‘Fast & Loud’ propone una carrera contrarreloj en la que la astucia y la mecánica caminan de la mano para conseguir el mayor beneficio a los dueños de ‘Gas Monkey Garage’. Ellos son Richard Rawling, un lince con vista de águila para localizar y comprar a buen precio vehículos semiabandonados en jardines y garajes del estado de Texas, y su socio Aaron Kaufman, un genio de la mecánica capaz de arreglar cualquier avería y un auténtico manitas a la hora de ‘tunear’ y customizar estas chatarras hasta transformarlas en nuevos y codiciados objetos de deseo para los amantes del motor.
Programa de telerrealidad en el que el que los expertos en coches Mike Brewer y Edd China aconsejan a los compradores que se acercan a su centro de compra y venta de automóviles.
El carismático vendedor de coches Mike Brewer y el mecánico Edd China pondrán a rodar de nuevo los automóviles más espectaculares. Si alguna vez se ha quedado con la boca abierta frente a un automóvil clásico o de colección por la calle, ‘Joyas sobre ruedas’ le dejará sin palabras cuando vea el trabajo de investigación, reparación y negociación que llevan a cabo Mike y Edd para localizar auténticos diamantes en bruto: vehículos sin demasiado valor aparente que convierten en espectaculares coches de lujo.
El colorido equipo de Gotham Garage reacondiciona una colección ecléctica de autos y camiones, intercambiando hasta un punto destacado que pueden vender por mucho dinero.
Richard Hammond trades his jet-setting lifestyle for a long-standing dream to set up a classic car restoration workshop close to his home in Herefordshire. With the help of skilled craftsmen, he navigates the ups and downs of building a new business.
Pimp My Ride is a TV show produced by MTV. Each episode consists of taking one car in poor condition and restoring it, as well as customizing it. The original American version was hosted by rapper Xzibit. Recently, MTV2 has begun airing episodes from Pimp My Ride UK hosted by DJ Tim Westwood, which features cars being customised in the UK, and Pimp My Ride International, featuring cars in central Europe, hosted by hip hop artists Fat Joe and Lil' Jon, as well as the related CMT series Trick My Truck.
Un equipo de amantes del automóvil en un garaje en las Montañas Rocosas transforma montones de óxido abandonados en clásicos coleccionables.
It's all about turning piles of rusting junk into a money making machine. To make this happen, Andy Cohen has to be a scrappy, ambitious leader who balances his own pie-in-the-sky drive with his father's down-to-earth perspective. For the day-to-day work, he's backed up by a group of talented, but not exactly mainstream, characters. And to succeed as a team, they all have to find the proverbial diamonds in the rough, chase down deals, and add value to what others throw away--it's not work, it's the hustle.
A spin-off of the hit series Fast N' Loud, Misfit Garage features four mechanics who have all done business with Richard Rawling's Gas Monkey Garage and join forces to create their own hot rod shop to rival Gas Monkey. Will this band of misfits be able to turn their garage into a money-making machine, or will their mistakes sink their business before it gets off the ground?
The McClure family business, Desert Valley Auto Parts, houses over 10,000 rust-free vehicles and provides original parts for thousands of car collectors and restoration junkies each year. The McClures and their rag-tag crew are constantly on the hunt for classic American cars to restore to their original glory.
Actor and car fan Philip Glenister (of "Life on Mars" fame) and car restorer Ant Anstead find classic British cars to bring back to life.
A Robert Downey Jr. le encanta restaurar autos clásicos. Pero también se ha dedicado a luchar contra el cambio climático. Así que está trayendo sus amados autos antiguos al futuro, haciéndolos más rápidos, más poderosos y más eficientes mientras mantiene intactas sus almas.
En este entretenido reality, la chatarra se convierte en oro puro en manos de estos profesionales que traen coches de México hasta El Paso para dejarlos irreconocibles.
El humorista Chris Redd se une a un fantástico equipo de expertos en coches para insuflarle nueva vida a modelos antiguos con unas renovaciones personalizadas y alucinantes.
‘Los rescatacoches’ supone todo un espectáculo para el espectador que observará como un montón de amasijos y chapas oxidadas con ruedas pueden convertirse en auténticos objetos de deseo para cualquier amante del mundo del motor. Para llevar a cabo la tarea de convertir la chatarra en oro, Discovery MAX ha confiado en la experiencia de dos ‘pesos pesados´,el ex luchador Chuck Palumbo y Rick Dore, quien se ha labrado una excelente reputación customizando coches de encargo de alta gama. Esta ‘extraña pareja’ se convertirá en el tándem perfecto para restaurar y sacar beneficio de los automóviles más devastados.
Follow Peter Klutt and his team at Legendary Motorcar as they find, buy, restore and sell (and sometimes race!) the coolest cars on the planet.
A fix-it show where a lucky car owner is selected to have his or her stalled and neglected project vehicle finally completed over the course of a weekend with the help of our hosts. They crash your garage and take the car from “DIY Dead End” to “Done.”
Xtreme 4x4 is a half hour series airing on Spike TV that began in January 2005 as part of Spike's weekend Powerblock line up. The show uses a how-to format, where the hosts build or modify vehicles in order to turn them into off-road-oriented rigs. They also periodically show various forms of off-road racing from across the United States. These include such events as rock crawling, desert racing, sand drags, mud racing, and trail riding adventures.
The hosts, Ian Johnson and Jessi Combs, were selected as part of a publicized, nationwide search for hosts where viewers were encouraged to send in their videos and resumes to Spike TV executives. Both hosts have appeared on other automotive shows including Discovery Channel's Monster Garage and TLC's Overhaulin'.
Come along for the ride of a lifetime as Jason Wenig and his team at The Creative Workshop are under the gun to ready two vehicles, a 1966 Ferrari 330 GT Speciale and a 1921 Kissel Gold Bug, for two of the most famous concours on the planet, Pebble Beach Concours D'Elegance and The Quail Motorsports gathering.
Trucks! is an American television program that airs weekends as a part of Spike TV‘s Powerblock. It is hosted by Kevin Neils Tetz and Ryan Shand. The program focuses on automotive mechanics involving trucks and SUVs, ranging from improvement, to customizing, to creative works.
The show is involved with racing and/or customizing trucks, and in the past the show included segments called "How It Works" where the host would visit with various technical instructors at Wyotech to discuss automotive related topics such as how a particular mechanical device operated or the specialized equipment it takes to diagnose or repair a vehicle.
Alan cooks up an idea for a new vehicle his band can use to play gigs away from his barn; he takes Nick on a trip to buy a bizarre Volvo limo; knowing that the Volvo will never be sold, they try to make some cash on an original Vauxhall Astra.