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Volkswagen and Global Green USA just announced that they are auctioning the very first 2015 fully-electric e-Golf. Since the car won't enter production until next month, this is your chance to get one in your driveway before anyone else. Even better, you won't have to go sit in the auction …

The small town of Torslanda, Sweden is getting ready to build Volvo’s next SUV, the XC90. To make sure that they can build enough vehicles to satisfy demand (which is already quite high), the manufacturer just added a third shift to their factory. This adds 1,300 employees to the workforce, …

If you own a Chrysler product equipped with the 3.6 litre Pentastar V6 that was produced after 2011, the American manufacturer has issued a recall that may interest you: in some situations, the alternator may seize, causing the engine to stall. Here are the affected vehicles: Some 2011-2014 Chrysler 300 …

There are lots of vehicle we can’t have in North America. One of them is the ute, a category of cars with a pickup truck bed in the back (think El Camino). These small trucks are very popular on the rest of the planet, where they are used as delivery …

In 1997, Mercedes-Benz surprised the world when they unveiled the M-Class SUV. While many people were skeptical about what buyers would think of this huge vehicle, they were quickly proven wrong by its success. Sales were so good that their arch-nemesis, BMW, decided to develop its own large luxury SUV …

Latvian manufacturer Dartz has acquired a somewhat controversial reputation in the last few years with its extremely opulent creations. For example, their Prombron Monaco Red Diamond Edition caused quite a stir when it offered an interior made of whale penis leather (I wish this was a joke…). Each subsequent version …

It would seem that we are not the only ones who like the Lamborghini Huracan: the Italian manufacturer just announced that they sold their 3,000th unit of the supercar. Out of this number, a third of them are bound for the United States. The Huracan launched only 10 months ago, …

Racing is expensive, that’s a fact. If you want to drive in any professional series, be prepared to spend a lot of cash: a NASCAR season can cost upwards of a million dollars, while running a Ferrari Formula 1 racecar for one year punches a $125,000,000 hole in the team’s …

by Éric Plamondon - FPAA, National Bank Insurance paid contributor What parent hasn’t asked themselves if they’re allowed to use the carpool lane when they’re driving with a baby in a car seat? As a father of two, I’ve asked the question many a time, but never actually gone ahead …

In 1989, Gunther Holtorf decided to leave his job at Lufthansa and go on an 18-month trip to Africa behind the wheel of his Mercedes-Benz G-Class. During the trip, his plans changed somewhat, and he decided to keep travelling. He just came back home to Germany after being on the …