By Mark Atkinson for MSN Autos

Ah, summer. There's nothing quite like being able to cruise around with the windows down, enjoying the warm weather and appreciating the freer-flowing traffic. Summer radio is also quite different too. Songs are lighter, more energetic. Playlists are chosen to get your head bobbing and your hands tapping, to put you in a great mood for whatever lies around the proverbial corner.

I had that experience this week. With my press car's radio tuned to XM's '90s on 9', the introductory brass band chords to DJ Kool's 'Let Me Clear My Throat' came through the speakers. Bringing back memories of my younger days, I turned up the volume past painful to downright obnoxious. It didn't matter... that reaction happens every time, and I just can't fight it.

So what tune gets you jazzed? What song just makes you smile every time you hear it?

By Mark Atkinson, MSN Autos

While Canada has a bright history of vehicles designed and sold here exclusively, there were some efforts that didn’t go so well. Perhaps the most notable is the Bricklin SV-1, a futuristic, fibreglass, gullwing-doored coupe designed in the early ‘70s.

If Bricklin sounds familiar, that’s because it’s the brainchild of Malcolm Bricklin, the American businessman credited with successfully importing Subaru cars to North America in the mid-‘60s. His other efforts, like importing Fiat X1/9 as Bertone, bringing Yugo to North America, and even attempting to bring Chinese automaker Chery to the U.S. in 2004, were less so.