Chevy Creates World’s First Billboard Made from Pennies, By-passers Strip it Clean

Chevrolet created havoc with its 20-foot billboard advert made entirely from one-pence coins in London’s New Oxford Street. The unique billboard that consisted of 20,000 pennies was created to advertise the 769,500-pence starting price of the new Aveo. Understandably, it didn’t take long for hundreds of opportunistic by passers to strip it clean. To be exact, the penny-billboard only lasted for a mere 30 minutes… -Continued

Chevrolet's Les Turton commented:“There have been some great car adverts before, but none that has stopped traffic and actually put money back into the motorist’s pocket so this is certainly a first. We’re glad we’ve topped up lots of people’s wallets, purses and, in some cases, rucksacks, but it would have been nice for the billboard to last a little longer than 30 minutes.”

Batmobile & Toyota F1 Race Car Wallpapers

Last week Panasonic Toyota Racing brought the Batmobile and Bat-Pod vehicles for a demonstration run alongside the Toyota TF108 F1 car at the Silverstone race track. The Batmobile that will be featured in the new Batman movie “The Dark Knight” is around 3m at its widest point, 4.5m long and 1.5m high, weighing in at 2.5 tons. It is equipped with a 340hp 5.7-litre V8 gasoline engine and it has six wheels - two in the front, outfitted with sprint car race tires, and four monster truck tires at the back. Check out the video here or follow the jump for 20 high-res images. -Continued

Video: Veritas RS III with 600Hp BMW M5 Engine

Newly found German sportscar maker Veritas has released a video of the RS III roadster taking on the famous Nurburgring race track. The Veritass RS III is a one-seater roadster based on a monocoque frame and equipped with a modified version of the BMW M5’s 5.0-liter V10 engine that pumps out 600Hp. Veritass supports that the lightweight RS III can sprint from standstill to 100 km/h (62mph) in just 3.2 sec and achieve a top speed of 347 km/h (216 mph). -Video after the jump

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2008 New England Summer Nationals: Classic Car Show Image Galore

Skyrocketing gas prices had no affect to the thousands of classic car owners that filled the streets of Worcester in Massachusetts with their thundering V8 engines during the 2008 New England Summer Nationals (July 3 - 6, 2008). This was the first time that we visited the largest classic car and hot rod show in the North East, and while we were stunned by the sheer number of vehicles that took part, we must say that we were disappointed with the show itself.

On Saturday, we went to check out the happenings in downtown Worcester where we paid $12 (regular admission for the 2008 Chicago Auto Show: $10!) just to walk 5 minutes around a block to see a couple of dozen of cars. In order to view the motorcycle burnouts, you either had to pay another $10 extra to sit on the platform or get really intimate with a 400 pound underarm…

Another $12 got us into the car show at Greenhill Park, Worcester on Sunday, and well, let us put it this way; we’ve never seen so many cars scattered randomly all over the place. Basically, it looked like most vehicle owners entered the park and placed their cars wherever. If anything else, it’s a pity as the New England Summer Nationals had the potential to be a truly great classic car show. -Image gallery after the jump

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