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It’s all in the detailing
I wash plenty of cars and some time ago while going at a few-years-old Dodge Caliber, I considered how washing cars, getting to know them through a little tender loving care, is such an enjoyable part...
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Car Review: 2014 Mini Cooper S
Age is supposed to bring wisdom to our former impetuous selves. And, with said wisdom, one is supposed to put down the follies of youth and act in something approaching a responsible manner. Indeed,...
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Car Review: 2014 Dodge Dart GT
There is an awful lot of variety out there in the automotive world, as consumers can select from minute micro-cars to gigantic leviathan SUVs. However, there is still a large segment of the Canadian...
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Dodge could give Charger sedan the Hellcat treatment, report says
After driving the absolutely insane, tire-melting Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat, we’re happy to hear about a report from Road and Track that says the automaker is working on a Hellcat version of its...
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Classic car buff treasures the one that didn’t get away
It was a restoration gone very wrong. The year was 1987 and Angela Holbrook had moved to Vancouver from Chatham, Ont., where she had left her beloved 1937 Dodge two-door sedan with a fellow car club...
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On The Road: Gorgeous Goat
When Calgarian Curtis Smith dragged home a basketcase 1966 Pontiac GTO, his wife Sheree Wittman gave him an ultimatum: The car couldn’t be a multi year project. “Finish it in two years, or find another...
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Avocado green? What car colours say about us
Do you care what colour your car is? The most popular car colour in the world is white, according to PPG Industries, the biggest automotive paint supplier. For 2013, a whopping 25% of vehicles they...
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Overabundance of utility companies a roadblock to electric cars: experts
Ontario’s overabundance of utility firms may pose a major roadblock to the province’s plan to boost electric car ownership, some experts say. The experts say Ontario’s 75 independently operated...
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Restoring old Aston Martins is painstaking work
NEWPORT PAGNELL, England — In retrospect, it probably wasn’t that smart an idea. That is to say, put a couple of auto writers in a $200,000 V12-powered, right-hand-drive Aston Martin Vantage S and let...
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Toyota Supra/BMW Z4 successor to be a hybrid with turbo four-cylinder: report
A few powertrain details have been leaked about one of the most highly anticipated future cars: The joint hybrid sports car project from BMW and Toyota. The car, which was announced two years ago and...
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2016 SVT Mustang spied lapping the Nurburgring
The German hills were alive with the sound of V8 music as Touri Clips caught this undercover Ford Mustang lapping the infamous Nurburgring. The mystery Mustang wearing heavy camouflage sports a more...
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Five discontinued cars we’ll miss (and five we won’t)
As the saying goes, nothing good lasts forever. It’s an unfortunate facet of life that applies to stuff like KFC’s Double Down sandwich, your favourite shirt and cars. Some nameplates have been around...
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BMW to offer faster battery chargers for i3 owners
BMW, the world’s biggest maker of luxury vehicles, is offering drivers of the i3 city car speedier and smaller auto-battery chargers in an effort to make driving electric vehicles more practical. The...
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Bike Review: 2014 Suzuki V-Strom 1000
Towards the east, dark clouds are forming. The kind of clouds you learn about in science class that only cause trouble, like a devious individual, or an adult whose drive-thru order wasn’t executed...
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European jury unveils 32 candidates for 2015 Car of the Year
A jury of 58 automotive journalists from Europe have unveiled its 32 candidates for the 2015 Car of the Year. The candidates are (in alphabetical order): Audi TT, BMW 2 Series Active Tourer, BMW 2...
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Big Rigs: Vancouver ports improving
VANCOUVER – Almost every time I pull my big rig into one of the major Vancouver area container ports I find myself humming a top hit from 1977. Sometimes I’m even singing out loud, but only in the...
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Road Trips: The Great Indian World Trip
‘We are 50,000 kilometres into it now, only 20,000 to go.” Tushar Agarwal seems matter-of-fact about The Great Indian World Trip. “We’ve done Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Africa, so now we only...
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Collector Classics: Cadillac Dreams
VANCOUVER – For sawmill worker Dick Spink, 1964 was going to be the year he purchased the Cadillac Coupe de Ville he dreamed about. A friend had one that he just loved and, if the friend would have...
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Car Review: 2014 Nissan Sentra
Overview Front-wheel-drive compact sedan feels underpowered but is priced competitively Pros More interior space and trunk room than most competitors, and much better pricing Cons Needs more power...
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B.C. phasing in new 120 km/h limit on some major highways
VANCOUVER – Travelers on some of British Columbia’s major highways take note: your eyes aren’t deceiving you, posted speed limits along some sections have gone up. You might have heard recently the...
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