Because of the trade war unleashed by U.S. President Donald Trump, many Canadians have chosen to avoid buying products that come from south of the border. And with Prime Minister Mark Carney's decision to impose similar counter-tariffs on vehicles imported from the U.S., which are expected to lead to price …

Electric vehicle shoppers in Canada are currently out of luck. Earlier this year, the federal government’s Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program came to an abrupt end due to a lack of funds, eliminating rebates of up to $5,000. And don’t forget Quebec, which also suspended its own incentives of …

Buying a brand-new vehicle or a completely redesigned model in the first year of a new generation is always risky as quality problems are more likely to occur. Oh sure, the manufacturer's warranty is there to protect you, but the experience can still be frustrating. It's best to wait a …

Earlier this month, the Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) hosted a special EV drive event with a number of staff members and auto journalists—including The Car Guide ’s Julien Amado—testing 13 different electric vehicles until their batteries ran out of power in order to find out which ones perform best in …

New vehicle prices are averaging over $66,000 in Canada, making life extremely tough for many shoppers, especially from the middle class. And that’s not even counting registration, fuel/energy, insurance, maintenance and repairs. Looking for something much cheaper? We’ve compiled a list of the 10 most affordable new cars in Canada …

Hot on the heels of our Weird and Viral Automotive Stories of 2024 , let’s now take a look back at some of the biggest news and stories that defined the past year in the auto industry. We’ll also have compilations of the top new vehicles and concepts that made …

Unless you've been living under a rock for the past year, you know that things aren't going well at Volkswagen. Sales are down in most markets, profits are slim, staff cuts are drastic, and all this while the automaker must negotiate with the general challenges affecting the industry globally. Paradoxically, …

Have you seen the rankings of the best auto brands and models for predicted reliability that U.S. magazine Consumer Reports published this week? Subaru leads the industry for 2025, and 8 of the 10 most reliable brands are from either Japan or South Korea. But what about the least reliable?

The Volkswagen ID.7 electric sedan hasn’t just been postponed, it turns out. The Car Guide has learned straight from the automaker’s Canadian head of communications that plans for the car in North America have been cancelled. Dealers were informed through an email late last week. Ironically, Volkswagen first showed the …

One of the two new electric vehicles that Volkswagen was planning to launch in North America this year will arrive later than expected. The ID.7 midsize sedan, which was featured at the Montreal Electric Vehicle Show last month, has been delayed for an unspecified amount of time. It was initially …

As CES 2024 kicks off in Las Vegas this week, Volkswagen will present the first vehicles in which the AI-based chatbot ChatGPT is integrated into its IDA voice assistant. The German automaker is set to become the first volume manufacturer to offer ChatGPT as a standard feature. Starting this spring …

Volkswagen is the latest automaker to reach a deal with Tesla to gain access to some 15,000 Superchargers in Canada and the U.S. Customers driving a Volkswagen , Audi or Porsche electric vehicle equipped with a CCS (Combined Charging System) charging port will be offered an adaptor in order to …

Volkswagen fans and EV enthusiasts gathered in Locarno, Switzerland a few days ago to attend the ID. Treffen festival. What they found was yet another demonstration that the company wants to have fun and please performance-craving drivers even without internal combustion engines. Remember, at the same venue a year ago, …

The camouflage is gone now. The all-new Volkswagen ID.7 electric sedan today made its global debut in simultaneous events held in Shanghai, Berlin and New York. What you see here is actually a pre-production model, but the car that will launch on our shores next year should be extremely similar.

Volkswagen ’s search for the location of an EV battery factory in North America is over. The German automaker and its battery company PowerCo today announced the selection of St. Thomas in Ontario to establish Volkswagen’s first overseas gigafactory for battery manufacturing. The start of production is planned for 2027.

As promised, Volkswagen yesterday introduced a large electric sedan at CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas. Called ID.7 and based on the automaker’s MEB architecture, it’s derived from the ID. Aero concept we saw last year. For some reason the car was sporting camouflage—the actual production model will be …