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Connected services in cars and via mobile apps are rapidly spreading across the auto industry. Many customers love them—until the free trials end and they have to start paying monthly fees to keep using these services. Good news if you plan to buy a new Toyota or Lexus : the …

The Canadian auto service industry’s market value is expected to return to pre-pandemic levels this year, reaching $10.9 billion following a low of $6.6 billion in 2021, according to the J.D. Power 2022 Canada Customer Service Index—Long-Term (CSI-LT) Study. This major rebound is mainly driven by the increase in the …

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada has been part of Southwestern Ontario’s automotive landscape since 1988. It has manufactured many Toyota and Lexus models at its production lines in Woodstock and Cambridge that employ more than 8,500 people in the region. Today, the company has reached a new milestone – its 10-millionth …

The Lexus UX is a small luxury crossover with a big hill to climb after Canadian sales fell 49 percent to 777 units in the first six months of 2022. The company must be praying that the revisions and updates made to the 2023 model, which is now available at …

Everyone wants to save money right now—or at least make sure they get the most bang for their buck. Car shoppers are no different, and the 11th annual Vincentric Best Value in Canada Awards announced this week are here to help. Vincentric measures cost-of-ownership using eight different cost factors: depreciation, …

The all-new, fifth-generation Lexus RX made its debut on Tuesday night. As the brand’s best-seller in Canada, the RX is an extremely important product (it’s also built in Ontario), so the redesigned 2023 model was highly anticipated to say the least. Riding on the GA-K platform, the new Lexus RX …

Lexus today announced that the next-generation RX crossover will debut on May 31 at 8 p.m. EDT. It also gave us a preview with the teaser above. As the luxury brand’s best-selling vehicle in North America, the RX will be entirely redesigned for 2023. The massive spindle-shaped grille will return, …

Two large new SUVs will join the Toyota and Lexus in the near future. First, the Grand Highlander which Toyota filed to trademark a little over a year ago should launch by mid-2023, likely as a 2024 model. It will be built by Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana (TMMI) in Princeton …

Toyota is recalling just over half a million vehicles in North America including 41,084 in Canada. The automaker’s luxury brand Lexus is also affected. More specifically, the recall targets the 2021-2022 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid , Sienna and Venza , 2020-2022 Toyota Highlander Hybrid as well as the 2022 Lexus NX …

Lexus has officially unveiled its first global electric vehicle. The RZ 450e will go on sale in Canada toward the end of 2022 as a 2023 model, and while pricing and equipment details have yet to be announced, there is plenty to say about this brand new model. First of …