Ergsum!
Thanks for playing, and for continuing our week of baseless stereotyping!
Categories: Caption Contest
You asked for it, here it is: Three Blondes Crash a Bentley in Monte Carlo and now you caption it.
Winners on....oh, let's go with Monday morning.
(Oh, and remember that I'm the decider here, not Donna. Have fun!.)
Categories: Bentley,Caption Contest,Miscellaneous
nes_diesel takes the win with the obvious caption I never even considered. Well done.
Other notable entries include
ergsum (of course): Sir, have you made any modifications to your Hyundai that may void the warranty?
teampenske3: To win on Sunday, drive a Hyundai
williamjbaker: First gen park assist
nes_diesel and williamjbaker, for your effort you get two day passes -- with parking-- to X Games 17. Email me ( mmagrath(@)edmunds(.)com ) to iron out the details of ticket delivery /pickup.
Big thanks to everyone who participated!
Categories: Caption Contest,Hyundai,Motorsports
We recently got to spend some time with the Hyundai Veloster Rally Car and, well, one thing lead to another and it turned out that Hyundai knows how to pull some strings. Apparently they're big these days. They said, "Do you want to go to the X Games?" We said, "Everyone we want to send is already credentialed up, but we'd love to send some of our readers." Hyundai thought this was a great idea (plus any time we spent not flogging their rally Veloster was probably good for them) and handed us three pairs of tickets and three parking passes.
And so, with that, we're bringing back the Caption Contest! The three winning captions will get tickets to X Games 17 Rallycross starting on July 28 and extending to the 31st.
But we know not all of you can make it to LA that week and we still want you to play, so in your caption please write (X Games) if you're in the area. Not in LA? You'll win...something. Undecided what right now.
Let the games begin.
Categories: Caption Contest,Hyundai
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Sorry to bring politics back into the fold, but Donald Trump was hilarious long before his most recent political ambitions. And now that he's wooing middle America with a pace-car drive in a convertible? Even better.
I'm partial to my "Will probably turn right" comment so far. But you kids can beat that.
....annnd go for it.
(photo: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images via Boston.com )
Categories: Caption Contest,Celebrities
Nothing like some Pope Innocent X humor to keep us going on a Monday morning. Thanks, Missmymiata! (Have to check the prize box before saying what you've won, but hit me up mmagrath (@) edmunds(dot)com and we'll talk.)
Runners up after the jump. Good work, this was yet another tough one.
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Categories: Caption Contest
I've never won a caption contest. Dan Edmunds has. So when he sent me this photo of a Nissan Leaf charging at the scariest HQ in the world -- the Oakley shop / factory -- with the title "Caption Contest?" I said, "You think? Good luck!"
So good luck to all and remember, Dan's had a few days head start here...
Categories: Caption Contest,Electric Vehicles,Nissan
e90_m3!!!
I'll be the first to admit that I have absolutely no idea what this means, but the pasty dorks in our basement laughed until we turned the hose on them. We think that meant it was good.
And so, e90_m3, email me at mmagrath (at) edmunds (dot) com to collect your prize: Top Gear on DVD or Blue Ray! (Season 14 or 15 -- pick them up at BBC America shop along with a new I Am Not The Stig shirt that I'm pretty fond of, if you didn't win.)
If this were a dictatorship (which it usually is) bonzjr would've won with "AND no back seat? Yes, honey, you may date THIS boy."
More runners-up after the jump. Good work all, there were some very funny ones I'm told. There was LingOL.
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Categories: Caption Contest,SMART
Remember that Caption Contest way back from Friday? Ergsum did and sent me a nice little "get your act together" email reminding me that caption contests need winners. And winners need prizes or else, well, what's the point of playing. And this week's winner has the option of Top Gear Season 14 or Top Gear Season 15 on DVD or Blue Ray.
And that honor goes oh-so-very-closely to....Dan Edmunds (Actual Size)!
What? An employee? Boooo. Hisssss. It's rigged!
There were some good ones this week for a hard contest, but Dan's was the favorite. Sorry. BUT! He doesn't get to win a prize, that's not fair (plus, there's a small pile of these, he could just grab one). So the prize should go to second place....
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Categories: Caption Contest,Morgan
This Morgan three-wheeler was the standout "I gotta drive that" of the 2011 Geneva Motor show. It's held together with wood and straps and leather bits and its got wire spoke wheels. And when we saw this scene, it was caption contest gold.
Have at it, and there's a special prize for this week's winner!
Categories: Caption Contest,Morgan
Automakers are using racing apps to reach out to gaming consumers, and Suzuki's entry is the free Kizashi Ring of Fire app for iPhone and iPad. It's also available to play online and on Suzuki's Facebook page, in which case an iPhone or iPad can be used as a remote control for the game via a technology developed by Brass Monkey. We tested the app using an iPad.
