Watch a Couple of Imbeciles Roll Over a Mini Hatchback [NSFW]

MTV's "Jackass" television series showed us that there's really no limit to what some people may do for some attention and better ratings, which is why we're going to take the following incident with not a grain, but a bucket load of salt.

The video is from a one "Jeff Buff" who apparently wants to be crowned a YouTube star through his clips. It shows Jeff with another guy driving a stick-shift Mini hatchback from 2002 for 'bout 15 seconds before they roll over and land upside down.

If any of you happen to have addition info, leave us a comment after the jump.

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2013 Chevrolet Malibu gets New 259-Horsepower 2.0-liter Turbo Engine, does 0-60mph in 6.3"

About a couple of months after it confirmed the availability of its new 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder Ecotec gasoline engine on the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu sedan, General Motors today released the performance numbers.

The force-fed engine produces a maximum output of 259 horsepower (193 kW) and a peak torque of 260 lb.-ft. of torque (353 Nm), which is sustained from 1,700 to 5,500 rpm.

According to the Detroit automaker, the direct-injection engine can propel the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu from zero to 60mph (96km/h) in just 6.3 seconds, which is a fairly impressive figure for a mainstream car of this size.

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Canada Won't be Getting the New Volvo V40 Either

Since many of you, our readers, asked whether the new Volvo V40 hatchback would be coming to Canada, as the company's U.S. spokespeople wouldn't elaborate on the issue, we decided to find out by sending an email to Volvo Cars of Canada.

And the answer in short is no, the compact-sized Volvo V40 won't be sold in Canada either.

"Volvo Canada also has no plans at the moment to bring the new V40 into the market. If things change at some point in the future, we’ll let you know," Paul Chater from Volvo of Canada told Carscoop in an email.

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