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AJAC names category winners for Car of the Year Awards
Hyundai, Porsche, Subaru and Mercedes-Benz all have double wins at the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada’s (AJAC) “best new” Canadian Car of the Year Awards for 2015. AJAC announced the...
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Top 10 great cars with unfortunately ugly looks
For those of you who still remember books, a wise person once said you should never judge one by its cover. The same bit of wisdom applies to when you’re shopping for a new vehicle, too. Despite their...
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Hits and misses: AJAC’s Car of the Year winners since 1985
Walking away with top honours from the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC) is far from a simple task. It’s one of the most respected accolades out there, and it takes a lot for a...
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Automakers join forces to track down cause of exploding air bag inflators
DETROIT — Automakers that sell cars equipped with air bags made by Takata Corp. are teaming up to investigate why the bag’s inflators can explode with too much force and spew shrapnel into the...
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Car Review: 2015 Scion tC
Overview A sporty compact coupe for budget buyers Pros Good performance, sporty handling, usable rear seats, good exterior looks, good fuel economy Cons Feels heavy, cheap-feeling interior quality,...
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High-decibel diet delivers hearing loss
For me, it started a couple years ago. I started having to ask my wife to repeat herself. That, in itself, can be a dangerous request, but I would always take a chance, and go for it. Then it was the...
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Audi planning electric crossover to challenge Tesla
Audi plans to roll out an electric-powered crossover in 2017 to challenge Tesla Motors for wealthy, environmentally conscious consumers. The new model will mark Audi’s first mainstream all-electric...
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Ford F-Series trucks top list of most stolen vehicles in Canada
Ford’s heavy-duty F-Series pickup trucks have once again topped this year’s list of the most stolen vehicles in Canada, according to the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC). Ford’s heavy-duty trucks and...
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Ferrari unveils 1,035-horsepower LaFerrari FXX K in Abu Dhabi
Ferrari is giving a group of its customers the chance to try out a 1,050-horsepower hybrid prototype car that was unveiled in Abu Dhabi at its annual event celebrating the end of the global auto-racing...
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Tesla Model S beats Porsche in owner satisfaction survey
Tesla Motors drivers were more likely than Porsche owners — or anyone else — to say they’d buy their cars again in this year’s edition of the closely watched Consumer Reports buyer survey. Tesla’s...
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When is buying an AWD vehicle right for you?
“Oh, the weather outside is frightful…” As far as many Canadians are concerned, lyricist Sammy Cahn could have stopped penning the words to “Let it Snow” right there. Winter is on its merry way —...
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Takata rejects U.S. demand for nationwide air bag recall
Takata Corp. rejected a U.S. regulator’s demand to expand regional air bag recalls to the entire country, sticking to its piecemeal approach in dealing with a potentially deadly flaw in millions of...
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Car Review: 2015 Volkswagen Golf TDI Highline
Overview Fuel efficient, 5-door hatchback is an attractive, well-built car Pros Great fuel economy, interior fit and finish, exterior styling Cons Lack of diesel fuel availability, turbo lag, low...
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Editors’ Choice: We test 9 family CUVs under $40,000 head-to-head
BOWMANVILLE, Ont. — It’s time the Compact Utility Vehicle got some respect. Enough of the backhanded compliments, the cute names and sneering sobriquets used to describe the CUV. These vehicles deserve...
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James Bond to drive limited-edition Aston Martin in 2015 movie
Aston Martin is developing a limited-edition car for the 2015 James Bond movie Spectre, continuing a 50-year relationship between the luxury-auto manufacturer and the spy-film franchise. The vehicle,...
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Ford ‘working very hard’ on a possible hybrid F-150 pickup
Low gas prices could curb the demand for more fuel-efficient trucks and cars, Ford development chief Raj Nair told the Detroit Free Press. Although Nair admits that the automaker is “working very hard”...
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Honda gets new supplier for parts in air bag recall
Honda signalled a growing rift in its more than 50-year relationship with air-bag maker Takata Corp., as the automaker struggles to contain a crisis that’s killed five motorists in its cars. Honda...
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Here’s what happens when a Volvo XC90 is sent into a ditch
GOTHENBURG, Sweden — It takes weeks to build a car, but mere seconds to render it totally undriveable. True, the assembly process is relatively short, with many lines spitting a new car out every...
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Rain and fog can’t slow down these Nismo racers
FUJI SPEEDWAY, Japan — Rain and drifting fog are hardly ideal conditions to be stretching the legs on any car, let alone those tuned for the track by Nissan’s motorsports division, Nismo. Here, on the...
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Vancouver International Auto Show to get makeover
For the past few years, the most exciting press release leading up to the Vancouver International Auto Show typically revolved around the young art student who had won the poster design contest. To be...
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