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Brad Diamond

Brad has more than 35 years of experience working in radio and television. He founded Bradford Productions in 1984 and has produced numerous award-winning programs, including 30 seasons of Motoring TV.

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NewsVolkswagen Unveils Golf Sportwagen Alltrack
Spent the day with the 2017 VW Golf SportWagen Alltrack. The good news, a 6 speed manual is available. The bad news, it's only available in the States, for now. No diesel, obviously Volkswagen has only itself to blame for that! Nuts & Bolts... 4MotionAWD Turbo-charged 1.8L TSI 4 cylinder …
First Drives2018 Audi S4 First Drive
The new 2018 Audi S4 is just that, all new. While the Canadian power numbers have not been finalized, we can expect around 354bhp and 368lb/ft of torque. That will go through an eight speed tiptronic that now has "freewheeling" as a standard function. Of course there is Quattro all …
NewsMercedes G 550 posing for MotoringTV
Our Dan Bailey outside the MotoringTV studio, with the 2016 Mercedes G 550 4MATIC. 416hp, 450 lb-ft, 0-1oo km in 5.9 seconds. Price Starts at $127,200, our tester is only $134,750. Don't look for the G-Class in a Mercedes showroom, special order only. The question, does this luxury vehicle come …
News2017 Nissan GT-R Nismo unveiled at Nurburgring
Nissan chose Germany's Nurburgring as the ideal venue to unveil the super car-eating, fire-breathing 2017 GT-R Nismo. Like the 2017 GT-R unveiled by Nissan earlier this year, the new GT-R Nismo gets revisions just about everywhere, including a "significantly reinforced hood (that) avoids deformation at extremely high speeds," and a …
NewsCadillac opening NYC brand experience centre
Cadillac will soon open the doors to its New York brand experience centre that will house an event space and a coffee shop. Sprawling more than 12,000 sq.-ft. on the ground floor of the company's global headquarters, Cadillac House is "a physical manifestation" of Cadillac's culture and will feature vehicle …
NewsChevy Camaro at the Indianapolis 500
Chevrolet has been bestowed the honour of providing the official pace car for this weekend's Indianapolis 500—something it has done more than any other automaker. And with a unique version of the 2017 Camaro SS 50th Anniversary Edition leading the field, marking the 27th time since 1948 that a Chevrolet …
NewsToyota says global hybrid sales surpassed 9 million units
Toyota says global sales of its hybrid powertrain vehicles have surpassed nine million units globally, with more than 120,000 sold in Canada. After selling just 300 hybrids in 1997, the first year the automaker sold vehicles powered by a combination of conventional gas engines and electric motors, cumulative sales broke …
NewsHyundai running 3 cars at Nurburgring 24h race
Hyundai says it plans to run three cars—two of them production-based—at the Nurburgring 24h race as part of the development of its N performance sub-brand . N-tuned versions of the i30 1.6 Turbo and Veloster production cars, as well as an i30 2.0 Turbo development car, will participate in the …