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Scott Disick Shows Off His Brand New Lamborghini

It pays to be on the hottest reality show of the moment: Scott Disick, partner of Kourtney Kardashian and the father of her child, a baby boy named Mason, just bought for himself the ultimate treat, a brand new Lamborghini.Fans of any of the Kardashians reality shows know Scott as Kourtney’s boyfriend with a hi...

24 January 2011
08:54 GMT

Mariah Carey’s Christmas Gift: Customized $400,000 Rolls Royce Phantom

As they’re preparing to become first-time parents – to twins, no less – Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey have also duly enjoyed the winter holidays, with the diva returning to Twitter just the other day. With excellent news. In a recent tweet, Mariah shows off the present she got from her husband for Ch...

7 January 2011
11:08 GMT

James Cameron’s Gift to All Cast Members: a Blue Toyota Prius

One of the things that made “Avatar” such a hit at the box office, aside from groundbreaking 3D effects, is the environmental theme, which again opened the dialog on the future of the Earth in the context of the current destructive tendencies.Because he’s green all the way, James Cameron, together w...

17 December 2010
11:42 GMT

Russell Brand Takes Driving Lessons with Meditation

British comedian Russell Brand is currently taking driving lessons, having decided the time had come for him to be able to drive his own car and not have to rely on someone else all the time. He’s also got an ace up his sleeve: meditation. The star spoke to People magazine just recently and, asked about how his...

16 December 2010
08:13 GMT

Lindsay Lohan Rolls in Style in Porsche – And Smoking

Proving that she’s taking battling addictions one step at a time, Lindsay Lohan stepped out the other day to attend a mandatory alcohol ed class – and lit up a cigarette as she drove away in a brand new Porsche Boxter. As anyone not living under a rock must know, Lohan is now an in-patient at the Betty Fo...

16 December 2010
06:47 GMT

Student in Critical Condition After Stunt Goes Terribly Wrong on TV

Student Samuel Koch bet that he could somersault over moving cars on the incredibly popular television show Wetten, Dass? (Want to Bet?). At his fourth jump, something went wrong and he landed flat on his face – he is now in critical condition.As The Telegraph reports, the show, the most popular program of its ...

6 December 2010
05:23 GMT

Nick Hogan Cries, Talks Car Crash: I Was Stupid

In the summer of 2007, Nick Hogan, the son of wrestler and television personality Hulk Hogan, crashed his car so badly the other passenger in it was left with severe brain damage, incapacitating him for life. A little over three years later and a short stint in jail for it, Nick is finally opening up about the crash,...

9 October 2010
04:08 GMT

Doll Up Your Ride with CarLashes, Eyelashes for Headlights

Seeing a car with butterflies, or perhaps flowers, painted on the side, or with a sticker saying “Princess on Board” is no longer a rare occurrence. Now, women drivers have even more options to doll up their ride. CarLashes makes and sells this brand new car accessory for women – because it’s ...

7 September 2010
14:31 GMT

Men Still Highly Uncomfortable when a Woman Is Driving

Jokes about what poor drivers women are will probably never go away, just as blonde gags are highly unlikely to ever go out of fashion. That is not to say though that all women are terrible nightmares behind the wheel, even though a new poll cited by the Daily Mail reveals that one in three men still says he&rsq...

20 July 2010
15:31 GMT

January Jones Involved in Car Crash, Paparazzi Are at Fault

The icy blonde on “Mad Men,” January Jones, was involved in a multi-vehicle crash the other day, resulting in serious damage. The actress seems to have lost control of her own car and collided with several other parked vehicles. She then left the scene to call the police, which resulted in talk of a hit a...

12 June 2010
06:31 GMT

Danica Patrick Makes NASCAR Debut, Crashes

Danica Patrick made her NASCAR debut over the weekend, at Saturday’s Nationwide Series but, despite the preceding hype and expectations pinned on the race, it did not end well for the driver and occasional (glamour) model. Her car was caught up in a 12-vehicle pileup and she finished only 35th, as the Blea...

15 February 2010
04:40 GMT

Diddy’s Gift to 16-Year-Old Son: Maybach, Check for $10,000

Rapper Diddy never really knew what it meant to keep things under the radar. Always the man to party in style and, come to think of it, do everything else in style, the star threw the most fabulous Sweet Sixteen party for his son Justin Dior, including a lineup of performers to die for and gifts like a brand new Mayb...

