There are formal COVID-19 lockdowns and informal ones. A formal lockdown is when Premier Doug Ford looks into the TV cameras and says, “Stay home for the next 28 days – or else.” An informal lockdown is when your job disappears and you have to stay home and look after the kids. And it gets […]
Auto sales across the country came to a halt last spring, as the public first went into lockdown over coronavirus fears. A drop so precipitous that some brands stopped reporting monthly sales entirely. But surprisingly, after April, when sales dropped by three quarters, the market recovered. Such a massive and quick recovery, that brands started […]
Last week, General Motors announced that it would be starting a new division called BrightDrop to sell electric vehicle solutions aimed at parcel delivery services beginning with a van called EV600 and an electric pallet called EP1. Now GM has announced that (subject to ratification by Unifor members) it is planning to spend $1 billion […]
Subaru was well ahead of its time in the ’80s and ’90s, offering a range of all-wheel drive cars long before the world traded out of sedans and into crossover-type vehicles. However, except for a brief dalliance over a decade ago, the brand hasn’t had an entrant into the burgeoning (and profitable) three-row segment. That […]
With the 2021 Kia Sorento, Kia has decided to reimagine is popular mid-sized crossover, making it stand out from its predecessor. Which is not a bad idea. Kia had a banner 2020, having posted solid market gains and strong vehicle sales in Canada in a time when everything seemed to have been thrown sideways with […]
Seltos offers one of the most pleasant surprises of the year Normally, when a new model or a new generation of a model trickles out to dealers in Canada, it takes a while before you start to see them on the East Coast. For some models, even mainstream ones, it has been the better part […]
Electric cars certainly have their appeal. They produce no emissions, they’re quiet, efficient, and powerful. I especially like the ones that look and drive like their gasoline counterparts, the VW e-Golf for example. Now, there’s a new EV from Mini—the Mini Cooper SE—and I can’t help but get excited about it. The tiny British-German hatchback […]
Kia executives are looking at 2021 as the year the global automaker takes a lead position in the future mobility business and refocusing all parts of its business. In early January, Kia signaled that new direction by unveiling a new corporate logo to represent the new direction the company wants to take. The new logo […]
Don’t look now, but while so many manufacturers took significant hits throughout COVID-stained 2020 (DesRosiers Automotive Consultants recently announced a 19.7 per cent decline in total automotive sales in Canada from 2019-2020), Cadillac managed to buck that trend by achieving a 12.2 per cent growth in retail sales over 2019, making 2020 its best retail […]
After spending two full weeks driving one over the holidays, I’ve come to really appreciate the many virtues of the Volkswagen Arteon. But there are two problems with that statement. One, I’m not currently in the market for a new car and, secondly, most Canadians who are don’t have the Arteon on their shopping lists. […]