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Archive for January, 2006

Happy New Year!

Sunday, January 1st, 2006

The Gumball-3000.com crew wishes you a good and happy 2006!

Ultimate Rally in 2007

Saturday, January 7th, 2006

The Ultimate Rally is postponed until 2007. Read the full story here:

Dear UR Drivers and Fans,
The UR will not take place as planned in August 2006. The UR will not take place before 2007.
This delay is the reason why we did not collect the remaining starting fees from our participants yet.
It is […]

Top Gear - 3 Supercars through France

Saturday, January 7th, 2006

TOP GEAR - 3 Supercars through France!
Jeremy Clarkson and friends made a road trip from North France to the Millau bridge with a checkpoint in Paris.
Featured cars : Pagani Zonda, Ford GT40 and Ferrari F430 Spider.
Enjoy!
Get it here

Rally of Australia WRC 2005 video

Monday, January 9th, 2006

A great video of the rally of Australia WRC 2005!
Watch the video

Cannonball 8000 2005 video

Monday, January 9th, 2006

The Cannonball 8000 is an event similar to the Gumball 3000 based on the ’70s movie the Cannonball Run.
Small video of day 2 of the Cannonball 8000 2005. This video shows the cars leaving the parkinglot of the Conrad Hotel in Brussels (Belguim). Cars shown: Porsche, Lamborghini Gallardo, Lamborghini Diablo, Mini Cooper team ‘the Italian […]

Formula 1 Grand Prix of Belgium 1956

Monday, January 9th, 2006

Today we take you back to the year of 1956, now 50 years ago. Cars were just not ment to crash, people standing right next to the track. It’s a great video shot on the Belgian Grand Prix track of Spa Franchorchamps.

AKA Rally 2005

Monday, January 9th, 2006

Short Film promoting the upcoming DVD from the 2005 AKA Rally (Philadelphia to Miami with an afterparty in Key West). This automotive equivalent to a marathon race will continue next year in 2006 from Vegas to Washington, D.C. - June 27 to July 3 with a party in the Nation’s Capital on the 4th of […]

Google video offers download option

Tuesday, January 10th, 2006

As of today you can download videos from Google video. It was allready possible to view the videos streaming but downloading the videos was a big wish of a lot of people.
To watch the videos you need Google Video Player, you can get it here.

Heads Up UK!

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006

CS Monitor
First there was closed-circuit TV. Then speed cameras. Then DNA profiling, plans for ID cards, and cellphone data storage.
In March, Britain will enhance its reputation as the surveillance capital of the West with a global first: recording the movements of all cars on the road and storing the data for at least two years.
It’s […]

Porsche RUF RT12 video

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006

Great video of the Porsche 997 based RUF RT12:

Specs:
Power: 650 HP
0-60 mph: 3.15 seconds (0 - 100 km/h)
0 - 100 mph: 6.62 seconds (0 - 160 km/h)
0 – 124 mph: 9.7 seconds. (0 - 200 km/h)
¼ mile: 11.0 @ 134 mph (216 km/h)
Highest speed reached: 350 km/h.
Consider the fact that the car was on […]

Team 144 BMW M5 near crash video

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006

Team 144 with Alex Roy nearly crashes into a gastruck which moves to the left lane without looking in his mirrors.

Really Cool Supermotard Videos

Saturday, January 14th, 2006

Just found some really cool supermotard videos. A supermotard is basicly a dirtbike with 17″ rims and has usually got slick street tires.
Download Best Of 2005 [40MB]
Download Snakecity Bräänupp [200MB]

Stunt drive with a BMW 5 series diesel

Sunday, January 15th, 2006

Great video about a german driving school where they teach you all kinds of tricks with a BWM 520d.
Watch the video

Gumpert Apollo Video

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

We wrote about the Gumpert Apollo earlier which appeared at the start of the 2005 Gumball in London.
Now it’s time for a very nice video about the 800 hp beast…
Watch the video

Isuzu Gemini Stunt Driving Video

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

Consider the Saab Performance team boring compared to this 80’s Japanese stunt driving video. The video is shot in Paris to promote the Isuzu Gemini, we never heard of it… Anyway the video is a great 3 minute watch!