[Shotimes] OT: General Motors and The Matrix

[Don McKinnon (AST)]

And not to forget GM couldn't let Ford get in another big movie as like in
the latest 007 movie!


Don McKinnon
95 MTX - White/Mocha 91k miles
Stage 1 Power Package with Stage 1cams
Canyon Carver Road/Race Suspension
Quaife & HiRevs Competition Clutch

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From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
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Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 9:43 AM
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Subject: Re: [Shotimes] OT: General Motors and The Matrix


Probably in line with what Mazda paid to get the RX-8 featured in X2.
All this shameless product placement in movies is really starting to bug
me.

But not as much as commercials in movie theatres.


Mike Wojton
Toledo, Ohio

-'95 Green MTX  3/01-1/03
   ShoShop y-pipe

-'95 White MTX
   '96 Brake Upgrade

Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.



shotimes-admin@autox.team.net wrote on 05/15/2003 08:24:50 AM:

> Anybody have any idea what General Motors paid to have Oldsmobiles and
Cadillacs as the only cars
> in the car chase scene from this movie?  That and I think that the movie
is how they planned on
> getting rid of the remaining fleet of Auroras, since an entire flock of
them and an Intrigue get
> the plug pulled on them.  Then there was Caddy with its Escalade and
CTS, and I don't care what
> the owners manual says, a CTS CANNOT take that many bullets and still
run.
>
> And by the way, see this movie.
>
>
>
> Scott T. Sweeney
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