Sudden Door Opening Issue Prompts 190,000-Strong Recall by Honda
19 Jul 2012, 15:08 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While Hondas are renowned for their durability and reliability, it seems that the Japanese manufacturer may have lost its touch in making its cars ‘bulletproof’. This is not the first re...
Car2Go Program Set to Launch in Toronto, Canada
29 Jun 2012, 13:40 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Car2Go car sharing program will be officially launched in Toronto, tomorrow, June 30th. ‘Car-sharers’ will have 250 Smart EDs at their disposal, and they will have access to these ca...
18-Wheeler Topples Over in Canada
28 Jun 2012, 16:02 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We cannot stress enough how dangerous driving alongside and amongst big-rig trucks can be. After a Russian truck toppled over and another one crashed into multiple other cars causing explosions, it&...
New Skateboarding Guiness World Record - 129.9 km/h
21 Jun 2012, 13:27 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Why burn fuel when a simple incline can give you all the momentum and propulsion you’ll ever need? Skateboarding, especially the downhill kind, is an extremely exhilarating sport which is, at ...
McLaren Opens New Canadian Showroom in Toronto
12 Jun 2012, 12:37 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / After opening a dealership in Geneva, Switzerland, McLaren officials have recently cut the ribbon on a brand new showroom located in Toronto, Canada. Located in a purpose-built ‘facility&rsquo...
Hydro-Quebec Developing Ultra-Fast EV Charger
11 Jun 2012, 13:25 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / One of the main reasons cited by the automakers for the rather sluggish introduction of pure EVs are the very long charge time, with some cars taking up to 8 hours to be fully charged from a standar...
Lewis Hamilton Wins Canadian GP
11 Jun 2012, 07:40 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / With this F1 season being by far the strangest of recent years, six different drivers winning the first six races of the season. Now, after Sunday’s race which took place on the Gilles-Villene...
Bus Maker New Flyer’s All Electric Prototype Begins Testing
4 Jun 2012, 13:47 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / New Flyer is a Winnipeg, Canada-based bus manufacturer which has been making city transit solutions since 1930. They make typically American-looking buses for the US, Canada and part of Latin Americ...
Ford Tops Canada Sales with 27% Increase
4 Jun 2012, 09:25 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Ford saw a substantial 27 percent sales increase in Canada that catapulted the company to the number one spot in May and for the year to date. Among the noteworthy results, demand for pickups increa...
Canada Aim to Align Vehicle Regulations to US Standards
30 May 2012, 14:52 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / According to Transport Canada, the country's ecoTECHNOLOGY program designed to “assess the safety and environmental performance of new vehicle technologies to ensure that innovations can ...
Canadian Man Pulls Electric Car On Foot for 475km / 295miles
28 May 2012, 12:30 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Despite driving one of the most efficient vehicles on the road today, and doing so without hurting a single leaf or blade of grass, Canadian Marcelo da Luz, the designer and builder of his very own ...
Fisker Expands Operations in Canada
3 Feb 2012, 11:12 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Fisker recently announced a new market for its upcoming Karma range-extended electric vehicle, with Canada being the target for the green performance sedan. The company starts its operation by teami...
Last Ford Crown Victoria Rolls Off the Line
16 Sep 2011, 09:10 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / No more PIT maneuvers, no more crazy taxi rides through the city... nothing. This is what will happen for the Ford Crown Victoria from now on, as the vehicle's heart stopped beating yesterday -...
2012 Chevrolet Orlando Arrives in Canada This October for CAD19,995
13 Aug 2011, 17:53 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Chevrolet’s innovative compact people carrier is earmarked for a Canadian debut this October. The 2012 Orlando will is already available in Europe, but GM has not brought it over to the states...
Toyota to Build Electric RAV4 in Canada
5 Aug 2011, 14:21 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / We already knew Toyota plans to make the RAV4 EV available to the general public, but they were still lacking a final site for production. It now looks that the automaker has finally decided to manu...
New York, the Most Expensive Place to Park in the US
18 Jul 2011, 15:21 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / A recent study conducted by Colliers International for the year 2011 compared parking rates in different locations through the US and outside the country. The place with the highest figures on the l...
car2go Vehicles Now Available in Vancouver
20 Jun 2011, 11:33 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / As we reported back in April, Daimler’s car sharing program - car2go - was to reach Canadian shores, with Vancouver, British Columbia, as the first city in the country to benefit fro this mobi...
General Motors of Canada ACE Opens in Ontario
14 Jun 2011, 11:50 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) in Oshawa, Ontario officially opened the General Motors of Canada Automotive Centre of Excellence (ACE) today, a state-of-the-art facility fo...
New Rolls-Royce Dealership Opens in Montreal, Canada
13 Jun 2011, 06:59 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / British auto brand Rolls-Royce is making efforts to increase its presence on Canadian roads, as it has just announced the opening of the company's third franchise in the country, following the ...
Mitsubishi i-MiEV Canada Pricing Set at CAD32,998
9 Jun 2011, 13:20 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Mitsubishi Motors has announced full pricing, plus standard and premium trim for the little i-MiEV electric vehicle on the Canadian market. The model will sell for CAD32,998 or the equivalent of USD...