Camaro saves Oshawa Ass...

While General Motors may see the soon-to-be relaunched Camaro as its saviour to resurrect sagging auto sales, the Oshawa assembly complex knows it’s a godsend already. GM announced Monday that the Camaro, re-entering the auto world after a hiatus of five years, will be built at...

BAR Honda breaks Formul...

On July 20, 2006, the final day of record attempts by the Honda Racing F1 team on the famed Bonneville Salt Flats, Alan van der Merwe piloted the Honda Formula One race car to three new land speed records, each eclipsing those set the previous day, when the Bonneville 400 team finally...

Audi TT and Q7 win sty...

Audi has eye appeal.  Audi’s TT, Q7, and Shooting Brake concept vehicles drove away winners from the recent Auto Bild Design Awards. The German magazines competition was a feather in the cap for Audi design chief Walter de Silva whose cars took four of the seven categories up for...

Audi S8 offers high end...

Audi is now becoming the Audi-able. Owners of Audi A8s and S8s are going high end by choosing the 1000-plus watts Bang and Olufsen Advanced Sound System. The system, which includes 14 speakers, is finding its way into every fifth A8 or S8 Audi. At last count, more than 3,000 units of the...

2008 Audi R8 named Car ...

In an early morning press conference at the opening of the Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto, the Audi R8 was declared the 2008 Canadian Car of the Year by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC). The Audi R8 beat eight other “best new” category winners,...

Audi R10 to race in Ame...

Audi will enter two R10 Turbo Diesel prototype racecars as a factory works team in this season’s American Le Mans Series (ALMS), including the one Canadian stop at Mosport on 3 September. The Audi R10, which is powered by a V12 TDI engine with almost 650 hp, will debut on March 18...

AJAC 2008 Car of the Ye...

The Automotive Journalist association of Canada has announced the category winners for its annual Car of the Year awards. General Motors dominated the event, held at the Toronto Congress Centre on December 4, 2007, collecting 4 awards.  GM representatives (from left) Natalie Nankil, Tony...

AJAC 2009 Canadian Car ...

The Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC) has wrapped up its 2009 Canadian Car and Utility Vehicle of the Year testing session, known as TestFest. Held in Niagara on the Lake, the event culminated on October 24, 2008 with the naming of 14 segment winners who will now go onto...