Scoop: Transformers 4 Robots Undisguised, Including New Camaro Bumblebee [33 Photos]

The best thing about the Transformers movie series is catching a glimpse of the new vehicle characters before the film hits theaters. According to some, the worst thing is actually watching the movies, though, opinions may vary on this one….

Back to the pre-viewing part of this story, while cruising around GM's Proving Grounds center in Michigan in search for prototypes, our spies were surprised to see a filming crew for the upcoming Transformers 4 blockbuster, and together, an assortment of new Autobots, including the new Bumblebee dressed in a 2014 Camaro Coupe suite.

Besides the trademark yellow and black color scheme, the new Bumblebee model sports a slightly different front end than the facelifted 2014 Camaro with an even tighter grille and headlamp assembly plus a restyled bumper, along with a fixed rear spoiler, a grounds kit and a vented rear bumper.

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Pikes Peak-Ready Truck With 2,000 HP Can Drift Too…

Drifting is a really spectacular display of vehicle control on the limit, especially when done by pros. In addition, the excitement and interest level for those watching definitely goes up the less likely they think the respective vehicle is to actually be slid around in a controlled fashion. Read more »

Out of Control Russian Bus Smashes Into Four Vehicles

A number of road users, including several children, received an unwanted surprise today (Friday, June 28) in the Russian city of Irkutsk when an out of control bus slammed into three cars and a small truck.

As seen from the dash-cam of a car that was not involved, the bus veered onto the sidewalk and came crashing into the other vehicles at speed. According to a report from the local news station Irk, rather amazingly, everyone made it out alive and only a couple of motorists and passengers suffered some very minor injuries that were treated on the spot.

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Transformers 4 Casts Daimler's Freightliner Truck As Well, But Which Character Is It?

Here's another one for the road; Daimler is joining the foray of car and truck makers that will be present in the upcoming 2014 Transformers 4 film with not one, but at least two vehicles.

After the announcement on the custom-built Optimus Prime from Western Star, which is a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America, director Michael Bay's show and tell for the movie continues with the release of a photo of a Freightliner truck.

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Duck Bus Sinks on Liverpool's Albert Dock, Dozens Rescued

We're pretty sure that the tourists in the Yellow Duckmarine vessel that was paddling its way through the Albert Dock in Liverpool, UK, on Saturday afternoon, had very different expectations of what a ride in an amphibious vehicle would be like.

Instead, the 31 passengers, among which, many children, of the tourist bus ended up in the frozen cold waters of the River Mersey when the vessel sank within minutes of entering a dock – and it was all caught on film.

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$3 Million eleMMent PALAZZO RV is a Super Luxurious Yacht on Wheels [w/Video]

If you live in a small flat for which you pay far too much in rent, then you won’t really like this $3 million RV built specially for oil sheikhs – the ones who pick which G65 (not 63) AMG they are to use to conquer the dunes on any given day (gold-plated, platinum-plated or gold- and platinum-plated with ruby accents and carefully carved Citrine crystals for indicators).

These people will feel right at home in the newly-launched eleMMent PALAZZO by Austria's Marchi Mobile, which gets a double capital M in its name, and it alone is reportedly worth around one quarter of the entire asking price.

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Priceless: Philadelphia Parking Authority Employees Busted at No Stopping Zone

If there's one thing worse than spending valuable time looking for a parking spot in a bustling city, it is receiving a ticket after you park – not that some people don't deserve it when they take handicapped places or block roads, sidewalks etc.

Still, regardless of the reason, no one ever likes to receive a ticket, something that makes parking maids and parking authority officials in general, especially those with an attitude (you know what we mean…), some of the least liked workers.

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Well Played Sir: Driver Bails Out Just Before Truck Smashes his Tricycle

It is in the human nature for people to freeze in the presence of danger, but it's not always like that, or at least, it doesn't apply to all individuals. The driver of the tricycle truck in this video from Wenshan, China, is one of those exceptions to the rule.

The man was apparently in a hurry and had pulled up in the middle of the crossway (illegally) positioning his tricycle in front of the oncoming lane when a mid-size truck was approaching at speed without slowing down.

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Alert Truck Driver Foils Suicide or Grisly Insurance Scam Attempt

We live in a truly crazy world when people throw themselves under the wheels of a large truck for whatever reason. Who knows if the man featured in the video jumped under the carriage of the fuel-tank lorry to kill himself or attempt a twisted and utterly moronic insurance scam, but we're glad with the outcome. Read more »

SWAT Team Repeatedly Rams Truck Into Arizona Home to Save Hostages

When it comes to entering a house where a suspect is living and/or hiding from the law, more often than not, you will see SWAT (Special Weapons And Tactics) teams making use of hand-held battering rams.

