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Video: The Garage gets wet over the Lotus Exige S260

December 14, 2009

Most of us around The Garage have a bit of a thing for cars that bear the Lotus name. The more recent models from the house that Colin built follow the less is more philosophy truly embody the spirit of the marque, having light weight and high performance. The very limited edition Exige S260 has [...]

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Aston Martin DBS: Plenty of legroom!

December 8, 2009

We’ve seen some press day videos of guys doing some pretty strange stuff with cars, but somehow I have a feeling that we are the first ones to stuff a pretty girl into the back seat of a 2009.5 Aston Martin DBS!
Despite the rather horrid weather, Viana Mehl-Laituri from Aston Martin was a good sport [...]

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Getting wet in the 2010 MazdaSpeed3

November 17, 2009

Every year at Test Days, there is one car that surprises me. Several of our journo friends have driven the 2010 Mazdaspeed3 on the track and were blown away by how capable it was and yet somehow I was unprepared for how incredible this car is. In fact, the Speed3 exhibited so much grip and [...]

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Getting wet in the 2010 Kia Soul

October 27, 2009

Anyone who has known me for a while knows that my taste in cars can be best described as somewhat eclectic. Why else would I decide we should do a wet track day video of the Kia Soul. Funky and fun it is. Fast is ain’t. Really though, the rain at Pocono had been coming [...]

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Angry Kitty: 2010 Jaguar XK-R

October 19, 2009

Next up in our series of videos from the 2009 IMPA Test Days in the Pocono Mountains, we let the 2010 Jaguar XK-R out of the cage. There is little more to say other than this is one serious cat.

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Mitsubishi Evo X MR: Have your cake and eat it too

October 12, 2009

During our recent travels to the Poconos for the IMPA Test Days, Tom and Scott got out on the road in the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo MR and, well, tested. It turns out that Tom knows a thing or two about the Evo and looks a damn sight better than I do on camera! See what [...]

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IMPA Test Days 2009 Teaser

October 9, 2009

For the second year in a row, we’ve brought video guru Scott Simmons to the International Motor Press Association’s Test Days in the Poconos. A day on the hill is followed by a day lapping Pocono Raceway. Last year we got to muddy things up a bit in the trucks, while this year was dry [...]

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2009 IMPA Test Days Wrap Up

September 16, 2009

For the third year in a row, we’ve made the trek from Ontario down to the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania for the International Motor Press Association’s annual Test Days. Our merry band of miscreants grew to 3 this year, as Tom Williams joined video guru Scott Simmons and I in our quest to bring our [...]

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Getting ready to shoot video at Pocono Raceway

September 7, 2009

We’re just a couple of days away from our annual trek to the Pocono Mountains for the International Motor Press Association’s Test Days. Last year we shot video for the first time and I was blown away by the results. Thanks to our video guru, Scott Simmons, we got some killer footage and even had [...]

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Driven: Nissan 370Z Touring

June 25, 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.

It is hard to believe the 350Z has been around since 2003, but [...]

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