Polizei friend, ally and occasional contributor Jordan Vega took some time out from his MBA studies to watch the new Knight Rider…er…in hopes of re-living his mispent youth. Click below to read his review of the first episode.
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BREAKING NEWS: A traffic accident occured today at approximately 1305HR PST on I-5 South, and the initial SigAlert report stated that "…sev Lamborghinis Caused this Traffic Collision…"
Watch the video and decide for yourself. The witnesses got the cars wrong, and the SUV/trailer appears to have lost control before the Gumballers passed. My gut tells me that the 2008 Gumball 3000 cars nearby probably weren’t the cause of the jack-knifed SUV/trailer accident seen in the right lane above.
See the accident location in Google Maps and the original SigAlert screenshot after the jump:
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About the only thing crazier than actually paying for a million dollar re-bodied Lamborghini Murcielago (i.e. the Reventon) is this Canadian guy’s re-bodied Pontiac Fiero. From many angles, Woody, the creator, did a fine job of mimicking the Reventon’s proportions…until you see the profile: the back end seems a tad short. Maybe it’s the lack of a properly sized wheel in that shot.
Woody also ripped out the the stock engine and stuffed a twin-turbo, small-block V8 into the engine bay. Mad props to Woody, but unless he’s a skilled chassis engineer, that much power in an antiquated chassis sounds like a recipe for disaster.
…But it’s not clear whether or not he was driving or a passenger when the F430 test-mule/prototype went off the Nurburgring track and into a guardrail at 155mph on the Schwedenkreuz corner. Schumacher reportedly called his publicist to say "We have crashed the car but are going to continue with another one," leaving out the identity of the driver. Some reports said Schumacher’s son Mick was in the passenger seat while Schumacher was at the wheel and others say that a driver named Raffaele De Simon wrecked it with Schumi riding shotgun.
Do you feel for the car or feel for the guy who wrecked it? Self-proclaimed Prince Marcus Eberhard Edward of Anhalt (some dispute whether or not he can claim that title) and pornographer to "the simple people," wrecked his rare Gemballa Mirage GT at Circuit Paul Ricard recently. It’s not known whether or not the "thumbs down" sign rates his driving skills or his Q rating amongst people who know of him.
Source: WorldCarFans
So it’s Adam Carolla, Tanner Faust and Eric Stromer. Who? We don’t know either because we don’t watch enough Home and Garden TV. The real question is: Will it make a difference who the hosts are when it’s an NBC product? Meaning, will NBC water it down and refrain from negative reviews out of fear of angering its advertisers? Being that car commercials, along with alcohol and pharmaceuticals, are the 3 biggest ad revenue generators for television, it’s doubtful.
Big news looms - maybe - regarding Top Gear USA’s future, according to our anonymous, disparate and usually credible sources.
What could it be? Here’s my list, in descending order…
Team Polizei’s old friend (and Fast Lane Daily honcho) Emil Rensing was kind enough to share this debrief on Speed Racer’s weekend results…
No one listened.
"Two Wachowski, one script," I wrote on December 7th.
"Madness? THIS! IS! SPEED RACER!" I wrote on December 9th.
And now Speed Racer is finaaaaally here, and my scatalogical references were clearly faaaar, faaaaar too merciful. Madre de Dios, this looks worse my foulest, porcelain-bowl filling predictions. If you think you can stomach the first seven minutes, here they are…or just take my word for it….
A baby monitoring device was found under the couch of Porsche boss, Wendelin Wiedeking’s, hotel room. It’s believed that the spies, believed to be either VW or the State of Lower Saxony, the two largest shareholders of VW, were trying to get info on Porsche’s plans regarding their pending controling acquisition of VW. The hotel records rule out the possibility that a family had stayed in the room prior to Wiedeking’s stay. Porsche also said that other company officials have been spied upon, including works council head, Uwe Hueck.
You’d think they’d use stealthier devices.
Source: motorauthority, Deutsche Welle
Photo: Ybaby/Motortrend
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