Last week, car owners celebrated the one year anniversary of Toronto City Hall ending its “War on Cars.” On December 16, 2010, Toronto City Council voted to kill the Personal Vehicle Tax – better known as the Toronto Car Tax …
In these tough times where consumer confidence is flagging and the economy is struggling, many buyers are looking for additional piece of mind when it comes to purchasing big-ticket items, such as cars. Walkway Canada, which provides web-enabled credit related …
It inhabits a somewhat unique position in the Canadian automotive marketplace. Nonetheless, as part of a corporate wide plan to inject a bit of pizzazz into its range of vehicles, Lexus has added a F-Sport Package to the 2012 CT …
Ward’s 10 Best Engines, North America’s only award program honouring excellence in vehicle powertrains, have been announced for 2012. A record seven of this year’s Ward’s 10 Best Engines winners have integrated state-of-the-art direct fuel injection, demonstrating the rapid pace …
According to a survey conducted by Car Max Inc, a large used vehicles retailer in the U.S., quality is still the number one consideration among consumers when purchasing a new car or truck. In fact, in 2011, for the second …
The 2012 Ford F-150 has been awarded the prestigious Motor Trend Truck of the Year award, the fourth time F-150 has won the accolade. F-150 has won the award more times than any other truck. F-150 beat the other contenders …
Mazda Motor Corporation developed the world’s first passenger vehicle regenerative braking system that uses a capacitor. The groundbreaking system, which Mazda calls ‘i-ELOOP’, will begin to appear in Mazda’s vehicles in 2012. In real-world driving conditions with frequent acceleration and …
The first recipient of the new Sym-Tech Automotive Award was presented with the scholarship at an award ceremony at Georgian College (Barrie Campus) on October 25, 2011. Paul Santaera, the recipient, is currently completing a four month co-op term at …
Mazda took the top spot among mainstream brands and Audi took the lead among luxury brands, according to the first Canadian Perceived Quality Score (PQS) from ALG Inc., a subsidiary of TrueCar, Inc., and an industry benchmark for residual values …
Satisfaction with the new-vehicle sales process has improved notably from 2010, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2011 U.S. Sales Satisfaction Index (SSI) Study (SM) released this week. The study is a comprehensive analysis of the new-vehicle purchase experience …
High Gear Media, an online automotive publisher today named three cars as its “Best Cars to Buy 2012” — the Ford Focus, the Porsche 911 and the Toyota Prius. The awards were named by expert editors from High Gear Media’s …
Elevating the notion of recycling to an art form, Lexus challenged four of fashion’s most inventive designers to rethink their notions of automotive design for an advertising campaign to appear in Vogue. Using some of the more than 2,000 individual …
