Daily Archives: June 25, 2013

Top Gear filming “Best of British” near Buckingham Palace

YouTube user Shmee stumbled over the weekend into the set of a shoot for Top Gear Series 20 in front of Buckingham Palace, with what Shmee calls mind boggling array of the ‘Best of British’ cars on display.

BMW 8 Series rendered – based on Pininfarina Gran Lusso Coupe

BMW Pininfarina Gran Lusso Coupé

BMW Pininfarina Gran Lusso Coupé made its debut last monrh at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este near Como, Italy.

Florida Man advertises for Wife on back of Hummer

The sign on the back of the Hummer gets straight to the point:

Looking for a Wife

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When Erika Santos saw it, a few things crossed her mind:

Commercial vehicle wraps drive growth for businnesses

Attempting to influence drivers with eye-catching visuals and marketing messages is no new concept. After all, roadside signs and billboards have been used as promotional tools since the introduction of the automobile.

Today, however, more and more businesses are using the bodies of cars, vans and trucks as the advertising medium. Companies all across the nation — from small, independently-owned operations to Fortune 500 corporations — are maximizing consumer awareness and interest by covering their vehicles with colorful, attention-grabbing graphics.

Report: Megaplatforms to be a major factor in industry’s future

The auto industry’s next-generation vehicle platforms may allow manufacturers to produce new products at unprecedented speed, but they also will bring great challenges to manufacturers and suppliers, according to an AlixPartners study.

The so-called megaplatforms will account for nearly 90 percent of the industry’s growth in the next five years, the study released on Tuesday says.