2012 Chevrolet Cruze 5 ...

Chevy finally took the wraps of its final production version of the highly successful Cruze compact car, at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show. Earlier concepts hinted strongly at the final outcome and the final product was less of a surprise than one would expect. Not a bad thing really at the...

2011 Chevrolet Cruze: 2...

The 2011 Canadian International Auto Show got off to an auspicious start in Toronto in mid-February. A big part of that great beginning was the Chevrolet Cruze being declared the 2011 Canadian Car of the Year (CCOTY) by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC). “We...

Green Machine: The New ...

Concept cars used to be about pushing the elements of design. That is just so 1990s. The reality of auto manufacturing has been impacted by ideas like sustainability, carbon footprint and green – and I am not talking about the colour. This brings us to the 2011 Ford Focus...

Honda leaks drawing of ...

Honda Canada has leaked a preview of the upcoming Civic concept car to be shown at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show. The concept will debut at the on Monday, January 10 during 2011 North American International Auto Show. According to Honda the sketch of the Civic Concept “conveys the...

2008 Smart Fortwo

Not that long ago – late 2004 – the smart car arrived in Canada as a sort of experiment on the part of its builder, Mercedes-Benz. The subsidiary set up to market the small urban vehicles had surprisingly not done so well, despite European cities being full of the things. So, it was...

2006 Chevrolet HHR

The 2006 Chevrolet HHR appears to have followed Bob Lutz, GM’s Vice Chairman, over from Chrysler, where it first saw life as the PT Cruiser. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. The HHR, which I have been told stands for Heritage High Roof, comes to market after another retro...

Saturn Aura claims Car ...

General Motors must be breathing a huge sigh of relief this morning as their Chevrolet Silverado and Saturn Aura won the North American Car and Truck of the year awards on the opening day of the Detroit International Auto Show. Many observers had expected the Saturn Aura to claim a...

Hyundai Tucsons Travers...

An expedition of six Hyundai Tucson sport utility vehicles has successfully completed a 6200km-long crossing of the African continent from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean in a demonstration of the Hyundai reliability and solid performance under highly demanding climatic and road...