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Audi joins Mercedes in narrowing BMW’s luxury car sales lead
Audi’s A3 compact sedan and Mercedes-Benz’s top-of-the-line S-Class model helped the German companies narrow the sales gap with global luxury-car leader BMW in the first half of 2014. Six-month auto...
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BMW could give next-generation X1 the M treatment
With the ever-growing trend towards compact crossovers, BMW could add an M variant to the next-generation X1 compact crossover lineup. Speaking with Australia’s CarAdvice, Jörg Bartels, sales head for...
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Ford issues 6 recalls affecting 101,000 vehicles in North America
Ford is calling back a total of 101,000 vehicles in North America as a result of six separate issues. According to AutoGuide, largest of the six covers 92,000 examples of the Ford Flex, Taurus and the...
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Volvo promises 400 horsepower in next-generation XC90
In a seemingly never-ending tease of its next-generation SUV, Volvo has announced what will lie under the hood of the 2015 XC90. As expected, the powertrains are promising. Volvo says the all-new XC90...
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Proof automakers forgot Canada: Five cars we can’t buy
We get really melancholy when we’re reminded that some of the world’s coolest cars will never be sold on Canadian shores. Like a left-behind middle child, we only get the hand-me-downs from our bigger...
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Car Review: 2015 Subaru WRX STI
Overview A very high-performance compact sedan with all-wheel drive. Pros Lots of power and traction, great styling, comfortable cockpit Cons Power range is above 4,000 rpm, hard to reach the sweet...
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Volkswagen stops sales for some new Golfs, GTIs over steering issue
Volkswagen has ordered dealers in the U.S. and Canada to stop selling some 2015 Golf and GTI hatchbacks temporarily due to a mistake during assembly that could cause steering issues, according to a...
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Nissan quietly discontinues its funky Cube
Nissan Canada will cut the Cube from its lineup of cars, according to a tweet sent out from the automaker’s account: @GoodCarBadCar Yes, the Nissan Cube has been discontinued in Canada.— Nissan Canada...
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What’s it like to be a 16-year-old race car driver?
Like many of us, Samantha Tan learned the fundamentals of car handling in an electric Power Wheels Jeep when she was 6 years old. She fondly recalls driving around the house in it “trying to do...
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Military vehicles enjoying collector renaissance
Their days in battle are far behind them, but vintage military vehicles are drawing plenty of interested fans. When the Military Vehicle Preservation Association displays old Jeeps and trucks, there’s...
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Reader Review: 2014 Toyota Prius V
It’s been almost 15 years since hybrid vehicles hit Canadian roads. And one of the largest players in this field is currently Toyota with its Prius family of hybrid cars, including the wagon-like Prius...
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Callaway Corvette packs 627 horsepower
Aftermarket manufacturer Callaway has managed to extract 627 horsepower and 610 lb.-ft. of torque out of the Corvette’s 6.2-litre V8 engine with the help of a supercharger. The supercharger pokes...
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SUV Review: 2015 Subaru Outback
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Subaru has long laid claim to originating the sport-utility wagon, which is what the Outback was termed when it was first introduced 20 years ago. A jacked-up Legacy wagon and fitted...
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Brighter headlamps could get you into hot trouble
Of all the things we love and hate about our vehicles, one topic is guaranteed to bring strong opinions from almost anyone you ask: headlamps. The views are pretty much divided into two camps; those...
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Women at the wheel: On the right track to rider safety
There’s the expression: If you build it, they will come. But building it usually takes a lot of time and effort. And getting them to come, well, that can also prove to be a challenge. But that didn’t...
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1933 Lincoln Dual Cowl Phaeton: Still unchanged after all these years
The Lincoln Motor Car Company was founded in 1915 by Henry M. Leland and a group of investors. Leland was one of the founders of Cadillac, which came about when a group of investors squeezed Henry Ford...
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The tale of the scorpion: Carlo Abarth’s tiny terrors
On a back alley in a quiet suburb of Calgary, a sun-faded Porsche 356 stands watch over a three-car garage. It’s an ordinary-looking place beside a carefully manicured lawn – but inside, there’s a nest...
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Bugatti’s Veyron successor rumoured to be a hybrid
Seeing that many of the world’s top-tier hypercars now employ a hybrid powertrain, Bugatti may join the hybrid bandwagon with its next car, according to a report from Reuters. Bugatti’s Veyron...
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Five Brazilian cars you probably didn’t know existed
For those who have been living under a rock lately (and somehow have an Internet connection), the World Cup is happening in Brazil right now and it’s a very big deal. Brazil is famous for soccer and...
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Listen to this 1968 Camaro racer make beautiful V8 music
Few things are as romantically dramatic as old race cars. This Trans Am spec 1968 Camaro coughs and sputters to life and can barely idle with such an aggressive cam. It sounds like a dragon made of...
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