This week we are going Back to the Future with the 1981 DeLorean DMC-12. This car first was seen in the movie Back to the Future where Marty Mcfly and Doc meet at a shopping mall one night and Doc explains to Marty what he has been working on.
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Yee-Haw! It’s a new week and that means a new Iconic movie car! This week I bring the 1969 Dodge Charger from The Dukes of Hazard to the table. The show aired on American television from 1979 to 1985 on CBS. I’m sure if you mention the General Lee to anyone of that time they will know exactly what show you are talking about. Even now most people know exactly what the General Lee is and what show it is from.
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Welcome back everyone to another weekly edition of iconic movie cars. This week’s car is the 1958 Plymouth Fury in the movie Christine based on the novel by Stephen King published in 1983. The movie follows a sentient and violent automobile named “Christine”, and its effects on Christine’s teenage owner.
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Welcome back everyone to another weekly iconic movie car. This week I will be going over the great that everyone remembers from 1977 Smoke and the Bandit! The film was the second highest-grossing film of 1977 and featured a modified 1976 Pontiac Trans-Am that was driven by Burt Reynolds as Bo Darville a.k.a. “Bandit”
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As I drove to work the other morning I thought of a great continuing blog post series I could do. That series is Iconic movie cars, I figured I could write about the car and how it got into the movie it was in. Or how the car was used and such, it will be a fun series of blog posts to write and hopefully you all enjoy it!
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As most of us sat around watching the blow out which was the super bowl this year, a lot of us like it for the commercials to. I thought a lot of the commercials this year were kind of week, the car commercials were actually some of the more fun and interesting to watch. I thought it would be fun to recap and go over some of my favorite commercials from this years super bowl.
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Looks like Hyundai will be bringing its Fuel Cell powered Tucson to the states in small-scale mass-production. By 2015 production will have reached about 1000 units, mostly for Europe but some could make their way to the U.S. Most of them will be produced for Fleet companies, but after 2015 the Fuel Cell powered Tucson could be sold to private consumers.
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Nissan has announced the engine that they will be installing into their ZEOD race car for the 24 hour Le Mans race and other endurance races. This 1.5L 3 cylinder turbo engine will put out 400 horsepower and 280 pounds of torque with peak power at 7,500 rpm, very impressive for an engine weighing only 88 pounds.
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