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Whether you're a Beatles fan or not, you can't help but love the lines and details of this classic 1964 Aston Martin DB5 once owned by Sir Paul McCartney. A stunning example of the DB5 with custom touches, RM Auctions expects the car, bearing chassis number 1653/R, to bring between £300,000-380,000 at auction, though the car is listed without reserve. Ordered just after the Beatles' appearance on the Ed Sullivan show and the completion of filming for A Hard Day's Night, the DB5 received several music-themed touches as it left the factory, including a lether interior with musical notes...
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Live Photos Of Usain Bolt’s One-Off Gold Nissan GT-R
Last week, the fastest man on the planet, Usain Bolt, paid a visit to Nissan HQ and sampled some of the Japanese automaker’s latest cars. Bolt, who was already signed by Nissan to help promote the GT-R supercar, was also in Japan to sign a new deal to extend his role as brand ambassador for...
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Usain Bolt To Aid GT-R Development, Auction Golden Example For Charity
Usain Bolt, the fastest man in the world, can run 100 meters in 9.58 seconds and 200 meters in 19.19 seconds, both world records. He has a thing for fast cars too as evidenced by his joy over lapping in the Ferrari 458 Italia and 599 GTB at Italy's Fiorano circuit. Recently, Bolt partnered with...
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Jeremy Lin Goes His Own Way, In A Volvo XC60: Video
When Volvo announced it was signing NBA star Jeremy Lin as a pitchman for its cars last March, “Linsanity” was everywhere. It seemed impossible to turn on televised news without hearing the latest exploits of the New York Knicks’ unlikely superstar point guard. In the seven months...
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Neil Armstrong's Corvette To Be Preserved, Not Restored
Last May we brought you the news that a 1967 Corvette Coupe once owned by astronaut Neil Armstrong had surfaced on eBay, in worn but restorable condition. Essentially intact, the only bit of bad news was that the second owner had added flared fenders to the car during his four-plus decades of...
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Clark Gable's 1955 Mercedes 300SL Coupe Heads To Auction
In August, a 1935 Duesenberg Model JN Convertible Coupe once owned by legendary Hollywood star Clark Gable crossed the block at Gooding & Company’s Pebble Beach auction. Despite bids that reached $6.4 million, the price failed to meet the current owner’s reserve, and the car was not...
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The “Bond 50” Blu-Ray box set, which commemorates 50 years of James Bond films, goes on sale in London on September 24. To commemorate the occasion, Bond actors and actresses will use the Aston Martin DBS from Quantum of Solace to transport a golden briefcase containing the collection from Scotland to London. The journey began on Monday, September 17, when seven-time James Bond star Roger Moore set the countdown timer on the golden briefcase before placing it in the Aston Martin’s trunk. The case will also be handled by actresses Britt Ekland, Tania Mallet and Eunice Gayson...
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Sir Elton John's Ferrari Up For Sale
If you’re looking for a clean Ferrari Testarossa and are a fan of Elton John, we have the car for you. Up for grabs in Australia is a 1987 Ferrari Testarossa, as presented to Elton John on his 40th birthday by MCA records. Australia’s CarSales says that the Rosso Corsa-painted...
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Drops Hummer For A Mercedes Unimog: Video
Arnold Schwarzenegger isn’t the kind of guy to drive a Mazda MX-5, and we don’t see a Fiat 500 Abarth in his future, either. In fact, the actor and former governor of California has a way of making even normally-sized cars, like a Camaro ZL1, seem comically small. We’re not sure...
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Sebastian Vettel Stars In R&B Singer Melanie Fiona’s New Music Video
We’re starting to wonder if reigning Formula 1 World Champion Sebastian Vettel is regretting signing on to be Infiniti’s brand ambassador. After starring in a short martial arts battle alongside Chinese actress Celina Jade, Vettel has now played the character of a “modern day...
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Dr. Phil's 1957 Chevy Bel Air Stolen In California
Dr. Phil, daytime television’s favorite wisdom-dispensing psychologist, is also a car guy. Comforting the grief-stricken and emotionally challenged on television pays well enough to afford a choice of rides according to The Daily Mail, including a Ferrari 360, a Gemballa-tuned Porsche and...
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Jay Leno's 2012 Fiat 500 Sells For $350k At Charity Auction
When you’re Jay Leno, taking delivery of the first or second customer car in country is generally as easy as picking up the phone and saying, “I’ll need one of those for my collection, as close to the first production model as possible.” Such was the case with The Tonight...
