The Garage has never really had a place for anything from GM. Over my years in the car hobby and in the car industry, I’ve always felt that GM and their dealer network have had this attitude of invincibility. We are The General. That attitude is perhaps more evident here in Durham region, where one of GM’s top plants is located. That attitude is what has led them to lose their market share.

In the past year or so, I’ve watched GM try to reinvent itself and for the most part I’ve been pretty impressed. They are reaching out to consumers in all sorts of new manners, with a steady stream of new products. I discovered another one of those new methods today. GM now has a video feed site & have opened their feeds up to bloggers to post video. Below is an 18 minute video of Chevy’s launch of the new Volt electric car concept. GM seems intent on showing the consumer their new direction in new ways. Let’s just hope their new products can keep up with those from their competition.

One of the things I love about The Garage is that I’ve come to learn about (and in some cases meet) some incredibly cool people who are just as entrenched in the car hobby as I am. Coop is one of those guys. An artist who is heavily involved in the SoCal Hot Rod culture, Coop is one of those rare individuals who is actually able to help mould the culture.

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The car hobby is an amazing thing. It draws people from all walks of life, from all ages and from all across the globe. We received an e-mail from some long lost (not really, they just take years to reply to e-mails) friends on the frosty coast of Canada. As an afterthought, they sent a link to their car club, as they know that I am a certified car geek. Imagine that, all this time, we didn’t have a clue that the seafood king and his wife are into Vee Dubs and in fact have 2 of the old critters. Nor of course did they know about The Garage, so it’s kinda cool that I can tell the world about their club.

Vintage V Dubbers is a Halifax based group of air cooled VW owners who organize an annual show and shine. I’m sure that with the size of the club they probably enjoy pretty regular drives around the spectacular scenery around the Halifax area.

To the Whitman Family… welcome to The Garage!