Jalopnik has their 10 Most Sexually Suggestive Car Ads up, and this one was banned in Australia:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcFaSTbk4pI

Amusing? Disturbing? You be the judge.

We know we risk caning for again broaching the subject of American Public Inebriation, but when a dude pleads guilty to DWI on a motorized La-Z-Boy, well…

According to the criminal complaint, Anderson drove his motorized chair into a vehicle parked near a Proctor bar. Anderson told police he was traveling from the Keyboard Lounge after consuming approximately eight or nine beers…

Anderson claimed he was driving the chair fine until a woman jumped on it and knocked the chair off course.

Oh, shit — woman driver. Now we’re in big trouble.

But before we head to the corner for our scream-out, here are the vitals: the Laz-Z-Buggy runs atop “a converted lawnmower with a Briggs & Stratton engine,” for the gearheads among us. It boasts “a stereo, cup holders and other custom options, including different power levels.”

And it could be yours — the police have confiscated it for auction.

La-Z-Boy crash leads to DWI in Proctor [Duluth News Tribune]

I would have chosen a used Volvo 242, but that’s me.

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Did you know there are Malaysian cars we in the U.S. cannot get?  Did you care?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI2MpcIiO6A

I don’t know precisely why I love this clip, but I do.  Eighties Clarkson – amazing the crap they could get in Britain that never made it to the states.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TomR2ayE9dc

Oh, Top Gear challenges. This one here is the best one, but there are many others.

Not only do I think that the BBC’s Top Gear is good automotive programming, I think it’s some of the best TV out there.  I wanted to share Jeremy Clarkson’s test of the new Ford Fiesta because, in the dark corners of the automotive blogosphere that I visit, it has been praised as the funniest road test ever done. The last scene had me laughing like an insane person (starts 8 minutes in).

And, while I’m at it – why doesn’t Ford offer the German-built Fiesta here?  If I needed a car I’d certainly consider, and probably buy, the sport version. At any rate, enjoy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_KIqdS1SO0