Audi A8 Driver Throws a Wild Hissy Fit After Minor Accident and Trashes His Own Car!

If this incident, which purportedly happened in Malaga, Spain, is indeed real as claimed and doesn't turn out to be some sort of hoax, then the driver and protagonist of the scene should be considered a prime candidate for the coveted “moron of the year” award.

Why? Well, let's take it from the beginning. The man behind the wheel of the Audi, which we believe to be a front-wheel drive (you'll soon see why that matters), first generation A8 sedan – unless we're mistaken about the size and it's an older A6, is said to have had a minor accident crashing into a metal rail. Accidents like that happen all the time, but what took place after, does not…

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BMW Paints M3 Individual in the Wrong Color But Doesn't Make Things Right…

Any BMW M3 is a special car, even if you go for the most basic model without options - any spirited driver would love to own one, regardless of doors, color and specs. However, M3Post member "b-thumper" explains that things are much more complicated and contrived than in the real world, and his story is quite an eye-opener.

Having owned an E46 M3 for eight years, b-thumper decided it was time to get his hands on the wheel of the latest V8-powered M3, so he set about trying to order one, but realizes deadline for the e90 model had passed on. So, he went for an E92, which he ordered through BMW's Individual program that allows buyers to choose special colors for the exterior and interior, and also opted for the European delivery program.

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Chrome-Wrapped VW Golf Mk7 will Blind You on a Sunny Day

Have you ever wondered how aftermarket companies apply chrome wrap to cars? Well, if you haven't seen it done before, now is your chance to find out, as UK’s Creative FX firm has shared a “how it’s made” video showing the entire operation of wrapping a VW Golf Mk7 in chrome foil.

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More Than 300 Cars and 2 Real Tanks Used in Fast & Furious 6 Movie

You expect a lot of cars to be used up on a movie set, where many identical models are needed for various scenes, in which you end up perceiving them as one when watching everything after it’s been properly edited.

Furthermore, if said movie also happens to be part of a street racing series, like the Fast and Furious franchise, you expect the number of used cars to be high. In the case of the sixth installment of the Fast and Furious series that hit cinemas today, it’s 300 cars.

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Aston Martin Teases New Model, Can You Guess What It Is?

The festivities and special models dedicated to Aston Martin's centenary continue with yet another teaser for a new car, bits and parts of which are shown in a video that was released today.

In the clip, we see the outline of a coupe model and a collection of images detailing certain elements of the car such as the hood vents, center stack, and headlamps. To spare you from entering game-mode with the pause button, we did the work for you by attaching the screen shots below.

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VW Celebrates Production of 250,000th Passat at Chattanooga Plant

A year after it announced the making of the 100,000th Passat in Chattanooga, Volkswagen today said it has produced the 250,000th Passat in its only U.S. plant. The milestone car carries Night Blue paint and has black leather interior. It is powered by VW’s so-called "clean-diesel" TDI engine and features navigation, a sunroof, 18-inch alloy wheels and the Volkswagen Fender premium audio system.

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Need for Speed: Rivals Racing Game Announced, Shows Impressive Graphical Fidelity in Teaser

There has been a lot of talk about the Need for Speed movie recently, and you’ll hear the name even more now that "Need for Speed: Rivals" racing game has been announced through a short teaser trailer designed to impress with the excellent graphics backed up by the “All Footage From Game Engine” message, which basically means that this is how the final game will look like.

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U Spy: What's Jeep Doing with a Fully Camouflaged 2014 Cherokee in Hollywood?

Given Carscoops' readers sentiments on the design of the new generation 2014 Jeep Cherokee, as strongly expressed in the comments sections our inaugural posts about the car here and here, it's not hard to imagine what some of the answers may be to the question posed in our title.

But seriously now, if you were to block the images of the Cherokee from your thoughts, what do you think Jeep is doing with this prototype in full camouflage, which was nabbed this week by Carscoops' reader Stephen D. as he was driving to his work in Hollywood, California?

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Renault Confirms New Versions of the Laguna, Espace and Scenic

While PSA is announcing the closing of one factory after the other, local rivals Renault are doing nothing of the sort. In fact, Renault announced that it will be investing €420 ($542) million for the preparation of the Douai factory, in France, for the production of no fewer than five different cars at the same time. Three of them have been announced for 2014: the all-new Laguna, Espace and Scenic.

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BMW Concept Ninety Sports Bike Is the R 90 S of the 21st Century [w/Video]

The BMW Pininfarina Gran Lusso V12 Coupé is not the only new concept from BMW for the 2013 Villa d’Este Concorso d’Eleganza. The Bavarian company also brought along a motorcycle named the BMW Concept Ninety, which is both a present for BMW Motorrad’s 90th anniversary and a tribute to its iconic R 90 S motorbike that turns 40 this year.

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