Regular readers here in The Garage know that I’m a sucker for killer car videos. When they are assembled by Canadians I’m just stoked & even a bit proud. The team at Flat Over Crest, have been talking the last few months about their upcoming video magazine. The fruits of their labour, produced and directed by Warwick Patterson are now available to us, the internet viewers.
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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, but never as outrageous as that early Eighties monster. Until now.

Audi has combined modern German technology with German/Italian motivation to create the ultimate road going Audi. Audi’s Quattro system, aluminum construction and a high revving V8 shared by Lamborghini, this really may be the new über Q. Time will tell if this model will back up the motorsports dominance that the original Quattro displayed. What is certain, is that Audi has built a hyper performing, road holding new über Quattro that could be an equally important part of the Quattro legend.

Visit our gallery of shots from the Canadian International Auto Show, taken by Jaimie from Random

Audi press release after the break
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Winter is finally here and that means winter rallies, those events that test driver’s skill and co-driver’s stomachs like no other. One of the rally community’s favourite event is the Sno*Drift rally in Michigan. Top shooter Andrew Harvey has a posted a gallery of pics from the 07 event. As always, Andrew’s gallery has so many classic rally images that it’s hard to choose. Should I post a Subaru or Mitsubishi. In the end, what image embodies the sport of performance rally better than a vintage Porsche 911 at full lock?

Be sure to visit Andrew’s post at Flat Over Crest for some stunning work.

Rally has a long history in Canada, in fact it stretches back a full 50 years! This weekend, the Canadian Association of Rallysport is hosting a celebration of those 50 years. They have assembled an incredible list of past champions for the event including names like Buffum, Sprongl, Mcgeer and Richard.

There will be cars on display, a Rally Drive In, a display of 6 decades of rally in Canada and a banquet on Saturday evening.

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Just the thing for a lazy Boxing Day morning. This compilation is a little heavy on Euro Techno beats and a little light on exhaust noise (like none) but it is well edited. Enjoy!

The Bancroft area came alive today with the sound of rally cars for the 2006 running of the Rally of The Tall Pines. Our man Jaimie headed out to see his first ever rally and provided us with some great pics. He actually took a whole gallery full. It’s a shame that nobody is running an old quattro these days, as that is what new rally spectators are hoping to see.

Sunday mornings are always a great time to waste some time watching racing videos, so I thought it might be cool to share one of our faves here in The Garage.

Climb Dance is a compilation on in car and helicopter video of rally legend Ari Vatanen attacking Pikes Peak in a Peugot 405 T16. Watch out for the Bug Splat!

Regular readors of The Garage know that we are great fans of Rally, but even greater fans of great rally photogs. Warwick Patterson and his buddies over at Flat Over Crest have impressed us yet again. In this case, Andrew Harvey has a bunch of shots from the Pacific Forset Rally. What strikes me about these shots is that somehow the cars seem to pop off the screen, as if they are almost in some automotive version of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Except of course that the spectators aren’t waving their Zippo’s in the air!

Once again, great job guys!

Things are busy around The Garage today, so here comes the first edition of Speed Shifting.

Smoke kept the shiny side up this time. Full Throttle has something to say about the results at Tony’s home track.

It’s Friday and that means it’s Carnival of Cars day.

Another Australian tragedy this week. Legendary Aussie racer Peter Brock has passed away after crashing his Cobra Daytona Coupe replica into a tree at the Targa West Rally. Autoblog has the full story.

Could there really be a Fiero revival? Those Jalopniks and LLNers think so.

Axis of Oversteer has been playing at Lime Rock in the rain.

Ask Patty has a great interview with the owner of an all female shop called Dipstick Fast Lube. What a great idea.

Have a great afternoon!

A 21 year old and his Dad set out to conquer the Mongol Rally in a 16 year old Daihatsu Charade that they picked up on e-bay for only 150 pounds. The charity road rally covered 6,635 miles over some of the worst roads in the world. While in Kazakhstan, one pothole was so big it swallowed a Mini whole.

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