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Welcome to Globe Drive, where you'll find auto news, features, blogs and videos about cars and drivers. Here are a few of our favourite stories from the week.

Globe journalist's son crashes $180,000 Porsche

Peter Cheney's take on mixing an expensive sports car, a curious teen and a garage door - with disastrous results. Click here for photos of the aftermath, and a video explaining what happened.

Sexy, topless - and expensive

When did convertibles become the (almost) exclusive playthings of the wealthy? Click here to see the best in topless driving.

Pedestrians vs. cars: Can't we all just get along?

Curb strutters take note, the evil eye is no cure for driver incompetence, writes Road Sage Andrew Clark.

Unique and quirky, just like his car

Aaron Douglas, best known for his role as Chief Tyrol on Battlestar Galactica, chooses cars that are safe and solid - and don't require any mechanical assistance from him.

New Saab models coming this fall

The Swedish brand confirmed that it plans to distribute cars in Canada and the U.S., although the Canadian dealer lineup has not been finalized.

Full charge ahead for Canadian venture

Green Highway: Toronto entrepreneur Steve Dallas built his little electric car company from the ground up.

One reader has a bone to pick with minivan buyout

Dogged determination will collar her a better deal on what she really needs: a cargo van. In their weekly What Car? column, Jeremy Cato and Michael Vaughan help a reader who is being misled.

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