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While the latest James Bond film was filled with action scenes and car chases that involved svelte performance cars like the Aston Martin DB5 and several Jaguars, Wes Anderson is a little different. The director, who has made a name for himself with his distinctive, and sometimes eccentric, films has filled his latest feature with

Two Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution models have been badly damaged in California during a recent Cars and Coffee event. Footage has been shared to social media that shows the aftermath of the crash but we haven’t yet found a video that actually captured the crash. However, a number of witnesses suggest that the owners of the

Have you ever looked at a car and wondered what was going through its owner’s head when they modified it? We certainly did with this third-gen Mitsubishi Eclipse that we saw on Reddit, which not only has a front end from an ’80s/’90s Chevy truck, but also a pickup bed to match. On one hand,

The Toyota Automobile Museum in Japan has just added a particularly special car to its collection: a first-generation Honda NSX. The sprawling museum is located in Nagakute city near Nagoya and doesn’t just celebrate the most important cars Toyota’s history, but the history of the automobile industry as a whole and has dozens of cars

The fine for having an aftermarket exhaust that is too loud in New York state has risen from $150 to $1,000 thanks to new legislation that has just been signed into law. The new bill, dubbed the SLEEP Act (Stop Loud and Excessive Exhaust Pollution), was sponsored by State Senator Andrew Gounardes and signed by

Lamborghini has joined as an official partner of the Movember charity, which raises money for men’s health issues. Thus, the fundraising and awareness campaign taking place every November will be slightly more prone to petrolheads this year since 1,500 Lamborghinis will parade wearing stickers in the shape of a mustache, the Movember symbol, on their

A BMW driver from Boston claims that he was “terrorized” by a group of 20 to 30 bicycle-riding teenagers who surrounded his car at a red light. The incident, reported by CBS Boston, was caught on video by his girlfriend who was in the front passenger seat. The man, who wished to remain anonymous, said

A video has surfaced online showing the moment police fired a Taser at the driver of a Hyundai Sonata in Brooklyn last week. Local media reports that police officers initially spotted the white Sonata parked in a no-parking area in Crown Heights with three occupants inside. They approached the car and immediately smelled marijuana and

Motorists on Toronto’s highway 407 on Wednesday were surprised to discover that the left-lane hog slowing traffic on the toll road was actually a small, single-engine airplane. The plane was forced to make an emergency landing on the stretch of highway, shortly after taking off from Buttonville airport in Markham, Ontario, just north of Toronto.

San Francisco has a serious issue with car break-ins and new dashcam footage shows a brazen thief stealing bags from two vehicles in broad daylight. The video initially shows an individual wearing a hoodie breaking the window of a Toyota Sienna and proceeding to steal a backpack from the second row. The thief, along with

With cars getting bigger and featuring more and more equipment plus, increasingly, electrification, weight has inevitably increased. However, in the late ’80s, Warren Mosler was already unhappy with how much supercars weighed. Intent on remedying the situation, he made his own car: the Consulier GTP. The American car was designed to take on the world’s

F1 pundit Martin Brundle has called upon celebrities and their bodyguards to “learn some manners and respect on our patch” after being snubbed on live TV at the star-studded U.S. Grand Prix.  If you’ve ever watched Brundle’s grid walk, whether on Sky F1 or with any of his previous broadcasting commitments — including the BBC’s

Marcello Gandini, the designer of the original Lamborghini Countach, has spoken out against the new Countach LPI 800-4, claiming that it “does not reflect his spirit and his vision.” Gandini, who has also been credited with iconic shapes such as the Lancia Stratos and Alfa Romeo Montreal, went as far as issuing a press release distancing

It’s not uncommon to find weird and wacky vehicles up for sale through Facebook Marketplace but this RV, currently up for sale in Fontana, California, could be one of the most bizarre we have ever come across. This RV has been created by mating a 1996 International 9200 semi-truck to a 2004 Arctic Fox camper

Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong, but I’ve always viewed driving jackets with the same bemusement as driving gloves: something that would look cool in my head, but in reality, would make me look like a bit of a pretentious doorknob who takes his already crippling fascination with cars and driving a bit

