Car FYI

Clip of Possum Van during a Red Green Show season 1 scene transition.  It could be argued that the car someone regularly drives can be reflective of their personality. The level of character traits found in our automobiles can range from subtle to flamboyant as practicality, style, power, brand loyalty and other details are factors influencing our vehicle affection. On the big screen and silver screen, an automobile (frequently popularized as a Star Car) can be used to affirmatively to expand on a human character. Batman’s Batmobile, the Dodge Charger called the ‘General Lee’ in Dukes of Hazzard, the Volvo P1800 featured in the 1960s television version of The Saint, the Aston Martin DB5 driven by James Bond in some of the most famous spy movies are some popular examples where vehicles play a major role in reinforcing the appearance of fictional individuals. Due to the budgetary constraints of Canadian media productions, the presence of native Star Cars is rare. However, one success...

Photo Credit: Chris Nagy The 2020 NTT IndyCar Series promises to be a richly contended auto racing organization consisting of 17 rounds. A season set to start later this month, the top open wheel competition in North America has the opportunity to deliver some exciting, new possibilities for what viewers may see on track. Although many IndyCar fans will likely prepare to attend at least one race for 2020, television remains the most obtainable way to catch the racing action between drivers including defending series champion Josef Newgarden, Scott Dixon, Will Power as well as Canadians James Hinchcliffe and series newcomer Dalton Kellett. For 2020, the racing tour’s loyal fans in Canada are being granted the chance to follow the NTT IndyCar Series with greater access compared to a much-loathed 2019 TV package. On February 28th, the IndyCar Series announced they have re-entered an agreement with Sportsnet to be the exclusive Canadian broadcaster for the 2020 season. T...

Almost a year has past since Canadian car enthusiasts were delivered the awful truth that  Speed channel would no longer be brought into our cable-connected homes . Since Speed had degenerated into a channel consisting largely of repeated broadcasts, the only loss came with the broadcast of some motorsport events and the Barrett-Jackson auction. While 2014 dealt a raw deal to the motoring faithful in this country, 2015 is granting us an immediate sense of invigoration. This week, one of those programs lost to Canadians is airing with cooperation of a brand-new broadcast partnership with Discovery. Early in 2015, Canada has yielded one reward of this pairing as Discovery World and later the main Discovery channel is delivering Barrett-Jackson Classic Car Auction coverage to us above the 49th parallel . Additionally on Tuesday (ahead of Discovery World's first broadcast of the auction), it was announced Canadians will feel a sense of velocity...

Starting this Monday in Scottsdale, Arizona, millions of dollars in rare and exotic vehicles will be changing hands with the drop of a gavel. For 2015, the 44th Barrett-Jackson Classic Car Auction will provide bidders the chance to acquire vintage vehicles dating back to a 1903 Ford Model A , a brand-new first production unit Ford Shelby GT350 Mustang  and countless customized or modified cars. As much as the Barrett-Jackson Classic Car Auction is coveted by car buyers with large bank accounts, the event provides the public with a sight of some cars we rarity ever observe. Barrett-Jackson regularly sells general admission tickets to their auctions just for car gazers. For those unable to flee to the usual warmth of Arizona, television viewers have been presented with treat of watching the Barrett-Jackson Classic Car Auctions for multiple hours of live coverage on Speed. From 1997 to 2014, the car auction emerged as one of the ...