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From the monthly archives:

August 2006

AMG to offer hi po packages for track hounds

August 31, 2006

Mercedes-AMG is offering significant performance packages for select AMG models whose owners want a more serious track day car. Working on the premise that these cars already have more than enough power, the packages focus on upgrading brakes and suspension. Of course no track pack would be complete without new rims and tires. Packages are [...]

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Smart Fortwo bows out with a red mist

August 31, 2006

It’s hard to believe that over the last few years they have built and sold over 750,000 of the Smart Fortwo. Really, it is actually more like 8 years, but we’ve only had them here in Canada for 2 or 3 years. Smart designers are seeing red at the end of the current model’s production [...]

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Spy Pics 2008 Nissan Qashqai

August 30, 2006

An eagle eyed young enthusiast has found these first pics of the 2008 Nissan Qashqai. I think the mini Murano looks great, I just hope the name is changed before it comes to North America or they’ll only sell 3 of them.
Source Fancy Cars? via Autospies
Another pic after the break

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Sixteen year old Daihatsu Charade finishes Mongol Rally

August 30, 2006

A 21 year old and his Dad set out to conquer the Mongol Rally in a 16 year old Daihatsu Charade that they picked up on e-bay for only 150 pounds. The charity road rally covered 6,635 miles over some of the worst roads in the world. While in Kazakhstan, one pothole was so big [...]

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Meet the Ruf RK Coupe

August 30, 2006

A couple of weeks ago at the Quail Lodge Motorsports Gathering, Porsche super tuner Ruf released their newest creation, the RK Coupe. Based on the Porsche Cayman, the RK Coupe blends the power and reliability that Ruf cars are known for with some Italian styling from StudioTorino.

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Best cars for back to school craziness

August 30, 2006

Those car crazy folks over at Kelly Blue Book have released their list of the top cars for back to school. Reading parents and kids were surveyed as to which of 15 cars they would like to see their kids driving to school. The average price of each car was in the neighbourhood of 10 [...]

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2007 Formula 1 schedule released

August 30, 2006

The Formula 1 schedule has been released for 2007. Not that I’ve been since 1991, but it’s good to see that Canada is still on the roster. Missing from the list are the European GP and San Marino.
The full line-up is as follows:
Australia, March 18
Malaysia, April 08
Bahrain, April 15
Spain, May 13
Monaco, May 27
Canada, June 10
United [...]

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Mavericks at AutoFest

August 29, 2006

One day last week, the crew over at Jalponik burnt our eyes with a pretty disturbing Maverick pic, so when I saw some Mav’s at AutoFest I just had to snap some pics for them. Who woulda thought you’d see 3 Mavericks in one day anywhere, let alone at a carshow!
more pics after the [...]

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James Bond to drive an Aston Martin again

August 29, 2006

Aston Martin has confirmed that James Bond will once again drive an Aston in the upcoming film Casino Royale. As agent 007’s rides have traditionally been kept secret before a new movie release, we are only getting little tidbits of info. The car is a new model called the Aston Martin DBS. The new Bond, [...]

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Long Term Test: 2006 Mazda 6 Sport Wagon

August 29, 2006

A few weeks ago, Ed over at The Car Blog wrote a piece on Why Wagons Rock, detailing why the practicality of wagons has won him over. Well, here in The Garage, we couldn’t agree more. In fact I’m a little surprised that it’s taken so long for so many folks to come to the [...]

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