The five scariest potential race cars you can buy for $500
Perhaps you’ve read our recent article on LeMons racing and are thinking about starting a team. Roaring around the racetrack in a leaky and decrepit racer does sound like a huge amount of fun. (So long...
View ArticleLand Rover to build new Discovery Sport in Brazil
Land Rover has announced at the Sao Paulo Auto Show that its new Discovery Sport will be manufactured in Brazil. According to MotorAuthority, the new plant will be located in Itatiaia. Production,...
View ArticleSUV Review: 2015 Volvo XC60 Platinum
Longtime Driving contributors David Booth and Brian Harper share their thoughts on the 2015 Volvo XC60 Platinum. Needless to say, they don’t always agree: Overview Mid-sized upscale SUV is starting to...
View ArticleRefreshed Huyndai Veloster Turbo to gain dual-clutch automatic
Hyundai is planning to debut a refreshed Veloster next year, promising more than skin-deep changes to the sheet metal. The Korean Car Blog (hat tip to Autos.ca) says the facelifted Veloster will debut...
View ArticleFirst Drive: 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Well this is just [expletive redacted] ridiculous. Welcome to 2014, where premium gasoline is five bucks a gallon, climate change is a growing concern, and the fastest and most...
View ArticleCar Review: 2015 Hyundai Genesis 3.8 Technology
Overview The new Genesis sedan has become Hyundai’s best driving vehicle Pros Velvet-smooth powertrain; feature-laden, finely crafted interior; standard AWD Cons Rivals offer sportier models Value for...
View ArticleThe 9 best vehicles for the Canadian zombie apocalypse
Speaking purely for myself, I’m really looking forward to the coming zombie apocalypse. Just think of it: no line ups at Starbucks, no more “Beliebers” on Twitter, a huge reduction in traffic, and if...
View ArticleFirst Drive: 2015 Dodge Charger
SUMMIT POINT, Virginia – The perp’s in a red R/T with Michigan plates. He’s cracking the ton through here, hitting 104, 105, 106 miles an hour and climbing. Nice try pal, but you ain’t running from the...
View ArticleOn The Road: Determination trumps Sanity
Drop the gauntlet, and Harry Reding of Calgary is sure to take up the challenge. An off the cuff remark at a Dodge Brothers Club (DBC) meeting in 2012 had Reding and his wife, Debbie, driving their...
View ArticleCar Review: 2015 Cadillac CTS VSport
Overview Rorty, not quite luxury performance sedan with decent moves and a lovely engine Pros Torquey, sophisticated engine, adept handling, low price tag compared with competition Cons Abrupt shifting...
View Article‘Briefly’ leaving a child in the car? A lot can happen
It’s when temperatures hit sweltering heights that we usually start reading horrific stories about children left in cars all day. Those stories are difficult to read and important to know, but the...
View ArticleMercedes hopes Tesla technology in electric B-Class will help hatch beat BMW i3
Mercedes-Benz’s first mainstream electric car has Tesla technology under the hood, though it’s not flaunting it. Unlike BMW, which wrapped its competing emission-free model in futuristic carbon fiber,...
View ArticleIs Mazda planning a two-door 6 coupe for 2017 model year?
The front-wheel-drive, two-door coupe market might be decidedly slim these days, but Mazda is looking to change that. According to a report from Australia’s AutoExpress, we could see a Mazda6 coupe as...
View ArticleClassic trucks hot commodity at fall Collector Car Auction
Brian Sparfel brought a classic Mustang to sell at the Toronto Classic Car Auction and ended up buying a 1966 Chevrolet pickup truck. “I’m buying it with my dad,” the 26-year-old says. He has big plans...
View ArticleWatch the first official Furious7 trailer
The first trailer for the latest Fast & Furious installment has been officially released, marking the late Paul Walker’s final acting role. The movie, set to hit theaters as Furious7, promises...
View ArticleAn electrifying journey
VANCOUVER – After driving their Tesla Model S from their home in Oregon east to St. John’s, Newfoundland then turning around and driving west to Vancouver, Kathleen Gonsalves says the most remarkable...
View ArticleMercedes-Benz unveils new G-Code baby crossover
Mercedes-Benz has taken the wraps off the G-Code, an all-new compact crossover concept. Marking the opening of a new research and development centre in Beijing, China, Mercedes’ newest crossover is...
View ArticleHyundai and Kia fined US$100 million for overstated fuel economy
Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia will pay the U.S. government a $100 million civil penalty to end a two-year investigation into overstated gas mileage figures on window stickers on 1.2 million...
View ArticleTom Magliozzi, witty co-host of NPR’s ’Car Talk’ show, dies at 77
BOSTON — Tom Magliozzi, a Boston-area mechanic and MIT graduate who became an unlikely radio star as part of the brother duo that hosted “Car Talk,” one of public radio’s most popular show’s ever, died...
View ArticlePros and Cars: The baker and her Honda CR-V
Welcome to Pros and Cars, a video series that explores how people’s cars help them do their jobs. In this episode, we meet Laurie Waldman, owner of Petal Dust Bake Shop in Richmond Hill, just north of...
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