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The News for September 2nd, 2011

September 2, 2011 News No Comments
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This is the weekly recap of everything in the automotive industry that you should care about without all the fluff. We also throw in our opinion, just because we can. This week it’s a mostly high-octane edition with:

  • Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 gets ready to race
  • Nissan GT-R GT3 is already racing
  • AMG stuffs a giant V8 in the SLK Roadster
  • Audi fills us in on three new S-line members
  • Toyota updates the best-selling car in America
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Atlanta British Motorcar Day

May 25, 2011 Shows No Comments

edf6c47cd113ab47e291b87a820e4ed3 Atlanta British Motorcar DayFounded 109 years ago, Berry College is a massive campus situated in Northwest Georgia. Laying claim to the largest campus in the world with 26,000 acres of beautiful grounds, Berry College has several gorgeous buildings with plenty of history.  The college is the home of the Vikings, and for one Saturday every year, the British invade the Vikings for a change.

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The News for May 23rd, 2011

May 23, 2011 News No Comments
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Welcome to CarGuyDad News 2.0; now new-er-ish and hopefully improved. This is the weekly recap on everything in the automotive industry that you should care about without all the fluff. We also throw in our opinion, just because we can. This week…

  • Audi A6 Avant unveiled

  • Aston Martin V12 Zagato whets our appetites

  • Ferrari Superamerica 45

  • Kimi Raikkonen’s NASCAR ride

  • Mercedes C63 gets more crazy

  • BMW M3 gets less shiny

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F40 Motorsports Open House

May 3, 2010 Shows 1 Comment
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F40 Motorsports, hosted its annual Open House this weekend. Located in Portland Connecticut, about an hour-and-half drive from either Boston or New York City, it is a restoration shop and dealership made famous by HD Theater‘s show Chasing Classic Cars.

Some time ago I visited F40 for their monthly Cars & Coffee event and was overwhelmed by the amazing machinery there. This event however was much greater, with almost 300 cars showing off and probably close to a thousand visitors. This time around the F40 garages and work shops were open for a glance and more modern exotics showed up.

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British Car Day

June 12, 2009 Shows No Comments

461  670x527 bcarday bentley hood British Car Day If you happen to be in Boston this summer, you owe to yourself to visit Larz Anderson Auto Museum. In addition to being a beautiful museum filled with all kinds of great cars and tons of automotive memorabilia, just about every Sunday there is a themed Lawn Event. … Continue Reading

My Favorite Cars (updated)

April 28, 2009 Opinion, Stories 3 Comments

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Let me start by saying that I really appreciate most cars. With each car I drive, I try to put all prejudices aside and enjoy it for what it is. I am not the Dalai Lama of cars, but you get the idea.

And now, like a complete hypocrite to the above, I say this: … Continue Reading

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Rally Racing, part 1: Building the Car

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This is the first of three articles on Rally Racing. I intend to cover car set-ups, driver training, different classes, and whatever else I may come upon. This part will show a built of an Open Class rally car, which is …

Driving Jaguar’s new XFR, on the Road and on the Track

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I have recently had the opportunity to drive the new Jaguar XFR on the road and on a race track. With the XFR competing directly against the BMW M5, which I have also had the opportunity to drive on the track …

Experiencing The New Diesel-Powered BMWs.

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While you may have already read a thing or two about BMW’s new compression ignition offerings, you may not have heard all the details, and you may have some questions. I sure did, and I did my best to answer them …

Cars of Paris

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French cars; some say they’re ugly, some say they’re beautiful, all agree that they’re unreliable. However, there is something about them that makes you want to look. These pictures were taken in March of 2007, my wife’s and mine last trip …

Cars (and other vehicles) of Cuba

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Do you think your ’02 Chevy Tahoe with 170k miles is at the end of its life? Try driving a ’55 Suburban that you inherited from you father. This is a gallery of car pictures from Cuba, where the only way …

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