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Driven: Morgan 3 Wheeler

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Driven: Morgan 3 Wheeler A twenty-first-century interpretation of a twentieth-century idea. Truth being stranger than fiction, the Morgan Motor Company is officially the largest British-owned carmaker in Britain. Pretty weird stuff for a company that still fashions cars out of ash wood and hand-beaten metal and still operates out of the same set of red brick sheds its founders, an Anglican prebendary and his son, erected in 1918. Even funnier, Morgan has recently reached back into its Edwardian playbook to introduce a new model, the 3 Wheeler, inspired by one of its earliest product lines.

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First Drive: 2012 Hyundai Veloster

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First Drive: 2012 Hyundai Veloster Hyundai’s had plenty of success. Can it have fun? In case you’ve missed the reports from, well, everywhere, Hyundai has been quite successful of late. Since 2008 — about the time industry-wide auto sales jumped off a cliff – the Korean automaker has more than doubled its market share in the United States

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Exclusive: Flyin’ Miata at Targa Newfoundland, Part 5: Stay on target

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Filed under: Aftermarket , Motorsports , Convertible , Budget , Performance , Mazda , Canada It’s a good day to be in the Flyin’ Miata camp. As of the conclusion of Day 3 of competition, both the V8 Roadster and the Supercharged 2006 MX-5 hold the top position in their respective classes. While Keith and Janel Tanner have managed to sling their 430-horsepower machine through Wednesday’s nine stages to take the top slot, Brandon Fitch and I overcame a few small obstacles to zero all of our times through the day. Despite my fat-fingering the egg-timers ahead of the incredibly technical Greenspond stage, we came in just two-seconds outside of dead zero and well within our plus or minus nine-second window

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Exclusive: Flyin’ Miata at Targa Newfoundland, Part 4: Off to Gander

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Filed under: Aftermarket , Motorsports , Convertible , Budget , Performance , Mazda , Canada While I thought that I grasped just how unique and amazing the Targa Newfoundland is in the world of motorsports, the breadth of this event’s character didn’t hit home until I got here. We spent the majority of yesterday’s morning and afternoon tackling stages in and around Gander, a small town about 206 miles north of St. John’s. Despite my completely misinterpreting the route book on stage one and a near miss with an time control, we managed to zero every stage and avoid any penalties, but the two final stages of the day presented a challenge that we weren’t exactly prepared for.

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Flyin’ Miata at Targa Newfoundland, Part 3: Welcome to the jungle

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Filed under: Aftermarket , Motorsports , Convertible , Performance , Mazda , Canada The 2011 Targa Newfoundland is officially underway after three prologue stages on Sunday. As our first real taste of targa competition, the day was instrumental in alerting Brandon Fitch, driver of the number 1680 Flyin’ Miata Supercharged Mazda Miata , and myself to the fact that we had no holy clue as to what we were doing. As a co-driver in the Grand Touring class, it’s my job to make sure that we arrive at the flying finish line as close to our target time as humanly possible. Early in the event, we get to enjoy nice, wide 30-second time windows.

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Flyin’ Miata at Targa Newfoundland, Part 3: Welcome to the jungle

Flyin’ Miata at Targa Newfoundland, Part 3: Welcome to the jungle

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Filed under: Aftermarket , Motorsports , Convertible , Performance , Mazda , Canada The 2011 Targa Newfoundland is officially underway after three prologue stages on Sunday. As our first real taste of targa competition, the day was instrumental in alerting Brandon Fitch, driver of the number 1680 Flyin’ Miata Supercharged Mazda Miata , and myself to the fact that we had no holy clue as to what we were doing. As a co-driver in the Grand Touring class, it’s my job to make sure that we arrive at the flying finish line as close to our target time as humanly possible.

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Flyin’ Miata at Targa Newfoundland, Part 3: Welcome to the jungle