By Fireball Tim

Movie Car Design Master

Just got the news from Director Michael Bay that’s he’s got a new Autobot for Transformers 3: The Ferrari 458 Italia. And yes, it’ll be a suave good guy, as most Italians are. Although the movie doesn’t come out for about 300 years, um, until next year… it should be big.

Sweet!

By Chris Bicknell

Bick66

The 2010 Camaro was presented with the “World Car Design of the Year” award at the New York International Auto Show last week. The resurrected Camaro topped a list of thirty World Car candidates nominated by fifty-nine World Car jurors from twenty-five countries. GM has sold over 80,000 new Camaros since their release in the spring of 2009 and has outsold the competition for the past 10 months straight. So what do you think? In light of all this, does the Camaro deserve an international award for best all-round design, or would you have awarded it to a different 2010 vehicle? Read more about the Camaro’s award after the jump.

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By Jim Brennan

UDMan

Welcome to another edition of the CarDomain Obscure Muscle Car Parking Lot, where we discover cars that were never really thought of as Muscle Cars, and change your mind about them. It’s time to rev up the old Wayback Machine, and return to a time when the muscle car was just about to be discovered. The Pontiac Motor Division of General Motors is credited with creating the classification in 1964, with the introduction of the GTO. But what you may not know is that Pontiac actually created a number of high performance cars before the GTO ever saw the light of day. There were fuel-injected Bonnevilles, Catalina Super Duties, and this gem, the 1963 Pontiac LeMans with the 326 V-8.

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By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

Yep, a forum-dweller at ChallengerForumz just happened to spy Evansville, Indiana’s most tastefully embellished C6 Corvette in the shop getting a Procharger blower installed. If this is true, then the ‘Vette isn’t just someone’s throwaway hooptie after all–Procharger kits start at around $6500 retail, and if you’re having it installed in a shop you’re forking out even more. The supercharger should bring the C6 into the 600hp range, making its owner possibly the world’s fastest meth addict. But wait, I thought meth addicts spent all their money on… meth? I’m going to have to amend my diagnosis to schizophrenia, which would account for both the bizarre exterior mods and the grandiose performance upgrades. Follow the jump to view the incriminating photos, via Jalopnik.

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By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

Hanging on to the bumper of a WRX that’s drifting on snowy roads seems like a great way to go out like Sonny Bono–with a catastrophic brain hemorrhage and a faceful of tree. But hell, I’m sure more kids have died attempting Michael J. Fox’s skate stunt after watching Back To The Future than ever will from trying stuff they see on CarDomain. So here’s your socially irresponsible video for the day–enjoy it for what it is.

So Crazy Man With Subaru Impreza Wrx Sti

By Mike Bumbeck

Clunkbucket

There are those who restore a car exactly as it came off the assembly line. Strategically placed paint inspection daubs and chalk marks are meticulously applied. The original-style hose clamps, painted only with the correct value and hue of semi-gloss or flat black paint, are located precisely on correctly date-coded radiator and heater hoses. The body-color paint under the hood has drip runs and sags that directly correspond to the degree of hangover the original painter had that Monday in 1971 when he was spraying the lacquer into the engine bay. On the other side of this equation are the people who simply don’t care. More of the Dodge Dart Charger Sport Swinger over at mighty Clunkbucket.

By Michael Berenis

Tampa Sports Car Examiner

Driving in Russia can be a tough task, especially when the cream filling is you. In the following clip, a sandwich results when a little white vehicle tries to wedge through traffic and becomes the monkey in the middle. But my question is, why did the lead vehicle back up? Is this fake, or deliberate sabotage?

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

It looks like just about everything on Daisuke’s Dodge Magnum is completely greened out, right down to the taillight lenses. Impressive, Green One! Got a Photo of the Day candidate you’d like to see featured in the blog? Hit me up via PM.

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

It goes without saying that this wheel and tire setup would be murder on an aged Toyota suspension. But what do you think of the aesthetic? I’m on the fence about the contrast white wheels with the baby-moons–it’s a cool look in a one part foreign diplomat, one part craigslist beater kind of way. I might dig it with a little more sidewall. And how about that gearshift? More below the jump, via Hella Flush.

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By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

The following is a rough cut from Vernal Equinox, an arty drift film (did  you ever think you’d see the day?) coming out next month. Don’t try this at home–and especially not in your school gymnasium, you’ll probably be expelled. The point-of-view angle below is cool, but this teaser gives you better views of the car.

VERNAL EQUINOX Pre Test