Automakers post strong U.S. sales through November
Americans proved last month that they’re head over heels about small sport utility vehicles. They also wanted to buy more than just video game consoles and big-screen TVs on Black Friday. November auto...
View ArticleHonda teases mean-looking Civic WTCC racecar
As if the 2015 Civic Type-R isn’t mean enough, Honda has teased its next-gen World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) racer. We don’t see much of the WTCC in North America, but the race series is wildly...
View ArticleThe High Road: Toy car story fit for kids of all ages
The privileges of fatherhood are many and varied. A repertoire of corny jokes suddenly pops into your head. You develop uncanny Dad Strength, and gain secret and arcane knowledge about exterior...
View ArticleLooking back at five generations of Mustang
Surviving a half-century in new car showrooms is quite an accomplishment. That’s exactly what Ford will be celebrating in April 2014 with the introduction of its new, sixth-generation Mustang 2+2...
View ArticleCollector Classics: Pegaso
The Spanish sports car built by Pegaso is not exactly a household name so you will be forgiven if you have not heard of it. The company name was derived from Greek mythology and the flying horse...
View ArticlePagani Huayra is so perfect in this video, we write haikus
This 13-minute video detailing Horacio Pagani’s latest work of art, the Pagani Huayra, makes us desperately wish we could have it. Like, right now. Debuted in 2011, the $1.3-million hypercar is a...
View ArticleCalifornia Dreaming in a Bentley Conti
LOS ANGELES – At the corner of Washington and Pacific Ave. in Venice Beach, a girlfriend and I are devising an action plan. There’s a Ghost White (with a pearlescent sheen) Bentley Continental GT V8 in...
View ArticleRoad Test: 2014 Fiat 500L
It’s definitely Euro-chic, and it has a great little engine. The Fiat 500L is an Italian-inspired Serbian-manufactured compact five-door people mover that’s making waves in North America, delightfully...
View ArticleWomen at the Wheel: Jeannie McCracken
VANCOUVER – Sixteen years ago, Jeannie McCracken was looking to shift gears with her then current employment. “I was looking at the classified ads in the Province newspaper!” Jeannie says ironically...
View ArticleChevrolet Corvette Z06 teased ahead of Detroit debut
It’s yellow, it’s fast and it’s a Corvette: GM has confirmed the high-performance Z06 will make its debut at the North American International Auto Show in January. GM hasn’t said much about what will...
View ArticleOfficial reveal: Introducing the 2015 Ford Mustang
Keep scrolling! We have more videos, photos and a poll… DEARBORN, MICH. — The number of automotive nameplates that have stuck around as long as the Ford Mustang are few and far between. In its...
View ArticleGM pulling the plug on Chevrolet from European market
General Motors is pulling its Chevy brand out of Europe, reversing a decade-old sales strategy, as a revival at the carmaker’s Opel and Vauxhall divisions beats the U.S. nameplate’s performance in the...
View ArticleProduction Lexus LF-NX headed to Geneva Motor Show
A production-ready version of Lexus‘ edgy small crossover, the LF-NX concept, might debut at the Geneva Motor Show this March. The CUV hasn’t been given a name just yet, but AutoExpress reports Lexus...
View ArticlePreview: Porsche 918 Spyder
MONTEREY, CALIF. — With its price chasing upwards of US$845,000, Porsche has changed the sales and marketing approach for 918 Spyder prospective buyers so that it’s exclusive to the world’s population...
View ArticleGallery: A look at what could’ve been the 2015 Mustang
Unless you live under a rock, you have a pretty good idea of what the official 2015 Ford Mustang looks like. Just like leaks, speculative renders are impossible to avoid, and the ‘Stang was no...
View ArticleInfiniti hints at high-performance Q50 for Detroit Auto Show
Pushing the performance envelope even further than its IPL division, Infiniti will debut a Formula One-inspired variant of the Q50 sedan at the upcoming North American International Auto Show in...
View ArticleAudi crossover concept confirmed for Detroit debut
Audi has teased a new crossover concept, known only as the “show car”, ahead of its debut at next month’s North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Audi is referring to this two-door concept...
View ArticleRoad test: 2014 BMW S1000R
PALMA DE MAJORCA, Spain — It’s really quite amazing how tractable a highly tuned engine can be, depending, of course, on who’s doing the tuning. Exiting hairpins at barely 2,000 rpm, there’s so much...
View ArticleRoad Test: 2014 Toyota Sienna XLE
Some of the fondest memories I have from my youth involve riding in the back of my family’s Pontiac station wagon. This enormous, steel-bodied land yacht stretched over five metres in length and...
View ArticleRoad Trips: Another road puzzle
Who was the woman in the passenger’s seat of the Peugeot in Chile with whom my driving partner fell in love? When I approached the toll plaza at the MacDonald Bridge in Halifax, I kept to the right as...
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