Parts Garage 6.4.11

Sometimes a sign like this helps to make someone's day just
that much better. Photo credit guy-sports.com.

Hello car fans and welcome to another day at Semi Slicks. While you're here be sure to vote on this weeks poll: Who makes the best supercars? Are you a fan of the insane Italian supercars? Or do you like the technological wonders from Germany? What about the classiness of the British supercar? Let us know.

Anyways on to the car news.

• For those of you out there who say you would do anything to own a supercar, Jalopnik has a story about a guy who decided he was going to do something radical to get his own supercar garage.
• Also from Jalopnik, Daft Punk is auctioning off their Ferrari in order to help raise money for Japan's disaster relief efforts.
• Automotive News Europe is reporting that Chrysler is looking at a loss on every Fiat 500 they sell.
• Auto123 tells us that Vladimir Putin (yes the prime minister of Russia) has recently been test driving a new Russian car. 
• According to the Boston Globe, Donald Trump will be getting behind the wheel of the Indy 500 pace car.