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VIDEO: Supercars make charity toy run in L.A.
Photos courtesy Speed and Motion
It's not often you see this many sports cars chasing a police cruiser, but this was for a good cause. To help get things kicked off for the 5th Annual Motor4Toys charity toy drive event, a bunch of participants followed a police escort over to a local Toys "R" Us to start buying toys for the December 7th event. The Motor4Toys group has been collecting gifts for needy children since 2004, and to date has donated more than 38,000 toys. The unique thing about this organization is that it is all centered around cars.
Motor4Toys taps into the Southern California car community and turns a huge car meet into one of the largest charity toy drives around. Car guys and gals from all over the Southwest show up with their sports cars, exotics, muscle cars, race cars and museum rides to help this worthy cause. Organizers expect to see over 5,000 cars at the event's new home this year, The Anthem Building in Woodland Hills. Entrance to the event is free for everyone, just bring along at least one new, unwrapped toy valued at $10 or more. If you're in the Los Angeles area that weekend, make sure you stop by between 9am and 1pm. And for those who can't make it, PayPal donations are also accepted. Hope to see you there, and remember, every kid deserves a toy! Complete details including maps to the new location and mandatory insurance waivers can be found on the Motor4Toys website. More photos of the drive can be found at Speed and Motion, who provided a video from last year's event that we have posted after the jump.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Torrent 6:49PM (11/22/2008)
That's really good to hear.
I'm digging the El Camino and lifted Titan.
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Richard 8:08PM (11/22/2008)
nice to see the Haddad G8 GT there,
sick car! and for a good purpose
Crackberry Addict 8:16PM (11/22/2008)
This is another crazy G8!!! Twin turbo!!!
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3116185
Mobius_1 8:35PM (11/22/2008)
What is a Subaru doing in the front?!?
Awesome even though, all those awesome supercars, sports cars, hot rods, customs, muscle cars... Wish they'd revved their cars together in unison though, would be better than ANY orchestra.
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Jon Barrett 11:55AM (11/24/2008)
The Subaru belongs to the event organizer. To see a High-Definition video of that day's event plus an interview with the organizer, go here: http://vimeo.com/2274920
means98 1:33AM (11/23/2008)
fast forward the video to 3:02ish...is that an X5
it seems somewhat out of place
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ConceptVBS 1:07PM (11/23/2008)
Every kid deserves a toy every day, not just on holidays.
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John D 4:17PM (11/23/2008)
What a brilliant waste of gas, and all for the purpose of promoting needless consumerism...
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Malfoy Roark 5:26PM (11/23/2008)
You got the brilliant part right. Good job.