By John Coyle

Deputy Editor

There were a whole bunch of signs warning the guys from Motor Mavens not to bring cameras into the warehouse where Lexus is storing its new LF-A before the LA Auto Show. Good thing they didn’t care and came equipped with recording gear anyway. Bravo, gentlemen!

By Michael Berenis

Tampa Sports Car Examiner

An excellent video hosted by WyldFantasies on Streetfire.net shows some good back woods fun. Mixing a pond, wooden ramp, old SUV, and a stick of dynamite always makes for a good time. Who needs shopping malls and urban development anyways? Special thanks to WyldFantasies for hosting this awesome video! Check out their profile on StreetFire.net for more awesome footage.

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Danz Custom of Menasha, Wisconsin built this ’69 Camaro in 2006 to look like the Camaro concept that finally made it to production in 2010. Trippy, huh? More pics and the statement from the builder after the jump. Via carpictures

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By John Coyle

Deputy Editor

Wow, if only somebody had seen this coming. Notorious celebrity-spawn/felonious lead foot Nick Hogan has wrecked another car. Unlike last time, nobody was rendered a vegetable, but the fact that he was coming directly from a Los Angeles charity event called Keep It On The Track makes me think the eight months he spent in the slammer for his previous Supra-destroying/best-friend incapacitating incident didn’t make much of an impact. Personally, I don’t care if it was just a fender-bender, because to paraphrase Maverick’s cigar-chomping CO in Top Gun, he’s got to be driving better, and cleaner than the other guy. But the really mind-numbingly stupid element to this story? The organizers of Keep it on the Track have his dumb-ass mug plastered all over the front page of their website. Maybe those jokers have been spending a little too much time at the “dispensaries” that pepper La La Land? Come on, guys! Perez Hilton via Jalopnik

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

What will 2010 GT owners think of this? The new V6 Stang gets bumped up to 305 hp and gets GT brakes, dual exhaust and a six speed manual, too. Oh, and this new pony will get 30 mpg on the freeway. No word on price, but we aren’t expecting a big bump up from the current V6 model. I’m definitely looking forward to hearing official details on the 2011 GT. Gotta love the pony cars wars! More pics and the official press release after the jump!

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By Brian Lohnes

BangShift.com

Last week we brought you video of Larry Larson’s incredible, Hot Rod Drag Week winning 1966 Nova running its first ever 6-second pass at the The Strip in Las Vegas, which is amazing for a 3,500-pound car that is really street driven. Now, to prove the street statement, we’ve got video of Larry cruising the “other” strip in Vegas. We were there to shoot photos and video as Larry hit Fremont St. and Las Vegas Blvd on his way south to the “Welcome to Las Vegas” sign, all just an hour after running 6.934 at 211.59 on Saturday during the PSCA Street Car Super Nationals. See the video and read more about this awesome ride at BangShift.com

By Ben Schaffer

The Real JDM

This is by far the best Gran Turismo game rig ever. Actually it was already one of my favorite E30 M3 BMWs before I even saw the front of it and realized that it is being used to play video games in! Garage Studie is responsible for this masterpiece. I have a feeling I’m going to need to stop by there during an upcoming trip to Japan. See the full Studie shop tour post here.

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By Dan Strohl

Hemmings

The barn finds continue to come in on Hemmings.com, this time it’s a 1940 Ford convertible – once hot rodded with a dual-carb intake and aftermarket heads (Fenton? I can’t tell). Offered out of Newaygo, Michigan, for $5,000. From the seller’s description:

1940 Ford convertible; recently found where it had been parked for over 40 years. The car is a little rough looking but pretty solid and fairly complete. Comes with an extra door. Back in the day it was probably quite a hot rod with a dual carb intake and champion heads. I would love to bring it back to life but have too many projects.

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By Speedhunters

Car Culture At Large

Those of you who’ve been following our coverage from the recent Pro-Am Nationals at Irwindale Speedway will have noticed that Canadian Ian Fournier took the overall spoils at the wheel of his four door ER32 Skyline. Although this type of car is a fairly common site at drifting events in Japan, it’s rarely seen in North America. And this points to an element which differenciates the Canadian Japanese car scene from its American equivalent. Fresh-off-the-boat imported machines are quite plentiful in Canada, as any 15 year old Japanese car can be easily imported into the country.

So it wasn’t too much of a surprise when I spotted this clean RHD 1991 drift spec Onevia, at the Drift Mania West Event this past August in Victoria. For those of you who don’t know the term: Onevia is a mash-up of the words One-Eighty and Silvia. It refers to S13s which started life as Silvias but been converted to 180SX front ends. Continue reading at Speehunters

By Rod Chong

By Jim Brennan

UDMan

Welcome to the CarDomain Obscure Muscle Car Parking Lot, a feature in which we try and introduce you to muscle cars you may never have known about, as well as re-define what a muscle car can be. I received a message from a fan on my Facebook Page (Thanks Richard!) about two V-8 powered muscle cars of the ’70s that were manufactured by Ford and GM. Neither one of these machines were produced for the North American Market, nor were they made for our close cousins down under in Australia. These were locally produced in the country of South Africa, to be certified for racing in a local Production Car series. I will get to the Ford version at another time, but first, let’s discover the Chevrolet Firenza Can-Am 302!

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