The last time I drove a Buick was in 1959. It was my Dad’s 1956 Buick Century. This is not my old man’s car! What a beauty his was. What a beauty this LaCrosse is! This is a driver’s car! One of the nice perks of being in the media is at certain times you get to drive a… Read the rest

According to an article in Germany’s Automobilwoche, the Volkswagen Group wants to bring another child into its already-crowded family of brands: Alfa Romeo. Citing an unnamed senior VW manager, the report says that Wolfsburg would jump at the chance to sign adoption papers if the brand were to become available. The problem, of course, is that…

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The folks at Atlanta Motorsports Group are here at Mosport today, getting in a bit of practice leading up to the ALMS weekend here next weekend. These cars look great on track.

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Bugatti. The very name spells vintage luxury–or, if you’re more modern-minded, outright speed and power. Though with its current German parentage, the Bugatti of today bears little resemblance to the classics of Ettore. Delahaye, on the other hand, has fallen off the map for all but the dedicated collector and enthusiast. But this Delahaye may…

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Whether it’s the technology of yore or the aesthetics of the true masters of design, there’s something for every automotive aficionado to love in a good vintage race car. The 2010 Quail gathering produced some of the finest examples of decades past, and these are a handful of our favorites. 1952 Allard J2X This absolute stunner of a racer… Read the rest

Once in a while, we are tipped off to a really special automotive find that just tickles us pink. This is one of those finds. A few years ago, Gary Faules wrote about San Francisco’s racing history. Sadly, a server crash since then lost many of the images from those stories and I haven’t gotten around to finding them… Read the rest

We have a pretty incredible racing history here in Ontario, dating back to the late 1950′s. Fortunately, that is recent enough history that many early racers are still around to share their stories. Our own Allan de la Plante is one of those guys who was in the thick of the action in the Sixties and Seventies. A couple… Read the rest

The Basics: Volkswagen’s had a tough row to hoe in the U.S. Buyers want the German feel, but don’t want to pay the premium price for German engineering. Case in point: the compact Jetta sedan, which costs a couple thousand dollars more on average than a Honda Civic or Ford Focus, and has had a difficult time breaking into… Read the rest

This video pretty much speaks for itself.

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Friend of The Garage, Mike Adams, recently became the recipient of a collection of vintage racing photos that had been taken by Clint Laurie. Among the shots was this pic of my Dad, Bud Tucker’s MKII Sprite . This is the car in which Bud raced in 1967, when he won the Alitalia trophy for sports cars in Ontario.… Read the rest