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This is How an Irish Comedian Sells His Old 1990 VW Polo

May 21st, 2013


We guess there are many ways to sell your used car, but we will admit that creating a music video clip and sharing it on an automotive classified website hadn’t crossed our mind – then again, we're not comedians…

Meet the funny lads over at Nostril Shorts who came up with the idea of promoting the sale of member Garry's 1990 VW Polo Mk2 C Squareback (a.k.a. Breadvan) on the popular classified ads site DoneDeal with a video.

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Instant Karma for Toyota Prius Cabby Making an Illegal U-Turn

May 21st, 2013


This is what we call "instant karma". Bill Walsh, a bicyclist, who seems to have suffered from drivers making illegal U-turns on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., as evidenced by the head-cam videos (see below) featured on his YouTube channel, finally saw justice served.

While riding on the bike lane, Walsh was confronted by yet another driver looking to make a quick U-turn. Infuriated by the move, he yells "Illegal, illegal!" to the driver of the Toyota Prius taxicab, who doesn't really seem to care.

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New Lexus IS 250 Falls Short in Edmunds’s Comparo with BMW 328i and Cadillac ATS 2.0

May 15th, 2013


The newest entry in the extremely competitive premium compact saloon category is the third generation of Lexus' IS sedan that brings with it a sharper design with more character inside and out, along with the promise of improved dynamics.

It doesn’t have an easy job as all contestants for the title in the segment have many strong points, with the BMW 3-Series, now in its sixth iteration, having the added bonus of being the most recognized and successful player for almost three decades now.

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Year of the Saab: China’s BAIC Motors Launches 9-5-Based Senova D Sedan

May 13th, 2013


The car you see pictured here is the Senova D sedan from China's Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co. or simply BAIC, and under its body shell, elements of which will likely remind you of several other cars, is the platform and engine technology from the previous generation Saab 9-5, the rights for which the company acquired from General Motors in 2009.

It is the production version of last year's C70G and it was formally introduced to the world at last month's Shanghai Auto Show. The reason why we're talking about it now is that BAIC announced on Monday that the Senova D went on sale in China and Hong Kong (which is a special administrative region of China).

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Watch Rémi Gaillard’s Best Traffic Police Pranks

May 12th, 2013


French funny man Rémi Gaillard has provided us with plenty of laughs over the past decade or so after losing his job at a shoe store and taking on the comedy world by storm, most of the times at the expense of police officers on the road.

And it is these moments that Gaillard put together to create a four-and-a-half minute long video with some of his most successful pranks with officers of the law.

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