Once in a while, though, the seriousness of the situation calls for much more drastic measures, as was the recently case in an incident that took place Tuesday morning in Tolleson, Arizona, and which saw SWAT teams using a…truck to repeatedly smash open a house!

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Trophy Truck Almost Snaps in Two After Jump Goes Wrong

Each type of motorsport has very specific and highly specialized requirements. If it’s Baja-style trophy trucks you’re into, then what you need is a featherweight body, strong tubular spaceframe chassis and suspension with as much travel as you can get, which at first may look like overkill, but it proves its use when doing jumps like the one in the video we’ve posted below.

It was shot at the Silver Lake sand dunes, a place where many gather to test out their off-road contraptions, and get as much airtime as possible.

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Student Drivers Caught in the Middle of Tornado in Louisiana [NSFW]

We all have some stories to tell from our days of student driving, but these rookies can say that they passed through a tornado and lived to tell the tale. Mind you, they weren't driving just any type of vehicle but 70-foot semi-trucks.

The recorded incident took place in Shreveport, Louisiana, close to the GM plant on Bert Kouns on May 16.

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Cussing Wild Children in Pennsylvania School Bus Force Driver to Call Cops [NSFW]

Being a school bus driver or an aide these days isn't as easy or as stress-free as it sounds. It hasn’t been that long since we told you about the story of the…"real life Lil' Monsters" from Greece, New York, who bullied an elderly bus attendant to tears last June, and now, we have another head-scratching and evidently, thought-provoking incident, this time from Upper Darby Township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

A young man who we come to know under his YouTube alias "MrEverydays" was on board a school bus in the area when a group of young children, reportedly aged from 7 to 13 years old, went out of control, swearing like desperate sailors and with one of them, even pushing the bus attendant.

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Oh, The Terror: Dash-Cam Captures Big Rig Flipping Over in Russia

We have to say, there are few situations on the road that are scarier than a large truck violently flipping over and heading towards your way at speed.

Don’t believe us? Check out this spine-tingling dash-cam footage from a car driving on a street in the city of Zlatoust in Russia. We can't see how it happened, but the large rig coming from around the corner suddenly turns over and crashes on its side, fortunately pushing, not squashing another vehicle that was right in front of it.

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Warning, Micro Car Mayhem Film Contains Graphic Clay Content

Ah, the wonders of modern camera technology; combine that with some creative thinking, and ladies and gents, you have a winner, which in this case, is the Micro Mayhem short film made by the team at Buddy Laboratories.

It's a stop-motion-style animation that features two Micro Machines, including a sheriff's Pontiac GTO and a truck with a…license to kill, on the chase.

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Parking Attendant Pushed by Truck Driver

All drivers hate having to pay for parking, but we do it anyway, so that we have less walking to do. However, some are willing to go to extremes in order to avoid having to part with their cash, endangering the lives of the very parking attendants they should be giving the money.

This driver (purportedly from the Ukraine) either has no money or is too embarrassed to get out of his vehicle and face reality or he knows that he can get away with it and tries a daring escape.

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Russia Pedestrian Butts Heads With a Truck's…Mirror

Strange things happen on Russian roads when one least expects them. This is why leaving the dash cam always open and recording is a must for those in search of YouTube fame. The driver in the following video surely knew this and thanks to this, we have the opportunity to witness a surreal scene. Read more »

Car Acts as Ramp and Flips Truck Over in Russia

Of all the Russian traffic accidents we've seen, the most severe are the ones which take place on the open road, and involve at least one truck. In this case, it's two cars and one larger vehicle. Read more »

Mercedes-Benz to Present New Generation Unimog and Econic Trucks on Friday

Being such a large company, it won't come to as a surprise that Daimler has several projects running at the same time, some of which are scheduled to be presented within hours of each other.

Right before the world premiere of the new Mercedes-Benz GLA Concept at the Shanghai Auto Show on Saturday, April 20, the German automaker's truck division will reveal the new generations of its hardy Unimog extreme off-roader series and Econic trucks.

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Split-Second Decision Saves Florida Woman from Being Crushed Under Overpass

If you've ever been behind a truck carrying a massive load which you didn't think was fastened properly, then you will definitely know the kind of images that pop up in one's head in those instances. Well, a Florida woman materialized this scariest of driving fears, and was almost killed in the process. Read more »