Of the literally thousands of press events I’ve covered over my career, a handful still stand out. One such was about 20 years ago, when General Motors showed off the Night Vision system that was available in their Cadillac Sedan de Ville. The system, based on thermal imaging, used infrared cameras to detect differences in heat signatures beyond […]
Our daughter Dr. Laura summed up the Volkswagen GTI succinctly: “I want to buy this car.” She and her siblings learned how to drive in our VWs, so they have what I call a “post-judice” towards them. That’s a word I made up, indicating judging after (“post”), not before (“pre”) the fact. My tester was […]
Electric vehicle maker Canoo revealed a pair of electric commercial van models that look to be coming to Canada shortly after their U.S. production start in 2022. The vans, called the MPDV1 and MPDV2 are all-electric, built on a chassis intended solely for EVs, and offer cargo-friendly features like a high roof, roll-up door, sliding […]
If Canadian automotive manufacturing is an orchestra of sorts, then Jerry Dias could be viewed as the conductor. Dias has made a 40-plus year career of union work, from beginning as a shop steward to being elected National President of Unifor in 2013. But his watershed moment came this autumn when he successfully negotiated collective […]
Each year in December, Toronto Life magazine publishes a list called the 50 Most Influential Torontonians. Dean Stoneley, president of the Ford Motor Co. of Canada, which employs 7,000 people and is leading the electric vehicle and electric battery revolution in Ontario, came in at No. 42, 36 places behind Dan Levy, who created the […]
The nine finalists for the North American Car of the Year (NACTOY) awards for 2021 have been announced. Here are this year’s finalists listed in alphabetical order within each category: Car of the Year: Genesis G80 Hyundai Elantra Nissan Sentra Truck of the Year: Ford F-150 Jeep Gladiator Mojave Ram 1500 […]
Despite appearances, we haven’t gotten into the holiday cheer and written a headline with something of a stutter. Honda introduced the two-row Passport a couple of model years ago, seeking to nab a few customers looking for a machine roughly the size of its Pilot but with seating for five and a cargo area dedicated […]
As racing is finished for 2020 – and good riddance to this awful year, I say – here are the top 10 motor sport stories of 2020. 1. THERE WAS RACING: The fact that there was racing at all, post-Rolex 24 at Daytona in January and the Daytona 500 in February, was a miracle in […]
To be all things to all people isn’t easy, but it’s a challenge that the Toyota Corolla has taken on year after year with great success. The Corolla sold over 1.5 million copies globally in 2019, and is on track to hit 50-million all-time sales since it debuted back in 1966. It is to automobiles […]
When I heard the Oshawa GM car assembly plant was reopening, I was genuinely happy for the 2,500 employees who had lost their jobs two years prior. This was also good news for Canadian labor, especially during a global pandemic crisis where jobs are scarce, let alone saving a manufacturing facility that’s been building GM […]