Great Car Ads: 1980s Volvo Turbos

This is one of the best advertising campaigns I have seen for a range of cars.  I think it makes these awesome cars even cooler that their PR team was so bold.  I kinda want to go buy one now...

Hybirds

this is why I love South Park so much...
http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-episodes/s10e02-smug-alert

Hydrogen Cars

Honda FCX Clarity

I see hydrogen cars as our future because they truly give us the freedom on the road that we are used to with our gasoline powered cars with their only emission being water vapor.  Hydrogen cars currently come in one of two ways.  One setup is to have a hydrogen fuel cell that generates electricity to power an electric motor, giving you an electric car without the restrictions imposed on you with batteries that have to be recharged, such as in the Honda FCX Clarity.  The other setup is currently being researched by BMW, and involves using an internal combustion engine that runs on hydrogen instead of gasoline, giving you a much greener car.  I much prefer the second method because it means not taking away the fun of driving proper cars.

BMW Hydrogen 7

Not the best quality video, but here's what Top Gear's James May has to say about it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffRagsjSpkE

Dodge Challenger (the new one)

This is the Dodge Challenger...

It's simply gorgeous.  And, it's pretty darn quick.

There's just one (HUGE) problem with it -- it doesn't have a limited-slip differential.  What does this mean?  It means that when you try and do a burnout (like in the picture above) only one of the back wheels will actually spin and create smoke.  So unless you strategically photograph it from just one side (see above), you will look very foolish.  This is a massive design flaw in a muscle car because, lets face it, the whole point of owning a muscle car is driving fast in straight lines and doing burnouts.

Nevertheless, its a great looking car -- in my mind the best looking of the three current retro muscle cars (although supposedly not the best driving).  That's because its got the best looking C-pillar I've seen on a car in a long time, it has those awesome recessed headlights, and it looks unmistakably like a ferocious muscle car searching for its next victim.