“Pimp my Ride”? How about “Pimp my Vespa”?

Travel Blog  •  Michael Yessis  •  05.31.06 | 11:40 AM ET

Apparently European audiences can’t get enough of the MTV show Pimp my Ride. “For reasons perhaps understandable only to residents of the Continent, the show has been one of MTV’s biggest crossover successes,” Robert Ito writes in the New York Times. So the network has spun off versions for various countries—“Pimp My Fahrrad” in Germany, for instance, is a low-budget bicycle repair show—and will debut “Pimp my Ride International,” a “pan-European” show, this fall. Fat Joe will be one of the hosts of “International,” which should make for some interesting TV.

From the Times:

For Fat Joe, who had never been to Europe let alone seen a Trabant, the whole thing has been a learning experience. A native of the South Bronx, he traveled to the Netherlands, Poland and France to tape the show’s first three episodes. He visited a dairy farm (“I’ve never been on a farm before”), checked out the latest technology (“Their phones are better than ours”) and sampled the local cuisines. (“The way they cook is very, very different, so there’s been a whole lot of McDonald’s for me.”)

A whole lot of McDonald’s for you in Europe? Come on, Fat Joe! Pimp your diet.

Tags: Europe


9 Comments for “Pimp my Ride”? How about “Pimp my Vespa”?

Jim 05.31.06 | 12:46 PM ET

Ha! Maybe the Food Network can appeal to the kids with “Pimp my Diet” starring Fat Joe.

Steve 05.31.06 | 1:56 PM ET

Well… it’s not called pimp my Vespa, but Pimp my Wheels and it’s Real… Check this:

http://thescooterscoop.blogspot.com/2005/12/pimp-my-wheels-its-for-real.html

mike 05.31.06 | 7:46 PM ET

You’re right. It’s not called Pimp my Vespa. I do wish they called it that, though, instead of Pimp my Wheels. I bet they might have if not for the product placement issues.

Lazza 06.04.06 | 10:11 AM ET

A Vespa that got Pimped earlier -

http://www.vespaclassics.com/redsprint2006.htm

Gianluca 07.19.06 | 5:45 AM ET

Please, don’t pimp your Vespa,
(maybe a Lamnbretta can be pimped)
just restore it…

Amantle Enoch Nkoni 08.16.06 | 6:56 AM ET

my mum is a widow has a mec 83 model that she can not maintain herself i want to suprise her.How can i get her car pimped to make her smile? Who pays the expenses please make mum happy

Alice 08.27.06 | 11:41 AM ET

How can I get Mtv to pimp my ride???????????????????????????

jeremyhollhnd 09.15.06 | 4:11 PM ET

can you pimp my ride i live in cheyen

abc 09.18.06 | 5:43 PM ET

Trabant 4 life

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