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Review: 2011 Ford Mustang – New Engines Breathe New Life Into Muscle Car

By Mark Atkinson Car magazines are going to hate Ford for this one. Usually, when one of the big books put together a group test of fast sports cars, the token muscle car usually found itself in dead last – or close enough. Too rough a ride, lacklustre engine, truck-ish transmission and creaky were the [...]

Tangential Treatise #3: The 2011 Audi A1 Has Nothing On The 1999 Audi A2

Twelve years is a long time for people, but for cars it’s a coon’s age. In other words, it’s about two car-lifetimes. Just for some perspective, 12 years ago, there was no Google, no Facebook, YouTube, iPod, nor iPhone. The .com bubble had peaked but most people didn’t know it yet and many were buying [...]

Tangential Treatise #2: The Bentley Continental Finally Makes Sense, Marks The End Of An Era

I recently attended the 2010 Edmonton Motor Show where I saw the usual wares from the usual manufacturers. None of this was terribly exciting. The Canadian auto show circuit is now withering away, signalling the renewed cyclical scapegoatism that the motor car periodically enjoys. It will be years before the internal combustion engine is de-villified [...]

Tangential Treatise #0: Why You Should Care (And Worry) About The 2010 Mercedes GP Formula 1 Team

It would be too easy to assume that Ross Brawn, despite the driver in the seat, is a sufficiently brilliant strategist to conjure up Formula 1 victories from nothing more than willpower. Mr. Brawn is that special. To say nothing of his newest driver, one fourty-one year old Michael Schumacher, the umpteen-time World Champion. Reuniting [...]

Playing Chicken with a Praguian Tram in a Weismann GT MF4

What I’m sure started out as an innocent enough evening in Prague, Czech Republic soon turned into a night that would become legen-… wait for it… and I hope you’re not lactose intolerant because the second half of that word is DAIRY! (Due credit to Barney from HIMYM). The ill-logic of tempting the grim reaper’s bony finger [...]

The Only Car You’ll Ever Need, On Mars: The Porsche 911 GT3

We all have dream garages full of Ferraris, Zondas, and Spada Cadatroncas, but what if you could only have one car in your life. What would you choose? Before you answer, I’m going to answer for you, because, quite simply, you were about to choose the wrong car. Let me tell you about the only [...]