Archive for October, 2009
Canadian Car of the Year category winners announced
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario – The Canadian Car of the Year and Canadian Truck of the Year class winners have been announced, as selected by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC).
The announcements follow a week of comparative testing by automotive journalists from across Canada. All are model-year 2010 and must be new or substantially redesigned for [...]
(No Ratings Yet)AJAC and Car of the Year donate to fire victims
The Automobile Journalists of Association (AJAC) and Canadian automobile manufacturers have raised $4,569, along with clothing and goods, to help victims of a catastrophic fire in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario in conjunction with Canadian Car of the Year testing.
(No Ratings Yet)AJAC and Car of the Year donate to fire victims
The Automobile Journalists of Association (AJAC) and Canadian automobile manufacturers have raised $4,569, along with clothing and goods, to help victims of a catastrophic fire in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario in conjunction with Canadian Car of the Year testing.
(No Ratings Yet)Test Drive: 2010 Lexus HS250h
(No Ratings Yet)What’s New: 2010 Volkswagen Passat
What’s New: 2010 Volkswagen Passat
For 2010, the Volkswagen Passat undergoes several changes, notably that its six-speed automatic transmission has been replaced with a six-speed Direct Shift Gearbox (DSG) on 2.0T models. Rear side airbags and rear seatbelt pretensioners are now standard.
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(No Ratings Yet)Motoring Memories: Mercedes-Benz 230SL/250SL/280SL, 1963-1972
(No Ratings Yet)More used vehicle shoppers using the Internet – J.D. Power
Internet shopping has reached parity with visits to dealer lots as the primary method for used-vehicle buyers to locate used vehicles, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Used-Vehicle Market Report released on Thursday.
(No Ratings Yet)1950 Aston Martin DB2 sells at auction for almost $1 million
A 1950 Aston Martin DB2 Team Car with Le Mans and Mille Miglia provenance, offered for the first time in 52 years, set a new auction world record for an Aston Martin DB2, achieving £550,000 (CAN$973,455) at RM Auctions’ third-annual ‘Automobiles of London’ event yesterday.
(No Ratings Yet)Toyota announces Scion for Canada next September
Toyota has announced that it will introduce the Scion brand to Canada in September 2010, arriving at 45 Scion dealers in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.
(No Ratings Yet)Toronto road named Ontario’s worst in CAA poll
Steeles Avenue in the north end of Toronto has once again been named the worst road in Ontario in a poll by the Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) and the Ontario Road Builders’ Association.
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