Dream Car Garage
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| Dream Car Garage | |
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| Starring | Peter Klutt Co-hosts: Tom Hnatiw (2002-08) Ron Fellows (2008-10) |
| Country of origin | Canada |
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| Running time | 30 minutes |
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| Network | Mentv (2002, 2004, 2005) Speed Channel (2005?-2008) SUN TV (2009-) |
Dream Car Garage is a weekly television show produced by Westward Wind Productions for 11 seasons. The series is produced in Halton Hills, Ontario. Its host is Peter Klutt, a car enthusiast and the owner of Legendary Motorcar Ltd. Many of the vehicles featured in the show come from the Legendary Motorcar Company. From 2002 to 2008 Klutt's co-host was motor journalist and race announcer Tom Hnatiw. After his retirement Hnatiw was succeeded in 2009 by television personality Michelle Jobin for two seasons. Jobin's successor from 2011 on has been comedian Marni Van Dyk. The Canadian racing driver Ron Fellows was an occasional guest co-host from 2008 to 2010.
Regular features
The show focuses on what it considers to be the dream cars of the regular, "everyday man". It features a Classic Dream Car segment (presented by Klutt), which centers around an older car that would appeal to collectors or simply a nostalgic buyer, as well as a Modern Dream Car segment (presented by Hnatiw) which involves a modern supercar or high-performance vehicle.
Every season, the team chooses an old or broken down car and repairs/tunes it for the show.
- The Pro Shop: Features fabrication and assembly tips.
- Pro Drivers tips (2009-): Features performance driving tips by professional racer.
- The Collectors (2009-): Features dream car collector.
Specials
Some of the one-hour-long special episodes of the TV show include:
- Old School Corvette Racer, a documentary on turning a 1960s Chevrolet Corvette into a modernized racer, and putting it into a vintage race series;
- Small Block Shootout, which compares small-block muscle cars;
- Muscle Car Shootout, which compares 7 big-block muscle cars (including LS6 Chevrolet Chevelle, Pontiac GTO Judge, Hurst Olds / 455 H.O., Buick GSX, Boss 429 Ford Mustang and AMC AMX);