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Low interest rates, growing economy drive strong vehicle sales
The North American economy continues to bounce back from the last major recession and nowhere is that more evident than at new car dealerships. Sales of new cars and trucks across Canada increased...
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A thousand-klick test in a baby Benz
I’m pretending I don’t know much about the fire-engine red vehicle parked outside, awaiting its 10-hour road trip from Halifax to Quebec City. I’m going to hop in and come up with a list of five things...
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Hybrid Highway: Racers, start your batteries!
Veteran watchers of Formula 1 could be forgiven if they were fretfully cranking the volume on their TV remote at the start of the 2014 season. Gone was the guttural howl of the 2.4-litre V8 that...
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On The Road: Making horsepower in the 21st Century
Suck, squeeze, bang and blow. While it sounds somewhat naughty, those four words accurately describe the various stages of how power is made in the internal combustion engine. Fuel and air delivery =...
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The way Google envisions a driverless future is at odds with automakers
Google, with its vision for a future where cars drive themselves, is putting itself at odds with an auto industry that shares its desire for safer, less-congested roads — yet won’t abide the...
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Toyota teases C-HR hybrid crossover ahead of Paris Motor Show
Toyota will use this year’s Paris Motor Show to unveil an all-new hybrid crossover concept. Slotting below the RAV4, the C-HR will be a subcompact crossover which Toyota says will introduce a new...
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Team Roll With It Racing involved in collision at Targa Newfoundland
Rick Bye and Brian Donato, the two Targa Newfoundland competitors behind Roll With It Racing, were involved in an accident at yesterday’s event. The collision occurred during yesterday’s Prologe event....
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Range Rovers feel right at home in gruelling Great Divide
OURAY, Colorado — The air is thin at this altitude, and sharp enough to cut right through you. But that’s not the only reason we’re breathless, looking across the basin far below, silenced by the...
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Jay Leno drives Roger Moore’s old Volvo P1800
Everyone loves movie cars, and while we’ve all seen clones of the General Lee and the Back to the Future DeLorean, this 1967 Volvo P1800 is a lesser known movie star. This exact car was driven by Roger...
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SUV Review: 2015 Mitsubishi Outlander GTS-AWD
Overview Competent and spacious all-wheel drive CUV Pros Excellent sightlines and well thought-out cabin Cons Six-speed gearbox could use one or two more cogs Value for money Good What would I change?...
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Kia looking to add sportier, all-wheel-drive models to Soul lineup
Although the Nissan Cube was put out to pasture recently, Kia has no intentions of pulling the plug on the funky and boxy Soul hatchback. In fact, as new rumours have it, the Korean automaker is...
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Ontario’s Cobble Beach show stuns with classics of all kinds
Packard, Auburn, Cord, Duesenberg and Isotta Fraschini marques were all represented at the second annual Cobble Beach Concours d‘Elegance with 114 exotic and special interest vehicles displayed on the...
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Did the new Fiat 500X just leak ahead of its debut?
Fiat’s latest crossover, the 500X, is destined to debut next month in Paris. But if this new image is any indication, we now have an idea of what we can expect. The single image comes from the forums...
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SUV Review: 2014 Honda Pilot Touring
Overview A large, practical family hauler Pros Generous interior space, plenty of storage capacity Cons A bit long in the tooth Value for money On par with competitors What would I change? Overhaul...
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Pros and Cars: The real estate agent and her Range Rover
Welcome to Pros and Cars, a new video series that explores how people’s cars help them do their jobs. In each installment, we try to find out a few things: Why a professional picked the car they did...
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Low interest rates, growing economy drive strong vehicle sales
The North American economy continues to bounce back from the last major recession and nowhere is that more evident than at new car dealerships. Sales of new cars and trucks across Canada increased...
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Car Review: 2015 Volkswagen Golf 1.8 TSI Comfortline
Overview Volkswagen celebrates 40 years of Golf with an all-new generation Pros Thoroughly Germanic driving experience; premium interior furnishings; fuel-efficient and fun turbo-four Cons Conservative...
View ArticleHighlights from the 2014 Goodwood Revival
This weekend, we had the Cobble Beach Concours d’Elegance. While it was definitely worth the drive up to the windy shores of Georgian Bay at this time of year, it wasn’t the only classic car-centric...
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Bentley unveils torque-loving Mulsanne Speed
How much torque is too much in a car? If Bentley’s new Mulsanne Speed is any indication, revealed ahead of this year’s Paris Motor Show, there is simply no such thing. Powered by a twin-turbocharged...
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Video shows off 1970 Dodge Charger from Fast & Furious
If you live your life a quarter-mile at a time, or just really like movie cars or muscle cars in general, you’ll be very pleased to watch this video. The folks at The Aficionauto have profiled the...
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