Three words I’d never thought that I’d type on this blog, easily, by far, are “Twilight”, and “Edward Cullen”.

I hate that movie, frankly.  Most of us probably do.  But since there are enough twelve year old girls amply willing to fork over their babysitting money for a chance to see a glittery emo boi vampire sparkle in the sun, then so be it.  Never let it be said that I won’t jump on a chance at getting new readers.

Anyway, you can now enter a contest that’ll get you a shot at your very own copy of the car that Edward Cullen drives in Twilight, a Volvo XC60.

Here’s how the contest works, via Reuters:

Starting Nov. 1, players can register at www.WhatDrivesEdward.com and will receive clues to help solve a series of puzzles. Since the puzzles increase in difficulty, players are encouraged to exchange hints through Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. The contest runs for three weeks from November 1 through November 23.

So if you’re willing to crawl through a series of puzzles, you too just might take home a hot new Volvo.

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Want a new 2010 Ford Mustang GT? What about a custom made GT? What about a custom GT made by Chip Foose? Well if you just said yes a bunch of times then you should enter the contest available at PowerBlockTV.com and pray that you will be the lucky winner. The pimped Mustang GT will offer you Edelbrock supercharger system, Roush body kit, Mangaflow exhaust, Foose wheels, Pirelli tires, Baer brakes, Eiback springs, Bilstein shocks and custom Foose paint. You can enter the contest once a week all summer long. A winner will be drawn on October 12 so better start on those entries.

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Mitsubishi Motors is ready to celebrate the pan-European launch of their new Lancer Sportback and their New Colt in a very unique way. Instead of waiting for people to actually come check the cars out, Mitsubishi will send them out to see the people by spectacular means.

Mitsubishi’s “On Your Mark Contest” will invite Europeans to make real Mitsubishi marks to enter the contest and win grand prizes. All you have to do is upload a photo or a video of your Mitsubishi mark to http://www.onyourmark.eu and place the location of the mark on an interactive map. 38 new Mitsubishi in more than 19 countries will be given as prizes. All you have to do is wait for a jury of 3 professionals to choose the best entries.

The “On Your Mark” campaign honors an outrageous Japanese game show. Koichi Koga welcomes you as the star of the show. You are in the driver seat of two over-the-top games: Colt Curling and Lancer Loop.

Good luck to all participants then. Send us some of your stuff if you do win a new car.

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How do you like this concept car in the pictures here? It’s the MMR25 Rally Racer from Mitsubishi and it’s the model chosen to enter this year’s LA Auto Show design competition. Last year’s theme was “green” and this year’s theme is Motorsport 2025.

The MMR25 certainly looks like the future race car. It works on four lightweight, high-efficiency, in-wheel electric motors. Their output will be boosted by eight additional motors. The batteries will get you about 1,000 miles on a charge. Besides keeping the much needed power, the batteries will also lower the center of gravity bringing better stability to the table.

If you think the wheels are funny that’s because the MMR25 has an “8×4″ wheel drive. Every single wheel has an independently controlled electric motor. Driving, drifting, moving sideways is now possible with this unique concept.

The driver sits inside the center wing. There’s no actual windows but the driver has a 360-degree panoramic screen which will display all the images around him like he would see them through a glass.

Well do I get one? I only have about 17 years to wait for it!

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