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Peugeot Leaves Le Mans, Aussiee Ax Prank, 2013 VW TDI Release, & a Prius Camper?!

Rocky — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:19:42 +0000

Peugeot says bye bye to LeMans after basically running sh%t for the better part of a decade, two friends in Australia take axing each others cars to the next level of prankage. Plus the new VW Beetle goes diesel, and Toyota Prius as a camper, yes I swear we can’t make this stuff up. That’s all today on Fast Lane Daily, hosted by the man, the myth, and not really a legend, Derek D.
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No-cost upgrade for Peugeot 207 cabriolet

Rocky — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:14:53 +0000

French brand Peugeot facelifts 207 CC cabriolet, but axes the flagship turbo variant

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Peugeot 508 GT sedan

Rocky — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:16:52 +0000

The Peugeot 508 GT sedan is let down by its overly firm suspension
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Peugeot confirms a new 208 GTi

Rocky — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 09:14:32 +0000

Yes, a successor to the iconic 205 GTi is in the works…
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Old Peugeot 205 GTI spot proves why CGI stinks

Rocky — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:18:13 +0000

Filed under: Classics, Etc., Europe, Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Hatchback, Peugeot

“Back in the All or Nothing days, the Vanishing Point days, the Dirty Larry Crazy Mary days, the White Line Fever days, real cars smashed into real cars with real dumb people driving them.”

- Stunt Man Mike, Death Proof

Or in this case, real planes smashing into real cars. Call us old fashioned, but Computer-Generated Imagery has all but ruined film and advertising. In the old days, you’d have to actually find a way to breed human-sized hamsters and teach them to drive a Kia Soul if you wanted a set of Hamstars to peddle your wares. Now we just turn to our computer graphics department and ask them to make it happen. Why is that such a bad thing, you ask? Look no further than this classic ad for the Peugeot 205 GTI.

Not only does this old clip feature the French hatch bouncing down the side of a snowy mountain and dashing across a frozen lake, there are explosions, a full-size cargo plane skimming mere feet from the Pug’s roof and plenty of sliding around in the powder. James Bond would be proud. What does all of this tell us about the 205 GTI? Not a damn thing, and that’s fine by us. Hit the jump for a look at the clip.

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