While You Were Sleeping: Mad Max, Maria De Villota's Mad Family and Mad Funny Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

by Mark Stevenson

Published: May 27th, 2015

while you were sleeping mad max maria de villota s mad family and mad funny

Mad Max has been tearing up the box office since mid-May. To capitalize on George Miller’s latest explogasm that’s putting Michael Bay in his place, Warner Brothers has made a video game, too.

Rolls-Royce Takes Aim At Younger Customers (GTspirit)

Rolls-Royce has a new strategy: get ’em while they’re young. New models like the Wraith and Ghost are doing just that by attracting customers on average 10 years younger than those buying Phantoms.

Maria de Villota’s family is considering legal action (GMM/Auto123)

While Marussia (now Manor) was cleared of wrongdoing in the freak accident involving one of its cars driven by de Villota, her family is considering bringing a case against the team in an attempt to “assign civil responsibility.”

GM Extending Run of Buick’s Candid Ad Campaign (WardsAuto)

The “That’s a Buick?” campaign, seen as successful by some and not so by others, will be extended with a new focus on individual features versus schlepping its overall model range.

China’s BYD says plans fundraising to boost battery capacity, new models (Reuters)

BYD will fundraise through a private placement in order pay for future development. The company is trying to “expand its share of the electric and hybrid vehicle market.”

Stephen Colbert and Jim Carrey are the latest Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee (AV Club)

The new season will also include Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jim Carrey, “and a heavily bearded Stephen Colbert.”

‘Mad Max’ the game has crazy cars, murder and a story (Engadget)

Following the long tradition of great video games based on movies, here’s the first trailer for the interactive playable version of Mad Max.

#Buick #BYD #China #ComediansInCarsGettingCoffee #MadMax #MariaDeVillota #WhileYouWereSleeping

Mark Stevenson

More by Mark Stevenson

Comments

Join the conversation

2 of 8 comments

Sco on May 27, 2015

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee is one of the most consistently satisfying things I watch. If you're a car guy with even half a sense of humor it's well worth checking out. The cars are all great and its interesting to see what various comedians are like in a less formal setting, some still very funny (Louis CK) so less so (Tina Fey)

Like Reply
Zykotec on May 27, 2015

With Mad Max Fury Road being so heavily loaded with insanely awesome cars, why aren't we discussing it more here? I feel like we need a special TTAC review of the film, with Jacks eye for stories, and Sajeevs (Vellum Venom for the Gigahorse anyone?) eye for design, it could be awesome. It is fair that we are suspicious towards the game though. Movie related games have a justified bad rep so far.

Like Reply

Recent Comments

Dave M. IMO this was the last of the solidly built MBs. Yes, they had the environmentally friendly disintegrating wiring harness, but besides that the mechanicals are pretty solid. I just bought my "forever" car (last new daily driver that'll ease me into retirement), but a 2015-16 E Class sedan is on my bucket list for future purchase. Beautiful design....
Rochester After years of self-driving being in the news, I still don't understand the psychology behind it. Not only don't I want this, but I find the idea absurd.
Douglas This timeframe of Mercedes has the self-disintegrating engine wiring harness. Not just the W124, but all of them from the early 90's. Only way to properly fix it is to replace it, which I understand to be difficult to find a new one/do it/pay for. Maybe others have actual experience with doing so and can give better hope. On top of that, it's a NH car with "a little bit of rust", which means to about anyone else in the USA it is probably the rustiest W124 they have ever seen. This is probably a $3000 car on a good day.
Formula m How many Hyundai and Kia’s do not have the original engine block it left the factory with 10yrs prior?
1995 SC I will say that year 29 has been a little spendy on my car (Motor Mounts, Injectors and a Supercharger Service since it had to come off for the injectors, ABS Pump and the tool to cycle the valves to bleed the system, Front Calipers, rear pinion seal, transmission service with a new pan that has a drain, a gaggle of capacitors to fix the ride control module and a replacement amplifier for the stereo. Still needs an exhaust manifold gasket. The front end got serviced in year 28. On the plus side blank cassettes are increasingly easy to find so I have a solid collection of 90 minute playlists.