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Happy 1st Birthday CarEnvy! on Nov 7, 2009 in News In October, 2008, from the dark and twisted mind of Emmet Gibney (founder) sprang forth the idea for a website. While not his first foray into web design, this new website would be a little different, a little special. It would be about cars. There w...

SEMA: Ringbrothers Fairlane Afterburner! on Nov 6, 2009 in News aftermarket Las Vegas Ringbrothers Fairlane Afterburner SEMA 2009 At the strange and wonderful SEMA, held every year in Las Vegas to showcase the aftermarket performance scene, you’re likely to come across some pretty grotesque offences to good taste. The flavour of the day this year is the 2010 Chevy Camaro...

Review: Ferrari 458 Italia on Nov 6, 2009 in Video Autocar UK Ferrari 458 Italia review test drive video review Don’t let the title fool you, this is an Autocar UK review. CarEnvy’s review should be up sometime in the next… 10 years? In the meantime, we have this, the first video review of the 458 Italia. While hardly the most entertaining re...

Citroën C6 and Sean Connery on Nov 5, 2009 in Video 007 Citroen C6 Jeremy Clarkson Sean Connery Top Gear The Citroën C6, renowned for its sublime ride quality and its departure from Citroën’s ergonomically eccentric past, once a Double-Oh for a spokesman. While we don’t know when this advertisement was made, it’s still a classy piece...

Revealed: 2011 Porsche Boxter Spyder on Nov 5, 2009 in News Convertible LA Auto Show Porsche Boxter Porsche Boxter S Porsche Boxter Spyder Porsche just sent out this press release of a new model that has all of the usual improvements. It's lighter (lightest actually), faster (4.6 0-100), and slightly more powerful (10 horsies), but that's actually not what I care about. The Boxter S is...

Hyundai’s Cheapeast PR Coup Ever on Nov 5, 2009 in Found on the Interwebs Video elantra touring Hyundai hyundai canada Hyundai Elantra Touring todd jamison Toronto You probably recall our post last week about how Canada houses the worst parker in the world? Likewise, you probably recall our mention that Hyundai presented one of the unfortunate victims of this Toronto blight with a shiny new Elantra. Here’...

How Hard Can It Be? 1981 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am SE on Nov 4, 2009 in Features Burt Reynolds General Lee Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Jerry Reed Kevin Smith Pontiac Firebird Trans Am Smokey and the Bandit If you were a young man born any time between 1968 and 1973, you were actually a product of the very late 1970s and the 1980s. You see, you may have been born earlier, but you gained consciousness later on. Thusly, you are fully aware of epic televis...