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Road trips: Recent honour recalls hardware hauls of the past
Trophies are good and I got one last week. Well, it’s actually a plaque from the Maritime Motorsport Hall of Fame for one of my four vehicles that are temporarily housed in their very cool, eclectic...
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk frees up patents to expand EV market
Elon Musk, Tesla Motors Inc.’s outspoken co-founder and chief executive officer, said the maker of Model S electric sedans is making all its patents public in a bid to expand drivers’ adoption of...
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New, lighter BMW M4 signals M brand is finally going back to its roots
For the record, my favourite car — at least before Audi’s RS7 came along — was BMW’s 1992 M5. Twenty years is a long time for any car to hold the attention of a spoiled-to-the-bone autojournalist, but...
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Cam’s show ’n’ shine: Taking Dad to a car show great way to celebrate...
There is no way I could keep up if every weekend was like last weekend. Friday night I was at my old high school’s annual car show, and the next morning fellow photographer Ken Sanders and I headed up...
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SUV Review: Land Rover LR4
The Land Rover LR4 made its debut in our marketplace with the 2010 model as a replacement for the outgoing LR3, and for 2014 there have been significant styling and powertrain revisions to the popular...
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Father-and-son team turn hobby into a big event
Jason Heard is all smiles and enthusiasm leaning on the fender of a beautiful modified 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible. It is one of an estimated 125 collector vehicles to be auctioned at next...
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Translating wants into Harley reality
AUSTIN, Texas “I remember the first time I was on a motorcycle,” Jen Gersch recounts. “Our family went camping with friends from church, and I think I was five-years old. They put me on the gas tank on...
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Ode to automobiles: Music keeps rollin’
“I got that green light, baby. I got to keep movin’ on. Well, I might go out to California. Might go down to Georgia, I don’t know.” ~ JJ Cale. This lovely lyric comes through the speakers as I’m...
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On The Road: Car Show for Cancer
How best to communicate with men about men’s health issues? Six years ago, that was the question posed by the Prostate Cancer Canada Network Calgary Society (PCCN Calgary). The answer they arrived at...
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Kentucky’s Corvette museum sees uptick in visitors since sinkhole
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — For years, just enough hardcore classic car lovers and curious travellers wandered through the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky to keep the doors open. Now, . Visitors are as...
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Ford lowers fuel economy ratings on six models
Ford is revising fuel economy ratings for six models, including most of its 2013 and 2014 hybrid lineup, as well as 2014 Fiesta subcompacts. The adjustments come after Ford discovered issues with its...
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GM recalling more than 500,000 Chevy Camaros in North America
GM, which before today had already recalled almost 14 million vehicles in the U.S. this year, is calling back 511,528 current-generation Chevrolet Camaros in North America. The biggest U.S. automaker...
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McLaren officially announces track-spec P1 GTR
Following a seemingly endless array of rumours, McLaren has finally confirmed a P1 GTR is on the way. With a name harkening back to its predecessor more than two decades ago, McLaren says production of...
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Weekly Roundup: Most popular stories and new car reviews
Most popular stories: 5. Gallery: Unique police cars from around the world: No pair of headlights is more intimidating than that of the Ford Crown Victoria, but Italy’s Lamborghini Huracan might shake...
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Father’s Day Gallery: Our cool dads and their old cars
My dad has always been a passionate car guy. My whole life, I’ve always known my dad to like two things: Cars and classical music. When my mom and dad first arrived in Canada in 1974, the first car...
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Gallery: Spectacular things we saw at LeMans
The 24 Hours of LeMans is the world’s longest-running and oldest car race. Held at the Circuit de la Sarthe near the town of LeMans, France, the grueling endurance race has been an annual event since...
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Mercedes-Benz unveils upcoming AMG GT engine
Earlier this year, Mercedes-Benz announced the SLS AMG’s days are numbered, but the sadness didn’t last long because the German automaker is hard at work with its successor, the Mercedes-AMG GT....
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2015 Ford Mustang isn’t as heavy as originally expected
Last week, Ford tuner Steeda Autosports said the upcoming Mustang will be anywhere between 200 to 300 pounds heavier than the outgoing model. As it turns out, that might not be the case. According to...
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A few Mazda MX-5s were harmed in the making of this story
Young Harris, GA — As a happy-go-lucky, fun, wind-in-your-face and affordable roadster, the Mazda MX-5 (nee Miata) is about as good as it gets. As a road-gripping all-weather warrior facing nature’s...
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Gallery: Old and new exotics invade Father’s Day car show
June has to be one of the busiest months for a gear head. On top of events like the Montreal Grand Prix and the 24 Hours of Le Mans, car shows and meets are aplenty, including the annual Yorkville...
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