Stick These Colored Tires in your Pipe and Smoke ‘em

Nothing beats a big, billowy burnout. Just thinking about the ripe reek of melting rubber makes my throttle foot itchy. But, you might think that smoking tires only pump out white clouds. Not so. Kumho makes a special set of colored tires that belch out a rainbow of colored smoke. You used to have to be as high as Sergeant Pepper to see colors like these. Check it:

When Subaru WRXs Fly

I’m no fan of queuing up in parking lots, especially movie theater parking lots packed full of acne-bearded teens who just got out of watching the latest installment of the Twilight series. Idling behind so many Hyundai Elantras, I’ve often wished I had the ability to just leap over the whole lot of ‘em. Apparently, I’m not the only one who’s had that fantasy. Ken Block, rally driver extraordinaire, has also fantasized about launching long distances in his tricked out WRX. The difference, though, is that he actually did it. Check out this 171 ft jump: Read more

The Fast and the Furious 5 Cometh…High-Five

Highway hooners, drift addicts, and fans of Vin Diesel’s method acting—rejoice! The fifquel to the high-octane blockbuster film franchise The Fast and the Furious has been given the green light to go into production. Both Variety magazine and Vin Diesel’s myFace page confirm that Universal is giving the movie the go ahead, dropping the proverbial doo-rag like a mini-skirted Filipina at a street drag race. Read more

Where’s my chauffeur, ASIMO?

The aughties are as dead as the ShamWow! guy’s career, and we’re now 4 days deep into a new decade. Doesn’t it feel like something’s missing, though? Where’s all the space-age transportation technology that movies promised us? 2001 has come and gone, but I don’t have a HAL 9000 co-piloting my Mini. And, we’re only 5 years away from the deadline for the Mr. Fusion-powered time-travelling DeLoreans and hover boards from Back to the Future.

WTF, science? You haven’t even delivered on the bubbly Japanese concept cars from 3 years ago. In case you forgot, here’s what we’ve been waiting for:

Now get to work!

Drifting into 2010

In Tokyo, you can buy damn near anything from a vending machine, you can eat a power lunch of octopus kushiyaki from street vendors, and you can stay out drinking all night long with the Yakuza in Kabukichō. However, you can’t (legally) do what these crazy kids are doing in their souped up, accessory-laden Nissan Skylines and Honda Zests. Excuse the soundtrack, but don’t turn the volume down—there’s a creepy commentator hissing over the action from time to time.

Merry Xmas: It’s hotties washing jalopies

What’s better than a lump of coal in your stocking? Some shakey video of smoking hot ladies (maybe German) washing ridiculously crappy cars. Be sure to spark up a yule log before you watch this one.

I wish I were a Mustang

I won’t lie: You’ll probably want to turn down the audio on this clip because it can interfere with the southward blood flow that comes from the visuals. You’ve been warned.

Kitten Mittons (sic): The pet accessory equivalent to the Tornado

The auto industry is loaded to the gills with accessory gewgaws and bobbles all purporting to do something spectacular for your performance, safety or style (which is just shorthand for the ability to lure women into your ride unpaid). The one thing all these chrome-plated, mandrel-bent, ABS-extruded trinkets have in common: They’re sure to disappoint.

But what about other industries? Are absurd products only found in the back aisles of Kragens and Pep Boys? If Charley from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia had his way, your local pet store (or at least Paddy’s Pub) would also be a hotbed of useless products. Check out his Billy May’s inspired pitch for Kitten Mittons:

The Jeremy Clarkson Rap

It’s kind of like the Slap Chop rap, but distinctly more British.

360 Forged Makes a Carbon Fiber Wheel, Ferrari Owners Rejoice

We’ve seen carbon fiber wheels before, but never on a car that looks as stunning as the Ferrari F430.  The classic 5-spoke design has been reworked and modernized in this hand-made edition from Forged 360.  Here’s the quick specs on the Straight 5ive:

• Carbon fiber center disc mated to a forged aluminum 3-piece wheel
• Securely fastened with Reverse Titanium Bolts
• Available in sizes ranging from 19-22″
• Width’s from 7.5″ up to 14.5″
• Lips as small as 1.5″, but up to 7″ tall!
• Clear coated 4 times for that ultra high gloss shine
• Balance tolerance down to .001
• Handmade to order and machined to be hubcentric
• Wide variety of custom finishes available
• No word yet on weight or pricing.

In the pictures below you’re looking at a set of 20″ Straight 5ive’s.  This set is 8.5″ wide in the front and 13″ in rear and the lip has been painted red to accent the rim and match the rear lights.

Carbon fiber has never looked so good.

Manufacturer Site: 360Forged.com

Off Roading Your Bentley: The Next Hip Thing

Some people have Far too much money…

Jay Leno Talks about his Corvette ZR1

Even though the man has a huge car collection, he made sure Chevrolet knew he wanted a ZR1.  But not just any ZR1, he wanted the first one to ever roll off the production line; serial 001.

I won’t spoil the rest of the video for you, but it seems like he really likes it.

What if Steve Jobs Ran Detroit’s Big Three?

Thomas Friedman, the Pulizer Prize winning author, wrote an opinion piece in his NY Times column about how Steve Jobs should be the person to take over Detroit.  Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, has revitalized the music industry, teamed up with media mogals and revolutionized the way we intereact with music, video and the internet.  So it makes sense that in a crippled industry that a man of such vision and innovation would be the ideal person to take hold of the reins in Detroit.  Or would he?  The Digg community thinks otherwise…

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SNL Spoofs Detroit

Detroit is in bad shape.  How is it that all three American auto manufacturers are in financial holes so deep that they all need a loan from the federal government just to pay their monthly bills?  Detroit does need help, there’s no doubt about that, but how did all three American auto manufacturers dig themselves in such a deep hole at the same time?

Here is some much needed comedy from Saturday Night Live to lighten up the issue a bit.

How Not to Get Out of a Speeding Ticket

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