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The entry-level luxury segment is heating up as automakers do their best to lure prospective customers into their respective brand families in order to hopefully snare them for the rest of their car-buying lives. A report from the Automotive News is claiming that Mercedes-Benz might soon be expanding its C-Class …

SAKHIR, Bahrain - Formula One returns this week to Bahrain, casting the spotlight on a series that has defied criticism to race on while a bloody, political crisis has engulfed one of the West's most important allies in the region. The Bahrain Grand Prix has drawn less attention than a …

DETROIT - General Motors and Ford are putting aside their longstanding rivalry to work together to develop a new generation of fuel-efficient automatic transmissions. The companies said Monday that their engineers will jointly design nine- and 10-speed transmissions that will go into many of their new cars and trucks. When …

Is Land Rover planning on introducing a new SUV that is even smaller than the current entry-level pairing of the Evoque and the LR2 (each of which ride on the same platform)? Autocar says that the British brand is currently considering an even less expensive model to serve as a …

Ford will be downsizing the engine choices offered in the Ford Fusion sedan once again - although not as drastically as it did with the mid-size car's most recent redesign. Ford has announced that the 2014 Ford Fusion will be replacing its 1.6-litre EcoBoost four-cylinder motor with a 1.5-litre EcoBoost …

MARKHAM, Ont. - Honda, Toyota and Nissan are recalling more than two million vehicles globally for an identical problem with airbags on the passenger side whose inflator may burst, sending plastic pieces flying. Honda is recalling 1.1 million vehicles, including more than 107,000 in Canada, and Toyota is recalling 1.7 …

Chrysler's sales success story in Canada has been a headline-maker for the past three months, with the brand dominating overall vehicles sales across the country in 2013. A recent report from Desrosiers Automotive Consultants sheds a little bit of light on how Chrysler has been able to post such impressive …

Chrysler has announced separate recalls for roughly 170,000 vehicles, including more than 9,000 in Canada, for problems involving fuel tanks in some SUVs and air bag warning lights in a number of sedans. Chrysler is recalling about 30,000 small SUVs because a faulty hose inside the gas tank. he recall …

Do you own a vehicle built by General Motors that hails from the 2010, 2011, or 2012 model years? If so, you might be soon contacted by the company to inform you that you will need to change your oil more often than was originally planned. The issue has to …

The 2013 Cadillac ATS has turned heads in the premium market, with the entry-level luxury sedan confronting the iconic BMW 3 Series head-on when it comes to price, performance, and style. According to a recent article by the Automotive News, however, General Motors was this close to walking away from …