26 January 2010
10:00 GMT

Trapster iPhone 4.0 Now Available for Free Download via iTunes

Trapster has announced version 4.0 of its iPhone application, noting significant additions, such as an enhanced way to increase user confidence, a brand-new Caravan feature, new trap types, and an improved user interface. Since the service is completely free, the Trapster iPhone application is also a free download av...

21 January 2010
05:53 GMT

Lindsay Lohan Involved in Hit and Run

Over the weekend, Lindsay Lohan was involved in a hit and run, as her chauffer-driven car was mobbed by paparazzi and other media representatives. One paparazzo claims to have been hurt when the car would not stop, for which reason police have launched an investigation of criminal assault with a deadly weapon, TMZ re...

11 January 2010
09:04 GMT

Download Driver for iPhone, iPod touch

Gameloft has released the iPhone version of the Driver video game. Originally developed by Reflections Interactive for the PlayStation (one), Driver fits the action-driving genre with the player taking the role of a getaway driver in various dangerous missions. “Discover the most stunning racing game ever crea...

7 January 2010
09:24 GMT

Locate Your Vehicle Anywhere with the Guidepoint iPhone App

GuidePoint Systems, a company that integrates GPS, advanced wireless technology, has announced the release of a new tracking, safety and convenience application for iPhone. The Guidepoint Vehicle Locator lets you locate your Guidepoint-equipped car, truck or motorcycle anytime, anywhere. The app is not compatible wit...

5 January 2010
10:00 GMT

Ford Formally Announces Factory-Installed HD Radios with iTunes Tagging Capability

Ford, one of the big players in the automotive industry, has issued an official report formally announcing its plans to include HD radios as a standard across many of its upcoming car models. The receivers, capable of pulling in digital radio signals for dramatically improved sound, boast iTunes tagging, a capability...

30 December 2009
08:45 GMT

Ford’s Latest: HD Radios, iTunes Tagging

Ford has been confirmed as the first car maker to offer factory-installed HD radios equipped with iTunes tagging as a standard across a wide range of car models. The products are slated for introduction at the US trade show CES in January 2010. According to various sources covering the topic, the move will see Ford c...

29 December 2009
09:49 GMT

Peaches Geldof Escapes Death in Full-On Collision

20-year-old British socialite Peaches Geldof, former wild child and tabloid darling, has been involved in a full frontal collision just hours ago, as she and friends were speeding to Disney World in Florida. Despite the fact that speeding was a cause and the car was badly damaged in the crash, Peaches walked away unh...

17 December 2009
06:32 GMT

Conrad Hilton, 15, Learns to Drive in $200,000 Bentley

Conrad Hilton III is the youngest brother of ever-popular heiress and socialite extraordinaire Paris Hilton. He’s 15 and has just gotten his learner’s permit, which means he can’t drive without an adult’s supervision yet, but that’s not to say he can’t travel in style, as The Sun i...

4 December 2009
09:40 GMT

Eyewitness Speaks of Tiger Woods’ Car Crash

Over the weekend, Tiger Woods was involved in a one-vehicle car crash. The exact details of the accident have not yet been established, with the police investigation still underway, which is partly why it has generated so much controversy. An eyewitness is now coming forward to recall what he’s seen on the scen...

1 December 2009
04:32 GMT

Tiger Woods’ Injuries Caused by Wife, Not Car Crash

Golfer Tiger Woods was involved in a one-vehicle car crash on Friday that sent him to the ER with severe facial lacerations, as we also reported only hours ago. As police documents say that wife Elin Nordegren broke the window of the car and dragged him out, thus saving him, Woods himself is telling friends whatever ...

28 November 2009
05:48 GMT

Tiger Woods Seriously Injured in Car Crash

Professional golfer Tiger Woods was admitted to the hospital on Friday after running his Escalade into a fire hydrant and then into a tree on a neighbor’s lawn. At the time police arrived, he was slipping in and out of consciousness and was deemed in serious conditions for the facial lacerations he had sustaine...

28 November 2009
04:45 GMT

Kate Gosselin Busted for Speeding

Kate Gosselin’s life just got a bit more complicated the other week, when she was busted for speeding in Adams County, Pennsylvania. A police officer confirms for TMZ that Gosselin was driving at 70 miles per hour in a 55 mile zone, as well as that all the children were with her in the car when she was pulled o...

3 November 2009
03:44 GMT

Start Your Car Remotely with Viper SmartStart for iPhone

Viper, a company producing and selling car alarms and remote starters, has launched Viper SmartStart for iPhone and iPod touch. The app works with Viper remote-start systems and can start a car, lock or unlock its doors, open its trunk, or even locate it in a parking lot. Users can also set off a panic alarm. While m...