Unique license plates have become big business in recent years and someone is trying to sell a plate that reads ‘MM’ in California. The plate has been listed up for sale on OpenSea, a popular NFT marketplace with an asking price of 5,888 Ethereum, the equivalent of $24.06 million at current prices. If it sells

The first generation of the BMW 8-Series might be more than three decades old but it remains a beautiful piece of automotive design. An owner from Germany however didn’t seem to agree, taking the matter into his own hands by converting the luxury coupe to a unique custom vehicle with questionable styling. Unlike other conversions

If you don’t know by now, the Mk4 Toyota Supra has become quite the appreciating asset, so it’s no surprise that some owners are extremely protective of their rides. Whether it’s that or simply wanting his pride and joy not to be damaged, this owner used his own body to shield part of his Supra

A gorgeous Ferrari 488 Pista Spider was wrecked a few days ago in the US when its driver lost control, ending up upside down on the opposite side of the road. The incident happened on Wednesday, October 20 at The Tail of the Dragon – a famous winding road connecting Tennessee and North Carolina. The red

You might know the “11foot8” bridge (which is now 12’ 4” tall, but the name has stuck) in Durham, North Carolina that became viral following a number of accidents with tall trucks. Now, the latest piece of bad road design comes from the U.K. The Woodmere Avenue width restriction has its own Facebook group with plenty

Donald Trump launched a new social media app this week called “TRUTH Social” and Chevrolet was unexpectedly drawn into the controversy as a result of an account it says it has no affiliation with. Screenshots for the app that appeared on Apple’s app store showed an account called @ChevyTrucks that promoted—what else?—Chevrolet trucks. The posts,

Although we’re more used to seeing Gymkhana-style videos involving cars, sometimes a side-by-side like the RZR Pro R comes along that can do everything a car could and more. Hoonigan’s latest video of vehicular mayhem involves the Polaris side-by-side tearing it up around Long Beach, home of Hoonigan’s soon-to-be-vacated home base. “What better way to

Already beset by delays caused by supply shortages and a global pandemic, automakers face another hurdle in getting their cars to Australian customers: stink bugs. Cars arriving in Australia on container ships may be delayed even further due to the invasive species as the container ships they’re on must be fumigated, reports ABC News. The

Self-driving tech might be marching ahead, but for some residents in a quiet dead-end street in San Francisco, the price of progress involves up to 50 Jaguar I-Paces descending upon the lane every day. The cars in question belong to Waymo, Google’s self-driving-tech sibling company. San Francisco was only the second city where the firm

Lamborghinis are known for being thirsty, but this one wasn’t interested in gasoline. According to police in Austria, the incident occurred last night at approximately 10:50 p.m. when the 31 year old driver and a 40 year old passenger pulled into a parking lot alongside the Mondsee lake. After the passenger exited the vehicle, the

When it came to John Oliver and the writing staff at “Last Week Tonight’s” attention that some local dealership commercials were being written by one ad agency and recycled multiple times across the nation, they became upset. So they decided to do something about it. Reasoning that a local dealer’s ad should be “unique and

A few days ago, drivers on the Interstate 75 in Miami witnessed what could be the slowest police pursuit ever to be caught on camera: a woman walking on foot trying to escape from two police cars. The incident took place on October 11 during bright daylight when the woman was seen walking barefoot on

Completed in August, the Umling La Pass in India recently became the highest drivable road in the world. Lamborghini announced today that it has sent its most capable vehicle, the Urus, across the pass twice. “This is a proud moment for Lamborghini as the Urus unlocks the pinnacle of high-altitude driving across the Umling La

To celebrate the launch of Marvel’s “Eternals,” Lexus has collaborated with the studio to make 10 character-themed concept vehicles based on the 10 superheroes in the film. “We’re excited to bring the ‘Eternals’ partnership to life through these custom-wrapped Lexus vehicles,” said Vinay Shahani, Lexus vice president of marketing. “Just as each Eternals character has

In the not too distant future, you may find yourself staying in a Porsche Design hotel after the sports car maker announced a partnership with Deutsche Hospitality, a German hotel company. The partnership will see a number of Steigenberger Porsche Design Hotels opened in a plethora of cities around the world. The companies will compete