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 Seven years late to the party, Germany's BMW released a bunch of photos this week of its new 6 Series Gran Coup
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 Can a new Acura NSX super car resurrect Honda's premium brand?Things are seemingly looking up these days if you're in the business of selling Acuras. After a few years in the wilderness with a muddled product strategy and confusing styling, its parents at Japan's Honda are looking to relaunch the...
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 Fiat's 500 crashes out when it comes to safetyGo ahead and whine about modern cars. They're too complicated, too expensive, and too heavy (take your pick!) compared to the vehicles from our rose-coloured past. But at least they're much safer. In fact, modern cars have become so much...
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 Can Cadillac's latest really challenge the Germans?Ten years after the debut of its first real sports sedan, the 2003 CTS, Cadillac is once again going BMW 3 Series hunting, this time with its all-new 2013 ATS sedan, set to debut at next month at the Detroit...
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 1976 VW Golf GTI: Back to the futureWOLFSBURG, Germany - Well, this was certainly a surprise. While in Germany trying out Volkswagen's new Up! city car (full review in Wheels forthcoming), a visit to the epicentre of all things VW had us in a non-descript grey building...
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 Unrequited love: Audi releases another Euro-only jewelYou've been warned: Like the current Audi S3/RS 3 Sportback, Q3, A5 Sportback, A6 Avant, and RS 6, this here new A1 Quattro, above, is strictly a "look but don't touch" proposition only for Canadian new car buyers. Based on...
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 From the Fleet: 2012 Volkswagen Passat TDIFROM THE FLEET are brief synopses of manufacturer-supplied rides that happen to end up in my laneway - John LeBlanc Myself and the der nue 2012 Volkswagen Passat didn't quite hit it off during our first meeting at its debut...
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 Toyota needs more than sports cars to regain its credibilityArguably, the Toyota/Subaru sports car was the unmitigated hit of last week's Tokyo Motor Show. Praise flowed freely from usually grumpy media types (yours truly included), for Toyota's "back to basics" approach and general all-around courage for putting a car...
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 Even before safety scare, Chevy Volt sales not exactly on fireThe old adage, "Even bad publicity is good publicity" may be the only good news stemming from the safety concerns surrounding Chevrolet Volts catching on fire. You see, even before the Volt started making headlines over its questionable safety, the...
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 Your next Porsche may be half as special as you had hopedIn a sea of U.S. of Japanese cars, seeing a European car in Canada in the 1970s was something rare. Seeing a Porsche was even more special. But if the Volkswagen Group brand meets its sales goals, seeing a Porsche...
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 Can Toyota's "Jesus car" change its bland reputation?It's been five years in the making. But finally (finally!), Toyota President Akio Toyoda unveiled his company's new back-to-basics sports car this week ahead of its official debut at the Tokyo auto show, a vehicle that's being built not to...
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 From the Fleet: 2012 Mini Cooper S CoupeFROM THE FLEET are brief synopses of manufacturer-supplied rides that happen to end up in my laneway - John LeBlanc Like in the fashion industry, if the seasons have changed, it must be time for a new Mini model to...
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 Can Kia transcend beyond its price-point marketing?Arguably--and even with no new cars to present--Kia's presser at last week's L.A. show was the best in a long day's worth of corporate droning on. For starters, Kia promised 15 salient points in a media-friendly 15 minutes, getting us...
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 2011 L.A. Show: Lexus drops a pair of new hybridsLOS ANGELES -This being California, home of the largest group of hybrid car lovers, it only made sense for Toyota's Lexus to launch a couple of gas-electric models at this year's show. First up is the hybrid version of the...
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 2011 L.A. Show: Honda's Fit goes electricLOS ANGELES - Honda had three "green" North American auto show debuts, with an all-new production version of its subcompact Fit EV, and updates to its existing Civic and Insight gasoline-electric hybrids. Honda says the 2013 Fit EV, above, boasts...
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 2011 L.A. Show: Interested in a Chinese-made electric car?LOS ANGELES -If so, you're in luck. If you live in California, at least. Because Coda Automotive is offering its appropriately named Coda Sedan, above, a compact EV that reputably can go about 240 km on a single charge. Priced...
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 2011 L.A. Show: Ford contrasts its mean with lots of greenLOS ANGELES - Contradictory in philosophy to its new, and more powerful 2013 Mustang GT (now 420 hp), and the "most powerful production V8 in the world" (the new 650 hp, 321 km/h-plus Shelby GT500), Ford had its trio of...
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 2011 L.A. Show: Mitsu doubles its EV funLOS ANGELES - With Japan's Mitsubishi saving most of its 2011 auto show goodies for next month's Tokyo show, here in L.A., the quickly-becoming-a-niche automaker rolled out a "woody version of its iMiEV electric car (now available in Canada for...
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 Are Europeans killing the manual transmission?Those damn Europeans. Not only are the Continent's free-spending politicians killing what little economic recovery we cost-conscious Canadians had going, it looks like new car buyers over there are eschewing cars with clutch pedals. In a wayward report through various...
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 Jaguar tries wrong-wheel-drive. Again.Even if you didn't know Jaguar isn't being run by a bunch of Brits anymore, at least you know it sells large, rear-drive sedans--or saloons--in the parlance of its heritage. But, once upon a time in the naughties, when U.S....
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 From the Fleet: 2012 Infiniti M HybridFROM THE FLEET are brief synopses of manufacturer-supplied rides that happen to end up in my laneway - JL The auto industry's recent niche-within-a-niche product strategies have left us with some weird and quite often oxymoronic mutant forms of four-wheeled...
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 Do racing automaker CEOs help or hinder car sales?Standing up in front of government officials or at auto shows is where we usually find the head of car companies. But Toyota and Aston Martin have released a video of Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda and his Aston counterpart Ulrich...
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 Is this the car that was supposed to save Saab?All over the Interwebs today, a grainy shot of what appears to be the much-anticipated 2013 (or 2014) replacement of the almost-dead Saab 9-3 is making the rounds. The Swedish newspaper that posted the pic says the image is from...
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 Will Canadians ever buy "small" trucks again?As my Wheels colleague, Jill McIntosh, has written in her review of the updated-for-2012 Toyota Tacoma, Canadians love trucks--but not unless they are of the full-size nature. You are probably well aware that the long-reigning best-selling new vehicle in Canada...
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 From the Fleet: 2011 Audi S5 CabrioletFROM THE FLEET are brief synopses of manufacturer-supplied rides that happen to end up in my laneway - JL It's hard to ignore the seasonal signs of hibernation. Available daylight has become precious. Lawn furniture is overdue for storage, and...
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