GORILLAZ WORLD PREMIERE VIDEO!

So they took away the embedding link!!!!!! However, go out there and watch it! This video contains: A CAR CHASE, BRUCE WILLIS, and GORILLAZ!

You Are Cordially Invited...

ZDX Launch party
You and a guest are invited to celebrate the launch of the all-new Acura ZDX with an exhibition featuring the work of photographer Erik Madigan Heck.
Experience the dramatic properties of magnetic ferro fluid, the luxury of ironed leather, the simplicity of mono-surfaced controls, the openness of panoramic glass, the artistry of motion surfacing design and the tranquility of active sound control in the first concept from Acura's new design studio, the all-new Acura

Photographer: Erik Madigan Heck
At just 26, Erik Madigan Heck is an emerging force in fashion and fine art photography. Having shot the collections of designers such as Valentino, Lanvin, Lacroix, Jean Paul Gaultier and Helmut Lang, he's also the founder and Editor in Chief of the influential Nomenus Quarterly. Heck's work is part of several international museums and private collections.

Music by dj Ariel Collin Stark-Benz. Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres will be served.
Miami, February 25
Dallas, March 4
Los Angeles, March 11
San Francisco, March 18
Chicago, March 25
Washington D.C., April 1
New York City, April 8

Car Update

I am getting my car back today! I am so excited to see her again. I wonder what her new trunk is going to look like. I will have a full update tonight!

Thanks lovelies

My Trunk Lid Was Stolen!

Car trunk lids are overrated. Good thing someone stole mine last night!

Most people don't even know what to say to this, so I will share some of the facebook comments.

man, i knew the economy was bad, but really?!
February 12 at 1:22pm ·

Whaaaat??!! Who does that? C'man!!
February 12 at 1:23pm ·

dude.
February 12 at 1:25pm ·

wow really?! wth that's awful
February 12 at 1:25pm ·

it's sort of funny at the same time tho
February 12 at 1:26pm ·

Amber Sterling I think this is going on my car blog!
February 12 at 1:28pm ·

FOR REAL???
February 12 at 1:33pm ·

ggawwwwwhaaat!!!??? weird!!! install a hot tub!!
February 12 at 1:34pm ·

WHAT?!?!?!? HOLY CRAP! Did they take anything else?!

Needless to say people (including my insurance adjuster) we completely stunned when I explained the situation. The incident happened on Thursday night. I casually parked my car in front of my friends house, and we left to go out for the night... However, before we left the house, this kid - that looked too young to be out that late of night - asked me what street he was on, which seemed strange, it turns out that he helped case my car. However, at the time I didn't think to much of his perensce. So I took off into the night... Having only arrived at the event for minutes; my friend walked up to me with the bad news! He was like, "I think you car just got broken into!" What?! How could this be?! We just left it 30 minutes ago!

However, with my car luck, I knew right away something was wrong with my car so we left the event. We pulled onto his dim-light street to find my car with the TRUNK COMPLETELY MISSING!!!!!!!! What?! The passenger side window was smashed, so the thief's could get to the trunk. Wires were slashed, windows broken, and the trunk was removed. However, nothing was taken from the inside of the trunk or the car, so they did all of this purely for the trunk!

Needless to say that everyone, who I have told, who has seen this, or heard about this, has nothing to say. Mainly I just get a sorry, or they laugh in my face, which I get because I have laughed too.

Good people, tell me what you think?

Where Does The U.S. Automaker Go Wrong

I have a couple of thoughts swirling around in my head today... Do marketing campaigns determine growth? Should marketing campaigns consider the internet/techonolgy as a viable outlet for marketing. People spend a average of 4 hours a day on the internet - not just reading/sending emails. Also, how does this apply to cars??? Audi is proposing that some of what the U.S. automakers are doing wrong, is with their marketing/advertising campaigns. I do believe this to be true, however, there is much more that is being done wrong. In this video Audi CMO, Scott Keogh, lays out the 3 campaigns that Audi has created, that have been successful. Therefore, marketing (obviously) does play a role. However, much like the music industry I feel like people are missing what is right in front of them. The blaring obvious!!! U.S. Automakers make bad cars. This is not rocket science people. BAD CARS! I have had many discussions with my friends when they were getting ready to purchase a new car, and not one of them bought a domestic car. I am going to bullet point some of the top reasons they don't.

*They will break down
*They loose their resell value
*When they break down, it will be major
*They are ugly cars (vanity)
*Poor gas mileage


The list will continue. I think the car companies should start over. First, rename the company. Then make a reliable, attractive, environmentally friendly car. Rebuild Detroit with green factories that produce these cars.

It doesn't seem that complicated to me, so car companies, if you read this blog, take note of what could be...

Detroit Auto Show Update

My amazing friend Seth, had this to say about the autoshow, "Judging by the Detroit Auto Show photos, I'd say automakers are returning to that whackass late 90's Calvin and Hobbes spaceship look." Take a look at these pictures, he is totally right!

Oh Yeah, I have a car blog?

Cars move forward, and so must this blog. I am back from the dead like a zombie trying to eat your brains. Car coverage will happen once again with zeal! There was yet another car show in Detroit, and the automakers unvieled their "concept" cars. Joseph B. White, at the Wall Street Journal, had this to say, Car makers use auto-show concept cars, usually one-of-a-kind prototypes built by hand, to capture the imaginations of the press and public with flashy visions of what might come tomorrow. Some show cars are pure whimsy, confections dreamed up by young designers at play."

Check out what automakers presented to the public, and take a vote online. I especially liked the Audi E-Tron. Let me know what is your favorite new concept car.

Coming in the future...
*Road Beers?
*Stalking peeps on the streets (for their cars - of course!)
*Top Gear - I love you.

Enjoy the new year, and drive with haste people