14 October 2009
09:44 GMT

Robbie Williams Runs Over Teen Paparazzo, Cries

As he was leaving for home after his performance on X Factor over the weekend, Robbie Williams was involved in an incident that could have proven fatal for a too nosy photographer. As the chauffeur-driven car in which the singer was was heading for the exit, a young paparazzo was hit and then pulled underneath the mo...

13 October 2009
09:52 GMT

Nicole Richie Involved in Car Accident

Paparazzi are often said to be responsible for minor fender-benders and rear-ends with celebrities’ vehicles, though they always claim to have kept a safe distance from the vehicle they were chasing. The same happened the other day, when Nicole Richie’s car was rear-ended by a pap vehicle, as People magaz...

6 October 2009
03:04 GMT

Applying Makeup When Driving, Cause for Half a Million Crashes

British moto insurer Diamond has revealed the figures behind a recent survey among female motorists and they are nothing short of troubling. As it turns out, an estimated one in five women drivers admits to retouching their makeup on the go, when they’re behind the wheel, which translates into half a million cr...

2 October 2009
16:51 GMT

Women More Likely to Ask Someone to Park Their Car

It has often been said that women are up to no good when they get behind the wheel for reasons ranging from their inability to focus on one thing alone (driving, that is) to not being as endowed as men when it comes to spatial orientation. A recent study comes to show that women also suffer from what is known as &ldq...

23 September 2009
16:31 GMT

Michael Phelps Not Responsible for 3-Car Crash

Yesterday, we reported that 8-time gold medalist at the 2008 Olympics Michael Phelps had been involved in a 3-car accident in his hometown, Baltimore. That alcohol had not been a factor was known as early as the moment police arrived on the scene, but it has now been established that Phelps wasn’t in any way re...

15 August 2009
05:50 GMT

Lamborghini Wins Another Domain Name Dispute

Famous sports car maker Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. was pleased to find out that WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) ruled positive on two complaints made by the Italian-based company regarding trademark disputes on two domain names.The cases dealt with the registration and bad faith usage of the lambor...

6 August 2009
09:15 GMT

NFS Undercover Competition Announced for iPhone Owners

The people operating on the Need for Speed Blog have announced a contest for iPhone owners and players of the Need For Speed: Undercover iPhone port. Titled “iPhone Undercover Competition: Customize for the Win!,” the contest has NFS fans creating an awesome custom vehicle to be featured on NeedforSpeed.c...

5 August 2009
06:57 GMT

ProClip Intros Car Mounting Solutions for iPhone 3G S

ProClip USA, Inc. has announced a series of device holders targeting Apple’s new iPhone 3G S specifically. The padded or adjustable holders with tilt swivel, charging/USB cable or pass-through connector have been designed to securely mount the iPhone 3G S to car, truck and SUV dashboards and consoles. ProClip h...

9 July 2009
06:04 GMT

Cheryl Cole Buys Husband £14,000 Garden Mini Hummer

After reportedly scoring a new contract as judge on The X Factor worth a whopping £1.2 million, British singer, television personality and WAG extraordinaire Cheryl Cole can now tell husband Ashley Cole “From Cheryl, with love” in style. The diminutive star shed no less than £14,000 on a highl...

14 June 2009
06:07 GMT

Belkin Intros TuneBase Products for iPhone

Belkin, a company specializing in accessories for portable devices, including Apple's iPhone and iPods, has announced a couple of new products to go both with your iPhone and your car. The new TuneBase products from Belkin allow you to talk without taking your hands off the wheel, listen to music from your iPho...

1 June 2009
15:01 GMT

Stunt Car Racing 99 Tracks Available for iPhone

Digital Chocolate, an iPhone developer with a very impressive portfolio, has released its latest iPhone game, Stunt Car Racing 99 Tracks. As its name implies, the title delivers 99 tracks of nitro-fuelled stunt racing fun. Stunt Car Racing 99 tracks has players performing extreme flips, massive jumps, wheelies and a ...

12 May 2009
09:28 GMT

Stunt for Nicolas Cage Movie Goes Wrong, 2 Bystanders Hospitalized

Nicolas Cage is making his return to action movies with “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” in which the actor plays a sorcerer looking for an apprentice in New York. A car chase sequence in Times Square ended badly for two bystanders as a Ferrari swerved out of traffic and smashed into a lamppost, injurin...

