insect at all, eschewing the arched top for a more...