Filed under: Etc. , Government/Legal , Videos , Australia Former Australian politician Jeff Kennett going crazy for Kool Mints – Click above to watch video after the jump Jeff Kennett is the former premiere of the Australian state of Victoria. During a recent radio show appearance, the conversation came to an Aussie candy called Choo-Choo bars, and that turned into a discussion on all kinds of candy.

Filed under: Performance , Europe , Hatchback , Audi , Luxury 2011 Audi RS 3 Sportback – Click above for high-res image gallery After months of spy shots and speculation, Audi has released its official information on the RS 3 Sportback. The mean little bruiser will come to the fight with 340 horsepower and 331 pound-feet of torque courtesy of a turbo 2.5-liter five-cylinder engine mated to a seven-speed S Tronic dual-clutch transmission

Filed under: Car Buying , Etc. , Marketing/Advertising , Crossover , Saab , Luxury 2012 Saab 9-4X – Click above for high-res image gallery Saab is giving the 500 people the chance to pre-order a Saab 9-4X with an Apple iPad thrown in once they take delivery of Trollh?ttan’s latest.

Motley Fool says consider selling Tesla stock before it’s too late But what do they know? GE’s electric vehicle order to trigger fleet purchasing trend Tens of thousands of orders will do that

Filed under: Performance , Wagon , Cadillac , First Drive Clark Griswold should have waited 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Wagon – Click above for high-res image gallery Instead of getting suckered into the Wagon Queen Family Truckster, a pea green calamity with excessive wood paneling and eight sealed-beam headlamps, a wiser move for Clark Griswold would have been to hold off until the first wave of high-performance station wagons rolled into showrooms. As it happened, just a few years after Clark traded in his Oldsmobile, sedans like the Volvo 740 and BMW E34 spawned the enthusiast-targeted Volvo 740 Turbo Wagon and BMW M5 Touring. Both five-doors would have given Christy Brinkley a serious run in her red Ferrari 308 GTSi .Those early gussied-up family haulers were the predecessors to the Audi RS6 Avant , Dodge SRT8 Wagon , BMW M5 Touring and Mercedes-Benz E63 Sport Wagon .

Filed under: Convertible , Performance , Etc. , Celebrities , Humor , MISC Bill Cosby discusses his Shelby Super Snake – Click above to listen to audio after the jump “Ladies and gentleman, I was idling… I was idling ..

Filed under: Classics , Rolls-Royce , Design/Style , Luxury Spirit of Ecstasy sculpture by Priory Fine Arts – Click above for high-res image gallery Though hood ornaments were once commonplace on high-end automobiles, they’ve all but completely gone the way of the dodo. Mercedes-Benz sedans still use the simple but iconic three-pointed star, and its upscale sister brand Maybach has its own Double-M.

Filed under: Toys/Games The last time we heard from Automoblox was over a year ago when company owner and designer, Patrick Calello, debuted an all-new type of his unique toy cars: hot rods. A great way to introduce a child to icons of automotive past, the hot rods are fun to play with (so says my two nephews) but to date have only available as Automoblox Minis. This Christmas, the company is offering all three hot rod styles as full-size Automoblox cars (The red HR1 for $45, yellow HR2 for $50 and blue HR3 – my favorite, above – for $50), as well as debuting a new Hot Rod Trailer set ($120) that includes a full-size hot rod, pickup and trailer

Filed under: Motorsports , Lotus , Celebrities , Humor You don’t get much higher stakes than Formula One. And while some teams have their own airplanes, there are a couple this season that have their own air lines : Richard Branson’s Virgin, and Tony Fernandes’ Lotus Racing and Air Asia

Filed under: Etc. , Videos , Celebrities , Humor 50 Cent loads his Murcielago down with cash – Click above to watch video after the jump We’ve seen some pretty bizarre automotive trends on the web over the past few years, but this one, friends, takes the cake. Celebrities are suddenly no longer content to flash their wealth with expensive, ultra-rare cars