From tires to tech, rust to road trips, here is all your latest automotive news and expert car buying, maintenance, and driving advice. Whether you’re hitting the road in the hottest wheels or just trying to keep your clunker street legal, we’ve got you covered.
The next time you’re, say, reading rad car reviews, you can feel a little more knowledgeable. Additional bonus fact: that business book factoid, that the Chevy Nova didn’t sell well in Mexico because “no va” means “doesn’t go” in Spanish, is false. Never happened. [youtube width=”640″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNzC7HxmzD8[/youtube]
We know how it is: you want a classic-looking coupe, but you also need modern performance. The new Morgan Plus 8 Speedster ($125,000) has that in spades. It has a 4.8 litre V8, with 367 hp and a 6-speed manual gearbox . . . or an automatic one, if you’re … Read More
Friday, May 9, Whistler, BC — yesterday was the close of 2014 Eco-Run, a rolling demonstration of greener auto tech in 18 new vehicles along BC’s Sea to Sky Highway from Whistler to Vancouver. For who wants to buy a new vehicle that leaves less on a carbon footprint, it’s … Read More
Thursday, May 7, Whistler, BC — Yesterday was pleasantly easy on activities. Again each AJAC (ajac.ca) journalist was arbitrarily assigned a car in the morning and another in the afternoon. Why assigned? The alternative would be a passel of car geeks constantly scrambling for the Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid. And … Read More
Wednesday, May 7 — The Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC) launched its third annual Eco-Run yesterday outdoors at the Jack Poole Plaza, beside the Vancouver Convention Centre. Thankfully it didn’t rain. Then the eighteen available vehicles, from subcompacts to a pick-up, were allotted to the drivers randomly. In the … Read More
