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newVideoPlayer("Schmaltz_Aussie_Toyotas_476.flv", 463, 387,""); American automakers aren't the only ones who play the bechmaltzed patriotism card in their ads, nor even the only ones who break out the mawkish country music in those ads. Here Toyota is letting Australians see how loving their land is the same as loving their Toyotas . It's not quite Morning In America , but it's striving for the same lump-in-throat effect.
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newVideoPlayer("WaltzingV8_Jalopnik.flv", 476, 356,""); The folks at JELD-WEN Motorsports have had a little extra time on the their hands this off season and have used that to make some interesting engine management adjustments. In addition to raking up wins in the Australian V8 Supercar series, this Falcon manages to play a simple version of the Australian folk tune. More proof that we need the 2008 Ford FG Falcons here in America. Did you hear that Mark Fields? Won't you let the Falcon go Waltzing Matilda with us? [ V8SC via World Car Fans ]
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newVideoPlayer("BathhurstKangaroo_gawker.flv", 475, 376); Apparently that's not an unusual thing -- but it's certainly unusual to us to see a kangaroo take a flying leap into the midst of the Bathurst 1000 V8 supercar championship race this past weekend. Little Skippy went a-hoppin' and a-leapin' onto the racetrack and somehow managed to neither cause himself or any racecar any serious injury. By the way, didja see how fast those Ford V8's swerved out of the way -- we've never seen a Ford corner so fast in all our lives.
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newVideoPlayer("Car_crash_300mph.flv", 475, 376);And elsewhere in Australian muscle-car news, an event at the Brisbane drags over the weekend is giving a case of the squirms to the world's racing fans and the women who tolerate them. A massive, corkscrew...
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