Apparently this is the first Cadillac Station Wagon in 104 years AND it runs on bio-diesel…

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A new feature of Google Maps is drag and drop changes in driving directions. I used it yesterday to get around traffic from Toronto to Pembroke. Very cool…

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Toyota has quietly become the number one brand in the United States after overtaking Chevrolet in sales in May.
Through May, Toyota Motor Corp. led all brands with U.S. unit sales of 954,000 vehicles, a razor-thin 5,200 units ahead of General Motors Corp.’s Chevy brand and 40,000 better than the Ford Motor Co.’s Ford brand.
The Toyota [...]

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I had seen this film many years ago and it has made the rounds of bit torrent but here it is on youtube. Claude Lelouch in 1978 by strapped a 16mm camera to the bumper of a Ferrari 275 GTB and raced through the streets of Paris.
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Wow….
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The 5th Annual Targa Newfoundland starts tomorrow (Monday). It is the only Targa in North America and gives the chance for many drivers to match their skills against others in their class.
According to Wikipedia:
Targa timing (sometimes also called target timing) is a system of timing used in car rallying. It was invented by John Brown, [...]

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The Kiwibloke has a long history with Landrover, the real mans 4WD.  Though not a popular SUV in North America, the Landrover Defender is none the less the real mccoy when it comes to off road vehicles. It is the oldest selling 4WD in the world dating back to 1948 and predating even the General [...]

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A real Kiwi Bloke would not of course be seen dead behind a Korean Pedal Car (I frequently have to fish them out from under by Landrover), or even a Dodge Stratus (those they the things they rent to you at the Airport when there was a Tornado that ripped through the Airport destroying everything [...]

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