Time and time again the old adage that “you can’t buy taste” is all too evident in the world of high end customizing, and while the Beatles used to sing “Can’t buy me love” it appears that English Premier League soccer star Stephen Ireland is trying to dispel that with his girlfriend Jessica Lawlor’s 24th birthday present, an extensively modified Bentley Continental GTC. He got the idea after Jessica jokingly suggested that he get her something in the style of Pimp-My-Ride to match Stephen’s blue accented Audi R8. The 23 year old midfielder kept the entire ordeal a secret from almost everyone, especially Jessica who was simply stunned when she received her gift.
The modified 200 MPH drop top is full of special details that make this Bentley truly unique. Stephen had the flying B on the hood of the car replaced with a J and even the two tone deep dished rims have Jessica’s initials panted on them. On the inside Stephen went the extra step and had an oversized heart stitched into the red headrest with the message “To Jess Love From Stephen” monogrammed inside. Despite the extreme lack of a taste and absence of style, Jessica is absolutely delighted with her birthday gift, after all what 24 year old female wouldn’t.
Although the Bentley Continental GTC underwent £264,000 worth of modifications, the mighty 6.0 Liter W12 was left alone and still produces a maximum output of 552 HP and is capable of accelerating the all wheel drive grand touring car from 0 to 60 MPH in just 4.8 seconds and keep on going all the way up to a top speed of 198 MPH.
Remember that monstrosity of a [’supposed’ Batmobile] that was created out a Camaro?
To the owner of that vehicle, you should take some notes from this one man from Sweden. This is how you make a Batmobile.
Word out of the streets of Sweden is that this real-life replica of the Batmobile was based on a 1973 Lincoln Continental chassis that has been modified with a slew of gadgets that would make even Batman’s utility belt obsolete. The Batmobile comes with rear-view video cameras, voice recognition controls, a height-adjustable suspension, GPS, a plasma screen TV, and of course, a DVD player.
For the car to look exactly like the one used in the first two Batman flicks directed by Tim Burton, the Swede reportedly spent close to $1 million and used up about 20,000 hours just to get the full scope of the Batmobile, right down to the minutest of details.
Seeing as this cost about as much as any supercar out there on the market, we’re compelled to throw our Camaro-inspired Batmobile a bone, if only because this guy had the resources to actually make a look-alike.
But about that ’Gothem City’ text? We still can’t forgive that.
But before we reveal who the seller is, we have to warn you that if you ever double-cross this dude, then prepared to get your face smashed in.
That’s right; WWE wrestler Dave Batista – or as he is more popularly called, Batista (didn’t strain any muscles thinking of a wrestling name, did he?) – is putting up his Bentley and Land Rover on eBay.
The Continental Speed GT has had a few minor tunings done on it, including custom wheels, and a grille kit while the Land Rover also has its custom rims, plus some detailed trim work and a blaster of a sound system out on the trunk.
You can buy the Bentley for $172,999 or you can go through the tedious job of having to bid for it. Meanwhile, the Land Rover sells for ‘just’ $75,000.
Like we said, we urge you to have a little more caution because you never know, Batista just might throw in a little Batista Bomb just for kicks.
No offense to Drew Barrymore – we love you, Drew – her appearance on Jay Leno’s ‘Green Car Challenge’ is about to be one-upped because no less than Rush Limbaugh will be one of the next celebrities to take on Leno’s car challenge.
Now you’re probably wondering how on Earth is Rush Limbaugh more interesting than Drew Barrymore, and while we can’t blame you for the thought, you have to know that Rush Limbaugh is probably one of the biggest hybrid car bashers in the face of this planet so for him to actually drive one, is poetic irony at its best.
We don’t know what made Limbaugh decide to accept Leno’s challenge – apart from maybe the extra publicity this would generate – but it sure will be a treat to watch the man who once said about hybrids - “Nobody’s buying them! Nobody wants them! The manufacturers are making them in droves to satisfy Obama!” – drive a Ford Focus BEV.
Here’s the rest of what Limbaugh had to say about hybrids: "People are going to buy [hybrids] because Obama’s going to see to it the price [of gas] gets back up to four bucks, since that is the tipping point … Ford and Toyota are manufacturing all kinds of new hybrids to keep politicians happy. Politics. You want to know what killed the auto industry? Politics.”
If you haven’t already seen the “Green Car Challenge” on NBC’s the Jay Leno Show then you might want to check out Hollywood starlet Drew Barrymore making her way around the new track in a zero emissions all electric Ford Focus. In this video, Jay invites world class racing driver Justin Bell to come along and say a few words about the electric orange Focus before the host of the show takes advantage of his title and gets behind the wheel of his latest toy.
Jay Leno is the epitome of a car guy, knowing that the world’s fossil fuel supply is eventually going to run dry, he sees electric vehicles taking over on our daily commutes or for around town shopping, while our favorite gas powered cruisers will be kept for Sunday driving. There is also one other benefit from an electric car, instantaneous torque. One of the things that Jay boats about, is the Ford’s endless amount of low end torque, which is quite useful on the new back lot short track.
