If you ever thought a headband and mustache combo was high fashion, there’s probably a Chevy Camaro in your past. Dig up your meatball-stained tank top: In early 2009 GM is re-gassing the American icon. Alas, the new Camaro won’t have much in common with the mid-’70s junkers or the bass-pumping starships of the ’80s and ’90s. In its fifth gen, the Camaro is a true 21st-century muscle coupe dressed in a retro-inspired getup. It joins similarly updated “pony cars” like the Ford Mustang and the recently renewed Dodge Challenger. But while the coupe shares little structurally with its ancestors, it stays truer to the 1960s ideal, with a crisp design that draws on the peak of Camarodom. Just try to resist hanging a feather roach clip from the rearview mirror.

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Wii Fit and I have an interesting relationship. Sometimes I like it because I feel like it's helping me get slightly more flexible, but sometimes I want to fire it out the window and down onto the sidewalk for reminding me that I have the physique of a panda bear with a desk job and a bum knee. But the marketing blitz for the little balance board that could is in full-effect, including Wii Fit-themed cars in both the Indy 500 and the NASCAR Coca-Cola 600. It seems like a Mario Kart Wii theme would've been more appropriate, but anything that encourages racing fans (myself somewhat included) to shake off a day full of greasy food and exhaust fumes with a little pilates is probably a step in the right direction.

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It's not going to be officially unveiled until the 2009 Paris International Car Show, but the company often refered to as, sigh, "the prancing pony" has released photos and info about their new ride. The California comes with a 4,300 cc V8 engine and a 7-speed dual-clutch so, even though it has a folding hard top, it still goes from 0-60 in under four seconds. That's fast enough to seriously mess up the carefully sculpted hair of the guys rich enough to afford one. There's no word on pricing, but unless you were in on The Italian Job, you probably don't have enough Euros to afford one. More photos after the link.

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As moviegoers prepare to assault their eyeballs with more than two hours of brightly colored Speed Racer action this weekend, we've been sitting around the office arguing about whether the Mach 5 is even in the same league as the Hoff's legendary 1982 talking Trans Am. Here's the unbelievably nerdy and mostly unnecessary breakdown.


Jumping Ability
While the Mach 5 has some pretty handy jump jacks to help it get airborne, KITT's turbo boost is far superior. Instead of pneumatic stilts, it relies on rear-mounted rockets, which produce way more power, and are therefore way more kick-ass. Plus, the fact that the rocket boost looked exactly the same in every episode leads us to believe that it's more consistent. Or that it was way cheaper to shoot it once and just keep reusing it. We're going to stick with the consistency thing, though.
Advantage: KITT

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I like to think the gaming community would show a ton of respect to any car company willing to lend the likenesses of their rides to Rockstar for the GTA series, but at the same time I can understand why Ford, Chevy and the rest of the big boys don't want their precious autos being used to run drugs, pick up hookers and senselessly slaughter hapless pedestrians. But, if they were to change their minds for the next game, here's a short list of cars that would be a great fit for Liberty City.

Toyota Prius
Sure, gear heads who hate anything that gets more than 9 miles to the gallon will probably get a kick out of one of these things to the scrap yard, but the more sophisticated assholes will enjoy the irony of splattering people into a fine paste, while being kind to Mother Earth. Plus, we wouldn't want rising gas prices (yeah, it's even expensive in fantasy world) to start hindering our automotive rampages.

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