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For the car-buying public, the world of used car shopping has changed significantly. Gone are the days of sitting down with the latest Buy & Sell to scour for that one great deal, replaced by the cruel efficiency of Craigslist and other similar sites. Providing sellers with dozens of avenues …

While F1 promises to provide race fans with an entertaining season, the pure cost of each and every little piece, and the sponsorship dollars at risk means that, as always, the upper crust of open wheel racing will continue to be the fast, clean, surgical enterprise it always has been.

Old news for those of you that read the Globe and Mail, Mazda’s president and CEO Takashi Yamanouchi recently announced that the much-lusted-after Mazda2 will be coming to Canadian showrooms. Although tight-lipped as to the timeline, other sources would seem to indicate that we can expect to see the diminutive …

MMSCAN, Government of B.C., BC Hydro and the City of Vancouver Join Forces Mitsubishi Motor Sales of Canada (MMSCAN) announced, today, its new zero-emission electric car i MiEV could hit the streets of Canada as early as November 2009. As part of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between MMSCAN, Mitsubishi …

Acura's all-new V-6 model for its TSX sports sedan line-up will make its Canadian debut Monday, March 30, at the Vancouver International Auto Show. Scheduled to go on sale later this summer, the new 2010 TSX V-6 will be equipped with a powerful 3.5-litre V-6 engine, exclusive suspension tuning, larger …

KIA Canada Inc., today announced that they have joined in partnership with Lion's Gate Marketing Company Ltd. a leading supplier of extended warranty protection, and Omni Warranty Corporation to deliver a Certified Pre Owned Vehicle Program (CPOV) that provides significant advantages to consumers who are considering the purchase of a …

While the millions of brand new passenger cars zipping around typically employ a smorgasbord of modern technologies aimed at reducing fuel consumption and emissions, the millions of heavy trucks hauling things (like brand new cars) from the continents railway depots and ports to our local shops are hardly what one …

The Obama administration plans to give General Motors Corp. enough government aid to restructure over the next 60 days, while Chrysler LLC will get up to $6 billion and 30 days to complete an alliance with Italian automaker Fiat SpA. Two people familiar with the plan said Sunday it will …

When the fuel crisis first began, it wasn’t uncommon for automakers to announce master plans for how they planned to cope. Some opted to jump on the hydrogen bandwagon, while others preferred to band together to produce more advanced hybrids. Not surprisingly , many of the European marques opted to …

Limited-edition model features exclusive design features Porsche is expanding its successful range of SUVs with an exclusive, limited-edition model. The company will build just 1,000 numbered units of the new Cayenne GTS Porsche Design Edition 3. The Cayenne GTS is the third Porsche Design edition, following in the footsteps of …