Simpsons Family Car Finally Gets Hot Wheels Treatment
The Simpson family’s iconic pink sedan has graced the small screen in parts of four different decades, but it’s never been available in Hot Wheels form—until now. Reasonably priced at $1.09, the Hot Wheels Simpsons Family Car is a follow-up to last year’s release of “The Homer,” the all-American land barge that bankrupted Homer’s brother’s […]
Elon Musk on The Simpsons: Tesla CEO Causes “Great ePression”
Tesla CEO and gilded redditor Elon Musk has once again shown up in a cartoon from the 1990s that’s more than a little past its prime. This time, Musk was actually a willing participant, lending his terribly emotionless voice to “The Musk Who Fell to Earth,” the 12th episode of The Simpsons’ 26th season. Before […]
Elon Musk to Bankrupt Mr. Burns on ‘The Simpsons’
It’s something of a rite of passage for celebrities to appear in the city of Springfield in a yellow-skinned, four-fingered form. Whether they’re playing themselves, as did Sir Paul McCartney or Johnny Carson, or portraying memorable characters like Leon Kompowsky or a talking coyote guiding Homer through a vision quest, anybody who’s anybody has had […]
2021 Ford F-150 Adds Even More Class-Exclusive Tech
You know that meme that’s a screengrab from The Simpsons taken in the aftermath of Krusty the Clown (played by Homer) mercilessly pummeling The Krusty Burglar? Where a crying child is pleading, “Stop! Stop! He’s already dead”? Okay. Imagine that, but the kid is crying because the 2021 Ford F-150 just keeps killing it with […]
Remembering the Legendarily Bad Sitcom ‘My Mother the Car’
There’s very little in this world that’s harder to watch than an unfunny sitcom. If the purpose of a story is to make you laugh, failing to deliver on that purpose can make the resulting show a real slog to sit through. While the last few decades have certainly given the world plenty of unfunny […]
Why Are There No Pink Cars?
Three major reasons automakers no longer offer pink paints on vehicles
Over the years, practically every color has been released as a factory-offered exterior paint and has earned its share of fans—except for one color: pink. Despite the exposure that vivid hues like burnt orange, lime green, and even sunshine yellow have received, pink has been predominantly overlooked. Why is that? Is the absence of pink as a […]
Santa Rosa Resident Sticks Pony, Stardust, in Car to Escape California Wildfires
Due to the current wildfires raging in California, many individuals have evacuated their homes to flee a safe distance from the hazard. Lauren Mesaros from Santa Rosa was one of these residents. However, while others grabbed their children and lap dogs before making an escape, Mesaros had more heavy-weighted “cargo” to tow: two horses and […]
The 10 Most Iconic Cartoon Family Vehicles
Not too long ago, we all found out exactly what type of vehicle cartoon patriarch Homer Simpson drives, which then got me thinking, “What types of cars do other cartoon families have?” Instead of simply listing off the make and model of each animated family’s mode of transportation, here’s some info regarding the 10 best cartoon […]
This Gallery of Giant Monsters Destroying Cars Is Incredibly Satisfying
From Godzilla to King Kong, these kaiju crush cars
If there’s one thing that goes hand-in-hand with giant monster movies–even more so than rubber suits–it’s destruction. Since their introduction to the big screen, Japanese and American kaiju have been depicted wreaking havoc on metropolitan landscapes. And of course, those crowded city streets are filled with vehicles–both full-size and miniature–that become collateral damage. If you’re […]
President Trump to Have EPA Reopen Emissions Standards Debate
Writing about green cars lately has made me feel like Grampa Simpson in The Simpson Movie. Things to Aspire to: The Chevy Volt’s engine made the Wards 10 Best Engines list It is the beginning of a rough time for green cars, as the EPA head position has been swapped for someone who has sued […]
2017 Tesla Model S P100D Named the Fastest-Accelerating Production Car in the World
With the activation of its "Ludicrous Speed" mode, the Tesla Model S travels from 0 to 60 mph in 2.28 seconds
Last month, famous futurist and Tesla CEO Elon Musk made a bold prediction: the 2017 Tesla Model S P100D would be able to accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 2.34 seconds, faster than the 2.4-second records set by both the 2015 Ferrari LaFerrari and the 2015 Porsche 918 Spyder. Promising early results from the Ludricrous […]
President Trump Promises Auto CEOs He Will Reduce Taxes and Regulations “Bigly”
President Donald Trump, a throwaway Simpsons joke become horrifyingly real, recently held a meeting with top business leaders to discuss American manufacturing. Among those gathered was Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne, Ford CEO Mark Fields, and General Motors CEO Mary Barra, who at one time was considered as a running mate for Trump’s rival, Hillary Clinton. […]
We Finally Know Exactly What Kind of Car Homer Simpson Drives
For years, the biggest and most puzzling mystery of The Simpsons wasn’t who shot Mr. Burns or what the “J” in Homer J Simpson stood for – it was what type of vehicle Homer drove. The pink four-door sedan has been featured in the opening credits for years, after graduating from the show’s humble beginnings […]
How Do Clown Cars Work? The Big Secret Behind the Tiny Car
Everyone has been the circus at some point, or at least watched a production on television that referenced the infamous clown car gag. You know, the one where a laughable amount of people exit from a laughably small car. Another…after another…after another… You may dismiss this trick as another form of big-top witchcraft, but there’s […]
The Holidays Roll In on These Must-Have ‘Charlie Brown Christmas’ Hot Wheels Cars
The holiday season is upon us, and with it come the many traditions each family has partaken in for as long as they can remember. For many households across the country, that includes watching the timeless Charles Schulz animated feature, A Charlie Brown Christmas. The simple half-hour short film is viewed on millions of television screens every December, […]
In Praise of “The Honking,” the Only Halloween Episode of Futurama
Horror movies and cars are a pretty natural pairing. While it’s not quite as close as the relationship between action movies and cars, automobiles still feature prominently in some of the genre’s hoariest clichés—the young lovers who are caught unaware by a killer on the loose while necking in a parked car, the ominous gas […]
Start Saving Now for the Nissan GT-R NISMO
The Nissan GT-R is already a great car, thanks to the great care taken by the team of special engineers in Japan who build each and every GT-R engine by hand. If that isn’t somehow good enough to fulfill your need for a powerful and sporty coupe, Nissan has prepared the Nissan GT-R NISMO just […]
“Car Matchmaker” Spike Feresten Talks to Us About Loving Porsches, Hating Crosstours, Writing “Seinfeld,” and Predicting Donald Trump
Although he hosted Talkshow with Spike Feresten for three years on Fox, Spike Feresten made his biggest contributions to the entertainment industry while working behind the camera. As a television comedy writer, Spike has few equals, with a resume that includes Saturday Night Live, Late Night with David Letterman, The Simpsons, and Seinfeld. His most […]