The unique battery powered Focus started life as a European production Focus ST, built in Germany before being delivered to Ford’s world headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan, where engineers went to work, removing the traditional engine and gas tank and installing an entire electric powertrain before fitting a set of Recaro racing buckets, a full roll cage, five point racing harness and bespoke electric orange paint scheme. With a sophisticated electric powertrain, the zero-emissions Ford Focus BEV delivers nearly as much torque at the wheels as a 2010 Ford Mustang V6. It also stores enough energy to power an average household for 24 hours. Thanks in part to the battery placement, the race-ready Ford Focus BEV has a nearly ideal 50/50 weight distribution for improved racetrack handling.
We all know that Jay Leno’s new segment – ‘The Green Car Challenge’ – on his new show is nothing more than a fringe version of what Top Gear does with their ‘Reasonably-Priced Car Challenge’. And while we can’t fault Jay for putting his own spin on the highly-popular Top Gear segment, we probably should be upfront and say that the debut of his car segment didn’t exactly illicit as much excitement as we previously anticipated.
This, of course, is no slight at Drew Barrymore, who, as a matter of fact, is one of the most drop-dead gorgeous celebrities in the world today. But it sure doesn’t bode well for her – or for viewers of Jay’s show – to admit that she doesn’t even have a license, yet she’s more than willing to get behind the wheel of the ridiculous eyesore of a car that Leno is using for this segment.
A week ago, we showed you photos of the Green Hornet’s ride, the Black Beauty, crashing into a small concrete wall. While speculation was rampant that it was merely a stunt, this video we got from TMZ seems to show that the car did lose control and crashed into a cop car first before hitting the concrete wall.
The clip shows the Black Beauty doing a scene where it effortlessly navigates through the scene unscathed. Then the same scene was shot again but this time, the Black Beauty apparently loses control, hits the police car, and crashes into the barrier.
Now, there’s a thin line between a scripted scene and an actual accident, especially in Hollywood, but the more we watch the video, the more it looks like the accident was neither planned nor was it intentional.
Have you always wondered what it would be like to own a Camaro but budget constraints have forced you to just think of it as nothing more than just a dream?
Now – thanks to Sports Radio 850 WEEI, a Boston radio station and New England Chevrolet Dealers – you can own, not just a 2010 Camaro, but a Camaro that is owned by no less than Dustin Pedroia.
If you don’t know who Pedroia is, he’s pretty much a deity in the Boston-area, thanks in large part to being the starting shortstop of the Boston Red Sox.
All you need to do is go sign up at WEEI.com/camaro through September 27 and, provided you get an official Dustin Pedroia Camaro poster from any participating New England Chevy Dealers, you’ll name is going to be entered in the raffle for the celebrity Camaro.
To make it more enticing, Pedroia will be signing-off on the new car, giving its future, new owner the official stamp that the car was once Pedroias.
The winner will be chosen on September 28, at which time, the lucky bloke who wins it will not just have a Camaro, but a Camaro that was owned by a local sports hero.
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Drew Barrymore will get the first crack at racing the new all-electric Ford Focus as part of Jay Leno’s new car-racing segment in his new prime-time show on NBC.
The segment, which will be titled, the ‘Green Car Challenge’, will feature a number of Leno’s celebrity guests taking turns behind the wheel of an electric Focus to see who can post the fastest lap time around a specially-designed circuit around the NBC compound in Burbank.
If this bit looks oddly familiar to you, then we give you props for knowing your chops. Leno’s ‘Green Car Challenge’ was inspired by a similar segment done on Top Gear, an extremely popular racing feature in the UK where Leno was once a guest.
Barrymore’s racing lap will be seen on the September 18 episode of Leno’s show, which, incidentally, will give Ford a medium to demonstrate the many features of driving an electric car.
The electric Focus won’t be available until 2011 but according to Nancy Gioia, director of hybrid vehicle programs for Ford, it doesn’t hurt to get the word out to the public that electric cars aren’t as quirky as some people think.
Nevertheless, we’re pretty geeked to see just how much racing chops Drew Barrymore has; we haven’t forgotten those Charlie’s Angels racing scenes where she totally rocked our socks.
If you were at Silverstone over the weekend for the launch of the new Dirt 2 rally game, you probably would have been content sampling the game for free and hopefully pick yourself a copy before it runs out.
Never in your wildest dreams would you have bet that Ken Block would take you for a ride on a real rally car. But that’s exactly what happened to these lucky fellows who got a chance to sit shotgun while Block runs through a course on his WRX STI rally car?
We can’t tell you how jealous beyond measure we are, but from the look – and sound – of the video, we figured that those who got a chance to ride with Block never expected to scream as much as they did. One guy even asked Jesus for some divine intervention.
That should tell you never to mess with Ken Block on a rally car.
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