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Fast Toys: The Cadillac XLR

Fast Toys: The Cadillac XLR

Thanks to the ailing economy, General Motors is putting the Cadillac XLR, the supercharged V-Series, out to pasture this spring.

 

Apparently, penny-pinching Americans didn’t want to pay $85,000 for a luxury car during an economic crisis, so GM decided it was time to put a shotgun to the XLR’s metallic scalp and cease production forever.

 

The b...

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Fast Toys: Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4

Fast Toys: Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4

While Brother Bannon is busy cruisin’ around in his poor man’s Lamborghini attempting to impress high school seniors, the rest of us will be speeding along Hollywood Boulevard in the Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 with Gisele Bundchen sitting in the passenger seat.

 

The LP560-4, unlike Bannon’s kiddy mobile, is a grownup’s toy with a price tag th...

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Fast Toys: 2010 Honda Fury

Fast Toys: 2010 Honda Fury

Expensive automobiles may take you a long, long way with members of the opposite sex (yes, for men and women). But, they do lack a certain… risk factor.

 

Cars are safe, and safe is boring. So, why not throw caution to the wind and drive around in a high-speed, high-performance, highly dangerous motorcycle instead—the number one preferred mode o...

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Fast Toys: The Gold Mercedes C63

Fast Toys: The Gold Mercedes C63

Truth be told, the vanilla Mercedes-Benz C63 is not an impressive-looking vehicle, and it certainly doesn’t compare to the RENNtech SLR 777 or the Barret-Jackson 2005 Saleen S7.

 

However, anything doused with gold-mirror-finish paint looks infinitely more badass, especially cars that are already prohibitively expensive.

 

If you somehow manage ...

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Fast Toys: RENNtech SLR 777 McLaren

Fast Toys: RENNtech SLR 777 McLaren

A great man once said, “It doesn’t matter if you win by an inch or a mile; winning is winning.”

 

OK, that man was Vin Diesel, but the underlying principle behind his life credo is one all bros should live by: great men drive fast cars at blistering speeds and never, ever lose.

 

This year, RENNtech is celebrating twenty years of engineering sup...

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Fast Toys: The Barrett-Jackson 2005 Saleen S7 Twin-Turbo

Fast Toys: The Barrett-Jackson 2005 Saleen S7 Twin-Turbo

Everyone plays with toys when they’re younger. Little boys, for example, often race monster trucks and pretend that their action figures are out ridding the world of crime.

 

When we grow up, however, the Fisher Price toys are shelved and replaced with expensive ones that are bigger, faster and shinier, like this Barrett-Jackson 2005 Saleen S7 T...

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