Pop star Pink has teamed up with Sebring Sport Exhaust for a two year term to promote the new Hot Steel line of performance exhaust. How much do you want to bet that this gig was set up through Pink’s hubby, bike racer Carey Hart?

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Whe Honda brought out the Element a few years ago, the idea of a flat floor cargo area really excited us here in The Garage. Then they dropped the ball by making it only a 4 passenger vehicle. With a family of 5, that would leave the choice as to which kid gets strapped to the roof. Not gonna be very popular. Now, the folks at DC are rolling out the 2007 Dodge Nitro. Talk about hitting the nail on the head. Five passenger, tons of storage space and all the modern tech stuff we would expect these days. Let’s take an SXT, with the 6 speed manual and all wheel drive. Could be a plan.

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Let’s face it. Life is a rush for all of us. We have doctor’s appointments, kids to pick up and meetings to attend. It’s hard to be without the car, so we book the car in with the expectation that it will be completed in almost no time at all. Then, when the car isn’t ready when we thought, we panic. Perhaps worse, we show up unannounced in the service department and make a fool of ourselves when we lose our temper in public.

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For the first time ever, a Honda CRV has been built on American soil. The first of 60 nighthawk black CRV’s rolled off the East Liberty Ohio line just after 7 pm yesterday. Perhaps the most significant point in this story is it’s relevance to life here in Durham Region. The East Liberty line is a flexible facility which produces the Civic Sedan, Element and now the CRV on the same line. Why is this significant here? Because the new Camaro will be built on a similar flexible line here in Oshawa. Honda has proven that the flex production concept is not only feasible, but can build superior quality vehicles.

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Over at the Blogger’s Blog this morning there is a post about blogs that are celebrating an anniversary. It got me thinking that we’ve been working on The Garage for a long time now. I took a peek at the archives, and lo & behold The Garage celebrated it’s 1st birthday in August. It’s been a fun year, with a lot’s of growth and learning. We’ve made some good friends in the blogosphere.

We’ve got even more stuff coming down the pipes including The Garage version 3.0 with a clean new look that will be faster loading and easier to read.

So Happy Belated Birthday to The Garage!

Somewhere in the blogosphere recently there was a post lamenting the lack of one off super luxe cars, like the rolling artwork of the prewar years. Enter the BMW 760Li. In this case, built for Dr. Luigi Macaluso of the Girard-Perregaux watch company. Using Wenge wood, titanium, deers antlers and green leather, the BMW Individual team has built an automotive interpretation of the Girard-Perregaux boutique in Gstaad.

See the stunning interior and read the press release after the break

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Modern Ferraris somehow never seem to capture the essense of the heritage that stands behind them. Perhaps the bosses need to leave Italy and look around The Netherlands instead. Vandenbrink Design is the new home of 2 big brained guys who have a terrific sense of history.

While there are no technical details yet, the plan is for the bodies to be built by Ferrari specialist and coach builder Hietbrink in The Netherlands. Let’s keep our fingers crossed and hope that this beauty actually makes it into production and has a V12 and not a small block Chevy.

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When Champ Car lost it’s date in Montreal to NASCAR, many figured that Canada had lost another pro race weekend. It seems that this may not be the case. An article in today’s Globe and Mail points towards a likely move to Mount Tremblant on the Canada Day long weekend. While Karl Kalkhoven won’t come out and admit the race will happen, he definately seems to support the idea. I wouldn’t be surprised if we hear official news very soon.
A number of recent upgrades to the track and facility have brought the place up to modern standards and there is no question that the place has some serious history and belongs on the schedule. Racing first started in the summer of 1964 and the first ever Can Am race was held at the rolling circuit located in rural Quebec. A young Gilles Villeneuve cut his teeth there driving his first Formula Ford.

Temblant is truly a historical track and it would be incredible to see Champ Car race there.

British Champ Car driver Katherine Legge walked away from her very own version of Mr Toad’s Wild Ride yesterday when her Lola lost it’s rear wing at Road Atlanta. Video shows the the wing coming off at the entrance to the kink, which is a very high speed section of the famed track. The car proceeded to spin and head into the fence at about 180 mph.

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We just came across this new national trade show for automotive repair professionals. Happening this week, September 29 to October 1 at the Direct Energy Center here in toronto.

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