Breaking News: Ford Offers Fans the Opportunity to Tour with Toby Keith

Stop the press; American country music singer - songwriter Toby Keith has teamed for the millionth time with FoMoCo to promote the latest F-150 truck. This time, Ford has come up with the "Built Ford Tough Biggest & Baddest" sweepstakes that will see the grand prize, business-up-front, party-at-the-back, mullet-loving winner not only getting into a new 2009 F-150 truck, but also receiving an all-expense paid trip for him/her and three more buddies to join Toby for one weekend on his 2009-2010 tour.

But while we may be making fun of the Toby Keith sweepstakes, there is a logic behind Ford's decision. According to Kevin Schebil, manager, Ford Truck Communications, more than 60 percent of F-Series customers listen to country music. "Toby Keith is a third-generation truck man, and he's number one in the country music arena," Schebil said.

Schebil also said that many of the people who register for consumer promotions go on to request more information about F-Series trucks. "The Built Ford Tough Biggest & Baddest Sweepstakes already has generated more than 40,000 handraisers for us," he added.

Fast and Furious No5 with Vin Diesel and Paul Walker in the Works

We've yet to find some time to go and see 'Fast and Furious 4' which came out in early April, but we have learned that the film's two-leading stars, Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, will meet again as Universal Pictures has given the green light for a fifth installment of the hot-rodding franchise. The revelation was made by Walker who plays the role of Brian O'Connor, an FBI agent in the fourth film. "This was supposed to be it. There wasn't supposed to be the open-ended closing like there was," Walker told MYfm's Valentine.

"When they started talking about making the fourth one, I was like, man, I don't really have a choice now, because if I don't do it I know I'm gonna be pissing people off, because this is the opportunity to come back and make the first true sequel," said Walker.

"But without question, with the way things opened up, Vin and I will be coming back, we're making a fifth one, and we're going to Brazil, that's it," he added.

No word on when 'Fast and Furious 5' (or whatever it will be called) will hit the big screen, but don't expect to see it before 2010 at the earliest.

source: http://carscoop.blogspot.com

Jay Leno Picks Out Future Classic and Collectible Cars from Today

As you all know, Jay Leno is the host of "The Tonight Show". He is also a car guy but not one of those fancy-pansy wannabe aficionados. Leno loves cars, in fact he loves them so much that he has a dream garage with more than 80 vehicles ranging from a 1928 Bugatti Type 37A and a 1958 Lancia Aurelia to the modern day Dodge Challenger SRT8 and the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren. So, you could say that Leno knows a thing or two when it comes to collecting cars. In the latest issue of Popular Mechanics, Leno attempts to predict which of today's automobiles have the potential to become future classics - with one twist; they must be cars that you can actually use for your everyday transportation.

First up is one we think that you'll all agree upon, the first-generation Toyota Prius chiefly because history has already marked it down as the first mass produced hybrid model. Next in the list is the Mazda Miata MkI which Leno believes will be the "ultimate affordable collectible by 2025'. To finish up with the Japanese collectibles, Leno also picked out the first iteration of the Honda Insight hybrid model.

Moving on to cars from American automakers, Leno predicted that the first generation Ford Taurus will be seen as "a real styling triumph in the mid-1980s" while today's young men will find large SUVs like Hummers and Cadillac Escalades extremely appealing in their 50s and 60s in 2025. "The Hummer will be the '59 Cadillac of 2025," Leno said.

The TV host also predicts that due to its manual gearbox and of course its sporty nature, the sporty Cadillac CTS-V will become a future classic as will the Pontiac Aztek but for a completely different reason - because its odd-looking and weird. Finally, Leno finds that small and cute city cars like the new Smart and MINI will become collectibles. "If a woman was cute 20 years ago, she's cute today. The same is true for cars," he said and we couldn't agree more.

However, if we want to nitpick, we'd say that it's a pity that Leno did not include any other European and Japanese cars in his list as we reckon that vehicles like the Mitsubishi Lancer EVOs, Subaru Impreza WRX STIs and Audi TTs (among others sold in the U.S.) have the potential to become future classics.

source: http://carscoop.blogspot.com

Video: Eric Cantona Stars in new Renault Laguna Commercial

Former Manchester United and French international soccer player Eric Cantona, will star in a new online commercial for the Renault Laguna. The campgain, which is called "New Renault Laguna – Eric Cantona: The Meeting", is due online on 23 March, mainly in the UK and France. If you're in a bit of a hurry to see Cantona who became famous not only for his soccer playing abilities but also for performing a kung fu-style attack on a fan, hit the jump to see a teaser video of the advert.