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European Street Signs Tell Erotic Stories

Posted by Admin on May 21, 2009

This is actually pretty clever. Take a look at the plethora of European , and now reinterpret their meanings into a story of boy-meets-girl, boy-gets-girl and bad things happen.

Here are 2 short iconographic stories with text content.
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Audi R8 VS Gran Turismo 5 On The Nürburgring

Posted by Admin on May 20, 2009

has taken its supercar to the Nurburgring to make some direct comparisons between real-world track driving and GT5: Prologue driving as well as letting loose some secrets on the upcoming demo GT5.
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New Mercedes Ad Highly Textual - Promote PRE-SAFE Braking System

Posted by Admin on May 19, 2009

This clever from , designed to promote their new pre-safe brakes, presents a twist on the dangers of texting and driving.
Namely, DON’T TEXT AND DRIVE! (not even if you have a -Benz)

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Audi R8 Visits Fortress Of Ferrari, Gets Kicked Out

Posted by Admin on May 18, 2009

In , Italy it doesn’t matter that your 5.2 V10 has the chassis of an Italian thoroughbred underneath. Don’t drive it through the city of . It’s just wrong and the residents won’t like you very much.

Yet another jab by ’s marketing folk. This time showing that the 5.2 V10 super car brings shame and horror to the residents of Ferrari’s home town. It’s okay little , come see us. We promise we’ll welcome you with open arms.

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BMW X5 M & X6 M - 555HP Twin Turbo’ed All Wheel Drive Crazyness

Posted by Admin on May 17, 2009
2010 BMW X5 M & X6 M

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Feast your eyes on the new and , both powered by ’s brand-new 555 HP 4.4-liter V8 M engines, and are the first all-wheel-drive models in the history of the M series.

Both the new and , debuted at the New York Auto Show, are powered by a newly-developed 4.4-liter V8 M engine delivering 555 HP at 6,000 rpm a whopping 500 lb-ft of torque from 1,500 to 5,650 rpm. The new M engine is the first with a pulse-tuned exhaust manifold encompassing both rows of cylinders combined with high-performance twin-scroll twin turbo technology.

All that twin turbo goodness helps both of these SUV-type-things accelerate from 0-to-60 MPH in 4.5 seconds. But the real story here is from a handling standpoint, as both vehicles, with careful tuning of their xDrive systems, are the first M vehicles with all-wheel-drive capability.

Read the full press release and view the full galleries after the jump.
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