The game is based on a real-life Tokyo-to-LA promotional road trip that Kizashi took and features "fantasy" tracks along the way in Tokyo, Siberia, Alaska and Los Angeles. On the Tokyo and Sibera tracks players race a Kizashi SE, while on the Alaska and LA tracks they're in the Kizashi Sport GTS.
But we found that the game doesn't live up to what we've come to expect performance- and feature-wise from our well-liked long-term Kizashi.
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Categories: Caption Contest,Car Tech,Suzuki
We're upping the challenge level again this week. No turkey, no thanksgiving stuff, but we've got a shot of a Porsche designer intensely focued on smoothing a Porsche 918 Spyder clay model. But because it's thanksgiving, and because this one could be difficult, there's a prize for the winner! (Prize to be determined by me, of course.) Good luck!
Categories: Caption Contest,Porsche
With these caption contests, you all know that a Star Wars reference will tilt Donna to your favor. Me? Well, Futurama would certainly work (best Futurama-related post next time gets a prize), but so, too, does pre-Carey TPIR. And thus, Forgeryfad takes this difficult (read: slightly uninteresting) photo caption contest!
It wasn't an easy one, but there were some good ones:
sik68:
Red Rover, Red Rover, send Louise right over.
lmbvette:
"Don't ever leave me!"
"Never."
"Good! 'cause I'd find yooouu! hahaha"
ergsum:
Tata and tatas.
blueprint1:
Stop holding your breath, we added the two doors !
alpine6speed:
You would not believe what I am doing with my hands right now.
Categories: Caption Contest,Land Rover
There were chuckles all around when this photo came back of the Range Rover Evoque and the creepy stalker (she's actually a British TV personality, bonus points if anyone knows her name) grinning behind it.
And thus it's your job, loyal reader, to take what's funny and make it hilarious.
Categories: Caption Contest,LA Auto Show,Land Rover
You're all getting good at this. Too good. I started and changed my mind at least three times on this one. And at the end, the one that I'm still giggling over is Felonius' entry. Good one. Same (general) time, same place next week?
Other notables:
tatermctatums:
"These are not the Hyundais you are looking for"
wshuff:
"And then after President Putin shot the tiger and saved the scientists, he built a car out of toilet paper and drove away . . ." (This was a close second for the week)
hendrix22:
wait! we're still peeling off the ugly from the last model!
teleiosgt:
"I love this Hyundai so much I want to take it behind the middle school and . . . wait, are you taping this?"
ergsum:
"Valets Gone Wild: Uncensored"
"This is the last time I let Dexter detail my car!" (Annnd, this one was third. So close.)
Categories: Caption Contest,Hyundai
Earlier this week, Hyundai Tweeted this image of the new Hyundai Elantra getting ready for the LA Auto Show. ( We then caught it later completely undisguised.)
Well, now it's your turn to have it. Winner's posted....tomorrow!
Categories: Caption Contest,Hyundai
Sometimes the simplest ones are the funniest. Inlinesix takes the victory this week with the backhanded, "Chevy Runs" suggestion to Chevy's new ad slogan.
Other notables were:
mike6zz:
Chevy
"We are actually trying now"
technetium99:
"Chevy: More than just trucks and Corvettes!"
Sync56
"Chevy: The American Car Redefined"
Sik68:
Chevy Volt: Staying current. Driving the future. ( I really liked this one. )
daskiing1:
Chevy: Electrifying the American Spirit
Ac12311
"Chevy. Even our electric car runs on foreign oil."
Fun, as always. Next week, we've got a prize, so check back for that one.
Categories: Caption Contest,Chevrolet
Sorry, no Spanish prostitutes (though that thread's still open, have it at, maybe we'll post it.), but rather something remotely car related!
Chevy launched its new 'Chevy Runs Deep' (you know, like still waters) ad campaign this week to mild giggling and overall 'huh?'ing.
So, we own the government and thus at least part of Chevrolet, let's do our civic duty and fix that slogan. It's a new spin for the caption contest, but you kids are up to it.
Winners posted Saturday!
Categories: Caption Contest,Chevrolet
As most of you found out last week, we had some serious technical issues that kept us from receiving comments and thus the caption contest was extended to the Facebooks and extended for a breif period. And I'm sort of glad it was because the winning entry, from Saturn 95, came on Tuesday.
What can I say, I'm a sucker for current event related captions.
Other notable captions:
technetium99 says:
"The Germans have never fully understood the meaning of "heads up display."
Ergsum says:
"This week on "Top Ear": some say he can hear the beating wings of a gnat from 100 meters, all we know is that he's called the Shhh"
Original Here
(And to those who worried, the results of the Papal Multistrada Caption Contest should now be properly categorized.)
Categories: Caption Contest
Shhhh, there's SCIENCE happening on this velour couch!
Categories: Caption Contest
