Cars

Cars: Headlight maintenance improves reaction time

(NC) — You've probably heard the old joke:  In Canada, we have so much salt on the roads through the winter that you can get high blood pressure just taking out the garbage. Imagine what all that salt spray and build-up can do to your car by the end of the season? The plastic surfaces of your headlights are especially vulnerable. Damaged headlights create dangerous driving situations in ....

Volvo Car Corporation explores Zhejiang Geely co-operation

Volvo Car Corporation has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Zhejiang Geely to explore further co-operation between the companies. The focus of the MoU is the transfer of existing vehicle technologies in order to establish a new brand within the Geely Group. An Conghui, President and CEO of Geely Holding Group and Stefan Jacoby, President and CEO of Volvo Car ....

Vehicle modifications can affect insurance premiums

Elantra wins Canadian Car of the Year and Veloster wins Best New Design MARKHAM (CNW) -- Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. announced today that it sold 9,26 ....

Cars: Automobile News Release Service Opens

Car dealerships and Automakers now have a new press release service.  The Canadian now provides a news release service for car-related  ....

Hyundai Canada asks: Is Luxury A Dirty Word?

Automaker's Consumer Gauge addresses the need to redefine luxury with new "modern premium" philosophy MARKHAM (CNW) - Seventy-eight per cent of Ca ....

Nissan Canada announces record February Sales

Infiniti sales jump 24.2 per cent led by record February for Infiniti G line-up MISSISSAUGA (CNW) - Nissan Canada Inc. (NCI) has announced its be ....

Hyundai makes February Sales Record

Elantra wins Canadian Car of the Year and Veloster wins Best New Design MARKHAM (CNW) -- Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. announced today that it sold 9,266 vehicles in February, representing a 6.5% increase over the same month in 2011. The February result caps a month where the Hyundai Elantra won Canadian Car of the Year award from the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC), the company ....

Mercedes-Benz Canada reports its best February ever

TORONTO (CNW) -- Mercedes-Benz Canada and its national dealer network reported today that the company delivered a grand total of 2,393 Mercedes-Benz and smart units throughout the month. This represents the best February on record for the group, and an overall sales increase of 16.8% or 344 units compared to February 2011. A total of 2,158 Mercedes-Benz passenger cars and luxury light trucks wer ....

Auto Insurance Scams: How to Detect

(NC) — An increasingly common scam today involves the sale of “cheap auto insurance” to unsuspecting purchasers, tricking them into coverage t ....

Ottawa: Finding Electric Car Outlets requires Finesse

Blair Powell zooms around the city in his Volkswagen Jetta. But he has an advantage over most of his fellow drivers: he never has to stop for ga ....

Ottawa Test Drive: 2012 Volkswagen Jetta GLI

(Autos.ca) -- There is something about this car that just seems to find everybody’s sweet spot. One of our friends said that this car would make him ....

Cars: BMW Group gets awards in Europe

MUNICH -- No fewer than six BMW Group models have received the prestigious 2011 GOOD DESIGNTM Award: the BMW 6 Series Convertible, the BMW 6 Series Co ....

What type of winter driver are you?

(NC) — Canada is the second largest country in the world, so it's no surprise that 86 percent of Canadians aged 16 years or older have a driver's ....

What type of winter driver are you?

(NC) — Canada is the second largest country in the world, so it's no surprise that 86 percent of Canadians aged 16 years or older have a driver's license. However, not all of us drive the same way. Some of us love to drive fast; others are nervous or cautious behind the wheel. Canadian winter driving brings particular challenges that often magnify these differences. On the ice and snow, cauti ....