Archive for August, 2009

The cars and truck from ‘Fast and Furious 4!’

Get this : about 240 cars were built for the movie! Edmunds.com did a great job putting this video together, even if the Charger is missing. It’s not for the faint of heart though, with some very graphic content such as the pile of destroyed ‘72 Gran Torinos..

2003 Mini Cooper S, “The Italian Job”

The Mini was a small car produced by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and its successors from 1959 to 2000. The most popular British-made car ever, it has since been replaced by the New MINI, which was launched in April 2001. The original is considered an icon of the 1960s, and its space-saving front-wheel-drive layout [...]

1977 Pontiac Trans Am, “Smokey and the Bandit”

The Pontiac Firebird was a pony car built in various guises by the Pontiac division of General Motors between 1967 and 2002.
The Firebird was introduced in the same year with its platform-sharing cousin, the Chevrolet Camaro. This coincided with the release of the Mercury Cougar, which shared its platform with another well-known pony car, the [...]

1981 DeLorean DMC-12, “Back to the Future”

The De Lorean DMC-12 is a sports car that was manufactured by the De Lorean Motor Company for the American market from 1981 to 1983 in Northern Ireland. It is most commonly known simply as the De Lorean, as it was the only model ever produced by the company. The DMC-12 featured gull-wing doors with [...]