This video is a couple of years old, but that doesn’t diminish the cool factor in the least. Imagine an Odyssey on steroids, with tracks instead of wheels. Now you have Rip-Saw. The winner of the 2005 D.A.R.P.A. Grand Challenge. This 650 hp monster is just too cool.

Recently there have been a lot of articles with headline quotes such as “V8 On The Way Out” “Big blocks doomed” “Muscle cars a thing of the past” and so on. Yeah sure, and I have some beach front property in Iowa I will make you a great deal on too. This is simply a trend of the times not all all unlike those hard times with high fuel cost and gas lines back in the 70’s. I should know, I was there and I owned three service stations at the time.

Some more recent quotes have been made by Bob Lutz who has been a vocal opponent of the regulations which he believes will harm the U.S. auto industry. Lutz said, “This is going to be a net average of cost of $6,000 per vehicle which will have to be passed onto the consumer. CNN reports, “Newer luxury cars are shifting toward smaller, more sophisticated engines for power.” and Chrysler says, “The Hemi in not the powertrain of the future.”
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That’s right, we’ve got a big red truck in The Garage this week. The weather in Tdot today would have Noah scrambling to load up the animals, so you’ll just have to wait for our usual bevy of images.

The truck we’re driving is an extended cab, 4×4, 302 horsepower flex fuel model that looks tough as nails. So far, the ride is truckish enough to remind the driver that it is a work truck, but comfy enough to stay relaxed in the rainy day Toronto traffic.

The boys love the jump seats in the back and Dad loves the fact that Dodge used their head and included an Aux jack for my mp3 player. Oh yes, the V8 sounds killer, just don’t press the loud pedal too aggressively in the rain!

Later in the week, we’ll have a proper review of the Dakota.

We’ve read Gary’s tales of how dangerous La Bufa is. Now, we can watch it from inside the #115 Buick. Incredible.

I want to go to Mexico!

This time, we have in car. The visual isn’t too exciting, it’s just 2 minutes of watching the cool as a cucumber co-driver of car #115. The sound track is just amazing. It’s interesting to watch when the revs stay way up for a while, the camera stops focusing. Too cool.

Ok, this is just too good to pass up! We’ll have to get the full story from Gary Faules, but the owner of this beast has posted a ton of video. The sound of this beast is unbelievable!

Team CBR is going to provide us with some of the most incredible HD video of La Carrera, but it’s going to take some time before it is edited and produced. As I just can’t bear to wait any longer for video from La Carrera, I’ve been scouring Youtube looking for video and just came across these absolutely incredible clips of a big bad Buick in action. You MUST crank up the speakers and be prepared for some v8 scream!

Here in The Garage, we love our cars and we love some good BBQ, so whenever car guys combine the two we’re in heaven. The case of this 60,000 BTU grill is set into a Chevy block. Check out the lid, those are real cylinder heads!

Thanks to Gizmodo for the lead on this one
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When our west coast contributor Aaron Von Minden picked up this 49 Mercury back in February, he had one goal in mind. Drive the beast to the Cruise Nationals at Paso Robles in May. Well, Paso was last weekend and mission accomplished!
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This summer, Ford and Harley Davidson are kicking things up a notch with their new truck. The new 2007 F-150 Harley Davidson can be optioned with a twin screw Saleen supercharger, the same as the GT500 uses. A dual stage water to air intercooler keeps things cool and a free flowing exhaust adds the prerequisite growl. All this adds up to a whopping 450 hp and 500 pounds-feet of torque from the 5.4 liter V8.

Of course the styling includes 22 inch wheels, special striping and lots of chrome to create the Harley image. This is the ninth version of the Harley-Ford truck since the first one in 1999 and may well become the most sought after.

Full details after the break
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