The Ariel Atom is basically a go cart on steroids, a tube frame chassis with a Honda K20 engine shoved in it. This is the little monster that basically peeled off Jeremy Clarksons face in his top gear review, see the video after the jump.

Whats the easiest way to make such a underpowered car faster, forced induction of course. Since the Atom only has 300 Hp and a curb weight of 1,375 so the folks over at DDMWorks figured that just turbo or supercharging was enough, so they did both.
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I am a big fan of The Colbert Nation, and think his show along with the Daily show are damn funny. In this clip from one of his recent shows Colbert totally rips Toyota about their recall problems.
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So Superbowl 2010 is in the books and there is a huge party happening in the French Quarter thanks to the Saints pulling off what some thought to be a huge upset of the Colts. Since my Cowboy’s (I know they suck right now) were not in it this was a hard one for me to pick sides on. On one hand there were the Colts and Manning, I really like him and think his commercials are hilarious. On the other hand there were the scrappy Saints, the underdog playing for a city ravaged by disaster. My heart went out to the Saints so I am happy they got the win, if for nothing other than the Mayhem it must have caused in the French quarter.

Hit the jump for the commercials.
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Ken Blocks Rally America Ford Fiesta was not supposed to be shown off until Wednesday but a few images leaked to the internet so the Monster Rally team decided to release two high res images and the video after the jump.
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Unfortunately in america we don’t get the new seasons of Top Gear as they premiere, but at least we are now only one year back. As the Brits enjoy season or “series” 14 as they call it, us Yankees are just about to be treated to S13. BBC America has been carrying Top Gear for a while now but as far as I can remember this is the most caught up they have ever been.

Enjoy the season 13 preview video and hit the jump for info on what to expect in season 13.
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The war between Conan, NBC and Jay Leno has been pretty damn entertaining to watch if I must say. Now Conan has decided to stick it to NBC in his final days with “ridiculously expensive” comedy bits. His first featured a Bugatti Veyron dressed as a mouse while playing to original recording of the rolling stones satisfaction.
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The Infiniti M45 was marked as “The Muscle Car Reborn”. In this add it was “The Muscle Car with Brains” To help demonstrate that they sent out this cool little movie on DVD to some prospective buyers. I had never see this before. I have to admit makes me feel like going out and hooning my ride.
Check the video out after the jump.
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I love it when a plan comes together! I have to say the A-team was one of my all time favorites shows as a kid, yes I am dating myself here. Let me know what you think of the trailer after the jump.

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I know this is only barely automotive related the videos make me laugh so much. More Sims Style recreations of the Tiger Woods affair are out there. There are two more videos after the jump.

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The folks over at motortrend put this funny video together of the Nissan Skyline GTR drag racing the Shelby Cobra Super Snake. From the looks of it the JDM beast is at quite the disadvantage. Godzilla put down 412 HP and 393TQ vs the Super Snakes 635HP and 581TQ. Check the video after the jump for the results.
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Check out this amazing video of a team wrapping a Ferrari in a nice matte vinyl. This has been popular in Europe for a while now and is the technique that has produced most of the “Flat Black” supercars you have seen lately. My only question is where do we buy the vinyl and do you have any time Russ?

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Since there is no video of the Tiger Woods car crash incident available the Chinese made their own. I wonder if I am the only one who things their “Tiger” looks like Willis from Different Strokes.
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Where is that pelican?

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Not much else to say about this one other than, REALLY? The guys in the other car don’t even seem that surprised.

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Did you know that everyone’s favorite foul mouthed always yelling angry guy, aka Sam Jackson did voice over work for Pontiac commercials? Check out these two videos featuring his voice, then listen to the audio out take of one that didn’t make it on the air. This is not NOT SAFE FOR WORK! I will say it makes me want at Pontiac.
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I got to give it to the kid, he can park better than many people I know. I think we have a future stunt driver here.

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Have you ever wished to own your own tumbler from the new batman movies? Well now is your chance. For the low, low price of $29.95 you too can have the plans to build your own tumbler, if your 3 feet tall. This guy is selling plans to convert a go kart to a tumbler. I must say you would be the coolest kid in the neighborhood when it came time to play superhero. Check a video out after the jump.
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Other than when the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety tested what would do better in a crash a tiny smart car or a regular size car this may be the most useless test ever. British magazine EVO decided to see who would win in a drag race between the 2 million dollar 1001 HP super car and the 90,000 dollar 480 HP Japanese tuner car. It’s tough to guess who would win in this battle but if you have to know the video is below the jump.
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Here is a nice little video of Vaughn Gittin Jr getting sideways then straight into a wall. I’m glad he didn’t do thins in the Ford Mustang Japan drift videos.

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Check out this new Video from Top Gear.  Ken Block take James May aka Captain Slow for a ride in his 08 STI rally car.

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