5 May 2009
09:32 GMT

Casey Aldridge Hospitalized After Car Accident

Casey Aldridge, the father of Jamie Lynn Spears’ child, was involved in a one-car accident in the early hours of Sunday, when his truck flipped through the air as he lost control of the vehicle. He was the only one of the five people inside to require medical assistance, and is currently under observation at th...

27 April 2009
08:53 GMT

Belkin Intros New Car Chargers for iPhones, iPods

Belkin has announced its new Micro Auto Charger and Dual Auto Charger for iPod and iPhone. Users can acquire the products to charge their device's battery in their car, while adding no extra bulk to the dashboard of their vehicle, thanks to its compact design. “Sitting nearly flush with your dashboard, th...

24 April 2009
09:55 GMT

Fast & Furious The Game Hits iPhone, iPod touch

I-Play has announced the availability of Fast & Furious The Game for iPhone and iPod touch in the iTunes App Store. Oberon Media’s publishing division and the world's leading multi-platform casual games publisher claims the title follows the storyline of the new Fast & Furious movie released in theaters la...

6 April 2009
05:32 GMT

Nadya Suleman Beefs Up Security After Car Incident

The case of OctoMom Nadya Suleman has caused mixed reactions with the public and the media, with many people saying that, at the end of the day, she was probably so eager to have as many children as 14 only because she courted media attention and was in it for the money. However, until the other day, no one dared eng...

3 April 2009
10:24 GMT

Nadya Suleman’s Van Smashed by Vandals

At the moment, Nadya Suleman does not enjoy the best of reputations, with a vast majority of the public – and countless media outlets – saying she only got pregnant with octuplets for the fame and, implicitly, for the money. However, random acts of violence should never be the answer, it has been said in ...

2 April 2009
09:40 GMT

21% of Europe Would Buy Electric Cars from Apple, Study Shows

A recent study by consultant Bain & Co. claims there is a real market for electric cars. Apparently, those already driving expensive, fuel-based cars are becoming more aware of the environmental problems posed by their use.The survey was carried out with the help of 4,000 individuals in eight countries, including the...

28 January 2009
08:46 GMT

Chrysler Sponsors ‘Terminator: Salvation’

Come May 22, “Terminator: Salvation,” the fourth installment of the box-office hit series, will hit theaters worldwide. Moreover, on that date, not only will fans get to see what director McG and appraised actor Christian Bale did to John Conner and the T, but also a couple of Chrysler cars being showed o...

22 January 2009
10:43 GMT

Princess Bea’s BMW Stolen from Under Her Nose

Princess Bea has, indeed, ranked so far as the smartest Royal, but her latest move has done nothing but make her feel embarrassed for being far too naive. The British media reports that the Princess had her BMW stolen the other day, as she got out of the car, left it unlocked and with the keys in the ignition, to go ...

9 January 2009
07:09 GMT

The iMo, an Apple-Inspired Car

Automotive design student Anthony Jannarelly must really like Apple's designs, for his concept of an environmentally friendly vehicle is nothing more than a sturdy iPod on wheels. The iMo even has its own tab / section on the fake Apple website, just between Mac and iPhone. When designing the iMo, Jannarelly al...

22 December 2008
08:53 GMT

Satellite Technology Brought to a Car Near You

There are extremely few vehicles that can attenuate the bumps and/or noises of a ride, especially when conditions are tougher than normal. And even those cannot reach the dampness level achieved by a novel technology from the French ARTEC Aerospace. The company's experts devised a vibration and acoustic attenuat...

17 December 2008
10:04 GMT

Florida Lowers Car Pollution Limits

The state of Florida took another step forward in the struggle against global warming, as Republican Governor Charlie Crist announced that he had passed legislation forcing the auto industry to produce less-polluting cars. By 2020, the levels of tailpipe exhausts will have to decrease by 23 percent, and they will hav...

3 December 2008
15:01 GMT

Recycle Your Car

The recent Automotive News Green Car Conference held at The Diamond Center at Rock Financial Showplace in Novi, Michigan, stressed on the fast pace of gas cost and on the decrease of vehicles' carbon footprints. Major automotive issues related to lower emissions, fuel saving, enhanced safety or higher degrees of...

19 November 2008
07:51 GMT

Have Your Car Become Ultimately Green

The Luscious Garage in Bay Area is the only garage of the few specialized in hybrid cars that is run by a woman. However, it differentiates from the other garages by more than just that. Everything inside is green, one way or another, starting with the plants and trees thriving all over the place, to the cleanness o...

5 November 2008
05:42 GMT


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