Over the past few years, we’ve sort of put our own involvement in racing on the back burner while we do important things like shuttle kids and pay the mortgage. Fortunately, we’ve been lucky to have friends still involved in racing and we live vicariously through their stories. We might even pop in and help out every now and then when time allows.

One of those lucky folks who we’ve glommed onto is Perry Ianuzzi, the jolly leader of Team Mad Macs. TMM is essentially Sentra central in Ontario and Perry and his crew have assembled a new beast for the 2008 Ontario GT Sprints season and the Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship presented by Toyo Tires.

The 2008 season started well, as once Perry “shook off the cobwebs” he was able to put in a podium finish on Sunday in the GT-B event. Great way to start the season guys & girls.

Photo gallery and Perry’s race report after the break
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It’s not much of a photo, but it’s the only one I can find right now. The white car is the Datsun B210 once piloted by Vince Whitehead. The two made quite the pair, capturing a Canadian championship way back when.

We think the B210 might make a pretty cool project here in The Garage. I’ll keep you up to date on the decision to move forward or not over the next couple of days.

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While the current bodied Nissan Xterra is far from outdated, platform has been around since 2005 which means it is reaching the end of the usual 4 year cycle. TCC has a collection of shots from Brenda Priddy & Co. of the upcoming model change. There doesn’t appear to be much change to the actual body, meaning it will be more of a cosmetic restyle rather than a full overhaul. If the grille & bumper stay the way it appears, Star Wars fans will be excited as there is more than a little resemblance to and X-wing fighter.

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For many Canadian Nissan enthusiasts it almost seems like a dream. The legendary GT-R, Godzilla, will soon be available at our dealerships. Not some ratty old JDM import either, the real deal. The 2009 Nissan GT-R.

Earlier today, Nissan Canada announced which dealerships have been selected to retail the GT-R here. If you’ve just got to have your very own monster, now you know where you can put down your deposit from coast to coast.

For those of you who just want to oogle the beast, you can do that too!

Vancouver
West Coast Nissan
Regency Nissan
Jonker Nissan
Richmond Nissan
Morrey Nissan of Coquitlam
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Canadian print media guy and friend of The Garage, Laurance Yap had a pretty special opportunity last night. He got to take Godzilla for a tour of downtown Toronto, the lucky bastard!!! For those of you who don’t understand the monster movie reference, the current Godzilla is the new Nissan GT-R. The biggest, baddest machine to hit our shores in, well, ever!

More pics after the break
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Nissan’s GT-R supercar will begin its international rollout shortly, but company official are setting a wary eye on the UK where they are concerned about illegal imports.

Even though the 473 HP GT-R is not officially set to hit Britannia until March of 2009, illegal importers are already heading to the high seas with a supply from Japan to quell the thirsts of those who can’t wait.
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How about a disposable car?

Tata Motors, India’s third-biggest auto marker, will showcase its $2,500 car at the Auto Expo in New Delhi on Jan. 10, with a commercial launch planned for later in 2008.

With that price, you could change cars every season and still have money for a Big Mac or two.
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In October Nissan released an early exterior shot of their new FORUM minivan concept.

The concept is set to be unveiled at the North American International Auto Show in January.

From the sketch one of the cooler aspects of the vehicle I am looking forward to seeing first hand is the lack of B-pillars. The minivan will operate with trackless sliding doors.
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It might be time to head out to look at the Porsche 911 if you had any thought of going into your Nissan dealer and plunking around 70 thou down for the 2008 GT-R. The Japanese automaker is looking at each unit like a bar of gold.

The company plans on selling only 2,400 worldwide, with 1500 destined for American shores. It seems like a lot of hungry super car buyers are going to be waiting at the dock.
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“It couldn’t have been me your honor, my car is red!”

One of the hardest decisions when picking a new car is choosing the right color but the day when cars will be available in multiple colors could be here sooner than you think. Scientists have developed a new coating called ‘paramagnetic’ paint that has the ability to change colors at the touch of a button. One carmaker looking into the technology is Nissan, which has already developed a self-healing paint.

Before the vehicle is painted, a special polymer containing the special ‘paramagnetic’ iron oxide particles is applied to the car’s body. An applied electric current then adjusts the spacing of small crystals within the iron oxide particles and therefore affects their ability to reflect light and change color.
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