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• Enthusiast's Corner | Hot Hatchbacks From The 1980’s: Up high where the air is crisp

  

  Hot hatchbacks were the best automotive development ever. That’s a heady statement considering all the vehicle developments in the auto industry over the past hundred plus years. The mini van, the hybrid power train, and the sumptuous exotic can’t hol

  by themotoringenthusiastjournal - December 10, 2011

• Enthusiast's Corner | Japanese Nostalgic Vehicles: The next trend in classic cars

  

  Lately I have become obsessed with older Japanese vehicles otherwise know as Japanese nostalgic cars. And not because I own one, it just sort of happened for me since I have owned my RX-7 seemingly forever now. If you have read my story about Ten Cars I

  by themotoringenthusiastjournal - December 10, 2011

• Events | British Car Day 2010: The Confessions of a Closet British Car Nut

  

  Don’t tell anyone but I secretly love British cars, old British sports cars. I adore the smells, the lines of their bodies and the symphony of sounds trumpeting from their tail pipes. Yet I keep this particular passion a secret...

  by themotoringenthusiastjournal - December 10, 2011

• Events | AutoMotion 2010: Brockville Riverfront Car Show

  

  One of the highlights in the city of Brockville every summer is the AutoMotion car show that takes place on picturesque Blockhouse Island along the St. Lawrence River. This year marks the 24th year of this show that attracts all kinds of vehicles from Hot

  by themotoringenthusiastjournal - December 10, 2011

• Driver's Seat | Volvo 200 Series: An Unappreciated Classic

  

  The Volvo 240 a classic? Well this Swedish brick has all the makings of a classic. For one thing the 200 series of automobiles were hugely popular cars for Volvo with approximately 2.8 million coupes, sedans, wagons and special editions produced from 1974

  by themotoringenthusiastjournal - December 10, 2011

• Enthusiast's Corner | Ten Vehicles I’d Love to Own

  

  Making a list of the ten cars that I would love to own was surprisingly difficult. It wasn’t so much an issue of having too many vehicles to choose from. Just the opposite, it was hard for me to come up with ten. How can that be? With thousands of makes

  by themotoringenthusiastjournal - December 10, 2011

• Vehicles | 2003 Mazda Protege LX 2.0

  

  I must say that I am quite proud of the deal that I got on this 2003 Mazda. Honestly I needed another vehicle just as much as a serious case of scabies or gout, but since two of our three cars are useless in the winter months and I no longer have a compan

  by themotoringenthusiastjournal - December 10, 2011

• News & Events: 2009 British Car Day

  

  Growing up I lived in a household with parents who had a love for British vehicles. Even my mother who really doesn’t admit to being a car enthusiast always wanted a British Racing Green late 60’s early 70’s MGB with wire wheels. We never owned a Br

  by themotoringenthusiastjournal - December 10, 2011

• News & Events: 2009 SVTOA Redline Rendezvous

  

  The Redline Rendezvous is an annual Canadian Regional on track driver education event hosted by the SVTOA Toronto chapter. The event is run by Track Guys Performance Driving Events and focuses on developing performance driving techniques with professional

  by themotoringenthusiastjournal - December 10, 2011

• 1985 Mazda RX-7 GSL

  

  n the summer of 1991 when my parents surprised me by allowing me to buy my own car, I immediately bought the weekly Auto Trader magazine to start my car search. There was a list of vehicles that I had in the back of my mind that I wanted and thought would

  by themotoringenthusiastjournal - December 10, 2011