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From the monthly archives:

May 2009

Driven: 2010 Lincoln MKS Ecoboost

May 31, 2009

Our “Driven” series highlights the several cars I was able to sample at IMPA’s Spring Brake 2009 event. These short takes are summaries of my driving impressions of the cars on the roads surrounding Bear Mountain State Park in Rockland County, New York. 

The Lincoln MKS debuted last year, and was generally well-received, but for one [...]

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Latest Update on Dodge Viper’s Fate

May 31, 2009

Introducing, the Devon GTX! But more on that in a moment.
Last August, we reported that Chrysler was putting up the Dodge Viper-design and manufacturing facility up for sale. Since then, we’ve been told that “several interested parties” were in talks with Chrysler about the Viper, but nothing beyond that. 
Finally, we have an update. Autoblog reports the [...]

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Warning

May 30, 2009
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Vintage program: 1964 European Grand Prix

May 30, 2009

Way back in the archives I had posted some cool pieces from the 1964 European Grand Prix at Brands Hatch. While looking for another old program to repair a post on Mark Donohue, I just came across the actual race program from the ‘64 GP.
This program is a bit more dog eared than some of [...]

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2010 Ford Mustang GT: There outta be a law…

May 30, 2009

With all the doom and gloom in the car industry these days, somebody really should step up and force manufacturers to make all cars sound as good as the 2010 Mustang GT! Not only is that sound good for the driver’s soul, the volume causes necks to snap all over town which must be good [...]

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My first car, sort of: Fiat 124 Coupe

May 29, 2009

There are often some interesting conversations that happen over on Twitter that never make it to The Garage, and sometimes those conversations even become post food. This is one such post. Tino Rossini (@stradablog on Twitter) from Strada asked a bunch of his Tweetpeeps to report on what their first car was. Tino’s was a [...]

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The one that got away Papa John’s Pizza style

May 28, 2009

Most car guys have a story about the one that got away. Not many have the opportunity to reunite with their former flame. Not many former flames form the basis for an empire. The one above did just that.
That guy up above, looking like he’s straight out of a John Hughes movie is John Schnatter. [...]

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Black Russian

May 28, 2009

Long time readers of The Garage may recall that years ago I used to crew for a team that campaigned a 1967 Fiat 124 Special. The Italian Brick. Years later, that brick shed the twincam head, 5 speed and 4 wheel disc brakes and Fiat sold it to Russian automaker Lada. Same brick, but without [...]

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Ducati Hypermotard-A for Adventure

May 28, 2009

Ducati doesn’t have an adventure bike… yet.  But, while the world waits for the release of the flying-D’s adventure bike replacement for the Multistrada, Neil Johnston of OneWheelDrive.Net has gotten a bit impatient.  So when a light dirt-road outing comes up, and his KTM 640 Adventure is waiting for parts, it’s up to Ducati’s Urban [...]

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G4TV gets smokey with the 2010 Mustang

May 27, 2009

Formula D Champion Vaughn Gittin spends some quality time in the 2010 Ford Mustang with G4TV’s Alison Haislip in this super smokey video. No, they weren’t hiding behind the smoke makin’ naughty. Gittin teaches the fair maiden how to do a few donuts and then takes her out and flogs her scares the living bejeebers [...]

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