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Where oh Where is that new Corolla?

August 6, 2007

Well, its no secret that the current clad Corolla is well over-due for its model year makeover. Toyota has now hung onto the current design, extending the conforming, utilitarian, and conservative (read: boring) outlook for 2 extra years. In some circles I have heard this to be a really interesting strategy:
1. Civic/Mazda3/Lancer [...]

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Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship Launch

May 25, 2007

Often, one expects a lot from a big event and less so from a smaller program. Sometimes though, the little guy blows the big guy out of the water! When I visited the launch of one of Toronto’s biggest racing events last month, I felt let down. No cars, no flash, no excitement. There has [...]

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2007 Jim Clark Memorial Award Goes to TV Host

May 22, 2007

Named for the legendary Scottish driver, the Jim Clark Memorial Award is awarded annually to a Scottish citizen who has made a difference to motor racing. The 2007 recipient is TV host Lee McKenzie. 28 year old Lee has been chasing her journalistic dreams since the ripe old age of 15 and has covered F1, [...]

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Canadian Motorsports Expo

April 7, 2007

This weekend is the first ever Canadian Motorsports Expo, hosted by Glenn Butt who most enthusiasts know from his involvement with Mosport. With a many Canadian racing stars coming by for autograph sessions, it looked like a promising day, so I took a couple of the kids out for a walk around.
For the first year [...]

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Audi: 70 years of motor racing history in 60 seconds

March 29, 2007

Spring 2007 seems to be the season of the big budget promo video. We’ve had high end shorts from Ferrari/Shell, Red Bull F1 and now Audi is getting in on the action with a pair of shorts for the upcoming A8 supercar.
Shot over 6 days in Mexico with 1050 extras, the films cover Audi’s [...]

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Audi Displays the New Über Quattro in Toronto

February 21, 2007

Quattro. The name evokes thoughts of white, yellow and black Group B rally cars cresting wet yumps at the 1000 Lakes Rally, or drifting past stone houses in the hills above Monaco. With the evolution of the Quattro, that beast has become known as the über Quattro. Every AWD Audi since has been a Quattro, [...]

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Single Moms pair up for Desert Rally

July 10, 2006

Over at the Toronto Star’s Wheels section, Nika Rolczewski has a great story about 2 single moms from Ontario who have taken on the challenge of desert racing. But this isn’t just any desert race, the Rallye Aicha des Gazelles is a womens only event. The 1,200 km route took them through dry lake beds, [...]

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