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Officially official: Ken Block teams up with Ford
Back in October, we reported the rumour that Ken Block was planning a new jump. This one would be even more exciting than Travis Pastrana’s New Year’s jump. Block would launch his WRX off Subaru’s ship & transform the black &#...
A towing tale…
Early Summer, 1965. Citation Motors, Bathurst at Vaughn Road. Owner, Barry Rosenberg decides to convoy to Le Circuit for a regional event (can’t remember the organizing club in Quebec). Barry loads up his Ginetta Mk whatever sports car… ...
2010 Mustang videos finish up with Spellbinder
Everyone loves a good illusionist. Here in The Garage, we like one even more when they include something with wheels and an engine. Criss Angel is a big hit with my boys. Angel isn’t the only trick in the Vegas bag though, Steve Wyrick keeps th...
Pony Up! Ford Previews ‘11 Mustang V-6
When your nemesis is a Camaro V-6 that puts out 304hp versus your 210hp, you need to act on that. Although the Mustang was just freshened up for 2010, Ford is addressing the greatest weakness of its base V-6 model with an all new engine for 2011. Co...
Modern Muscle Comparo
Back in the Sixties, Ford launched a new car called the Mustang. That sporty little ride sold like hotcakes and a new category was born. Small when compared to the other barges on the road, Muscle Cars used lightweight bodies with big V-8 engines th...
Lapping with the great pumpkin
Our regular readers will recognize the name Crash Corrigan from his regular comments here in The Garage and the odd bit of event coverage. Like most of our readers (us too) Crash is a certified gearhead. Growing up in the UK, he has had a hankering ...
When you go out in the woods today, you’re in for a big surprise
Today was the absolute best type of Fall day in Ontario. With bright sun and temperatures in the mid teens, it was a great day for getting out and doing the things that make life great. Like washing a press car and heading out for a photo shoot! As ...
And now for something completely different: 2010 Mustang hits the dirt!
The average North American may not realize it, but Ford has a rich history in the sport of performance rallying. In fact, Ford has been winning world championship rally events for at least 40 years and possibly longer. Most of these wins though have...
Ford posts first quarterly profit since 2005!
Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday! While obviously racing is just a small part of Ford’s ongoing plan to dig themselves out from their financial mess, the verve with which they have gone about their racing activities gives some idea how they are a...
Ken Block shows he has The Stuff
With the news that Ken Block is moving to Ford in an effort to tackle the WRC, there are also the naysayers who are determined that he can’t do anything more than showboat. While it is true that the talent pool is pretty deep in Euro rally, Bl...
Loeb wins sixth consecutive WRC title
Citroen’s Sebastien Loeb has won his sixth consecutive driver’s title in the World Rally Championship after winning this past weekend’s Wales Rally GB. Loeb and previous championship leader Mikko Hirvonen were locked in a tight ba...
Ford Fiesta takes on the Tim O’Neil Driving School
Remember a while back we spent a few days with The Raspberry, a Euro spec Ford Fiesta? Well, a couple of Fiesta Movement participants recently took their raspberry, shod it with proper rally rubber and headed to New Hampshire. What is so special in N...
Ken Block and Monster Energy set to switch from Subaru to Ford
We all have fun watching Ken Block wreak havoc at airports, docklands and logging roads and I’m sure he has about 10 times as much fun doing it but let’s not forget there is something larger at stake here. Namely, cubic money. As any rac...
Shutter Speed: My own wheels!
Jumping straight from the cavernous back seat of my old man’s car to when I held a driver’s license in my anxious hands would only bypass some rather wild and hilarious times. My Mother and Father went through a number of interesting cars after ...
Best sounding race car ever: Ford GT40
The following may be a rather embarrassing moment for the driver of this GT40 or perhaps the beast has just been angered by the mistake. Either way, this is one angry sounding monster of internal combustion. Related PostWhat is the best sounding rac...
Ken Block kicks it old school – sort of
We’re become pretty accustomed to DC Shoes boss Ken Block shredding up airports and shipping yards behind the wheel of his Subaru rally car these days. While Block does a masterful job of getting sideways in the awd Subie, can he handle an old ...
A Good Commercial Speaks Volumes Regardless What Language
I don’t speak much Spanish but you don’t need to because Ford did such an awesome job making selling the car. But even more interesting to me is how once again Ford used the allure of a “race” version leaving what I believe to...
Ford Freaks get their freak on in Finland
When we think of drifting, it usually conjures up images of riced out tuner cars, flashy paint jobs and Asian girls with implants. For a group of Finnish Ford fans, it means pulling the hot rod out of the garage and going just a little bit crazy. The...
Mustang Payback: High school student schools his shop teacher
High school student Derek Murrell has one of the coolest auto shop teachers around. Bill Rosenblum is not only a shop teacher, but is also a veteran drag racer who works hard to expose his students to motorsports. Derek thought it would be pretty coo...
Ford continues plan to dominate motorsports in North America
While the other members of the former Big 3 struggle to gain some sort of foothold in the market, Ford looks to be on the upswing in a major way. First they successfully attacked Pikes Peak with the new Fiesta, then they win the X-Games with the same...
Tanner Faust does a little Gymkhana of his own in X Games Fiesta
Unfortunately we didn’t get around to covering Pikes Peak this year, but we’re going to try to stay on top of the X Games. While Ken Block has wowed the world with his wicked Subie slides lately, he’s not the only one who can wheel...