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Following its key role in the popular television series Mad Men, where the brand was picked as the hard-to-acquire client of a fictional ad agency in New York during the 1960s, Jaguar has been thrust into the limelight, so far without even lifting a finger. At the recent Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, Jaguar continued the theme touched at in the television series by hosting an extravagant party that included a Playboy bunny or two. Now the brand is expanding its celebrity/Playboy status by signing up with singer Lana Del Rey to help promote its 2014 F-Type sports car, which will be...
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Schwarzenegger Shares Spotlight With Camaro ZL1 In New Film: Video
If you’ve wondered why Arnold Schwarzenegger hasn’t had much face time on the big screen of late, the answer is simple: from 2003 until January of 2011, the bodybuilder-turned-action-film-star was busy with another job, namely running the state of California. Now that his political...
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Steven Tyler showing off his Hennessey Venom GT Spyder at Pebble Beach
Aerosmith front man and now-former American Idol judge Steven Tyler is also a car guy and a motorcycle guy. Like the rest of us, he enjoys hitting up car and motorcycle shows as his schedule permits; the difference is, we don’t get to show off our $1.1 million Hennessey Venom GT Spyder at the...
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Mercedes Enlists MacGyver To Help Sell New Van: Video
April Fool’s Day may have been four months ago but today we have a story worthy of being a great prank, only it’s real. Mercedes-Benz has enlisted none other than MacGyver, played by actor Richard Dean Anderson, to help sell its latest commercial vehicle, the Citan van. Anyone familiar...
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Adam Carolla Visits Jay Leno's Garage In A Ferrari 330 GT 2+2: Video
Jay Leno is not a Ferrari guy, or more specifically, he’s not a modern Ferrari guy. His issue with cars like the Ferrari 458 Italia is simple: there’s nothing under the hood that an owner can turn wrenches on, as all service needs to be done by an authorized Ferrari dealer. Older...
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Roger Penske's Sons Charged With Breaking And Entering
Racing and automotive mogul Roger Penske isn’t having a good summer. First, there was the whole A.J.-Almendinger-testing-positive-for-banned-substances incident to deal with, which left Penske’s NASCAR Sprint Cup team down a contracted driver after Almendinger’s release. Now, just...
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The second episode of Jerry Seinfeld's Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee is out, and while it's as funny and offbeat as the first episode with Larry David, the most interesting aspect of the new episode is Ricky Gervais' obvious fear and discomfort in the passenger seat of a 1967 Austin-Healey 3000 Mk III. Despite Gervais and the 150-horsepower Healey being from the same island nation, the comedian apparently has no faith whatsoever in his countrymen or their design and construction techniques, much less Seinfeld's driving. In fact, he grips the dashboard and wheezes supplications to a god he...
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Gooding & Company To Sell Clark Gable's 1935 Dusenberg: Video
When it comes to Hollywood stars, few were bigger than Clark Gable. While his early films (some silent) brought him recognition, it was his roles in “It Happened One Night,” “Mutiny On The Bounty” and “Gone With the Wind” that vaulted him to superstar status. In...
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Peter Frampton Hit By Woman Breaking All The Rules (About Texting)
Rock legend Peter Frampton is used to mixing it up with women, but not while stuck in traffic. (Well, not that we know of.) Unfortunately, that's exactly what happened yesterday, and today, Frampton's back and neck are paying the price. According to the musician's Twitter page, Frampton was in...
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Jay Leno's Fiat 500 Prima Edizione Hits The Block For Charity: Video
Last year, Jay Leno took delivery of the second Fiat 500 imported into the United States, and you’ll soon get a chance to bid on that very same Prima Edizione car at an upcoming Gooding & Company auction. Leno is giving the limited-edition Fiat up for charity, with the proceeds from the...
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Carroll Shelby's Wife And Family Reach Agreement On His Remains
It’s oddly fitting that a man as iconic as Carroll Shelby would continue to be the center of controversy even after his death. When Shelby passed away on May 10, a legal battle over his remains quickly erupted between his wife Cleo and his children, leaving Shelby’s body in limbo at a...
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Seinfeld's 'Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee' Debuts
Earlier this month, we told you about the upcoming premier of comedian and car-guy Jerry Seinfeld’s latest endeavor, a web-only series called Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee. Like the television classic Seinfeld, his new series takes the concept of a show about nothing to new extremes. The...
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