Features and Tips

When you think of automobile accessories you can’t live without in winter, the snowbrush instantly comes to mind. This faithful sidekick helps clear off cars that are all too often found blanketed in snow. However, there are a lot of other items you should have in your car—like a warm …

A remote starter is one of those accessories that you don’t think is useful until you own a vehicle equipped with one. Once you’ve gotten a taste for getting into a warm vehicle on winter mornings, it’s hard to live without. In a lot of new vehicles, you can choose …

Although not as popular as they once were, especially since not all city cars need them, engine block heaters are still on the market. But how do they work and, more importantly, do you need one? Firstly, it’s important to understand how a block heater works. It’s a heating element—a …

Beware of snowbrushes, as they could actually ruin your car’s paint job! I bet this has some of you saying, “What? Now we have to fear a harmless object that millions of Canadians use every winter to clean off their cars?” As surprising as that may seem, conventional snowbrushes become …

In 2016, we no longer pay much attention to the various driver aides in our vehicles, even though they’re more numerous than ever, ranging from parking-assist sensors to the various systems that facilitate semi-autonomous driving. Traction control is just one of these systems, and it’s got a pretty interesting history.

Take a look at recent concept vehicles and you may spot a common trend: sideview mirrors are being replaced by little camera-wielding bars. These relay images to screens mounted to the doors, integrated into the central infotainment system, or even to some unexpected places, like holographic display systems. This shift …

If you mostly stick to highway driving, power steering probably isn’t something you use often. However, if you’re a city slicker who regularly requires complex maneuvers to park your car, power steering is your best friend. Nowadays, power steering is found on most cars. It generally consists of a hydraulic …

David Paterson, GM Canada Vice President of Corporate and Environmental Affairs. Wolfgang Hoffmann, President of Jaguar Land Rover Canada. François Lefèvre, Manager, Executive Planning & Chief Marketing Manager – LEAF at Nissan Canada. Don Romano, President and CEO, Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. And Ted Lancaster, Vice President and COO, Kia …

You’ve surely heard the news, the Tesla Model S and Model X can drive themselves! But that’s not actually true. Sure, on the highway, these cars no longer need the driver to hold the steering wheel, they can adjust their speed according to traffic flow, and they can even avoid …

If your vehicle is even remotely recent, it probably has an anti-lock braking system (ABS). Professional drivers have differing opinions on ABSs, to the point that very few sports cars feature these systems. And yet, they play an essential role in our everyday driving. So how exactly do they work?