What do you get when you combine a zero emission vehicle with innovative paint technology that repels mud, rain and everyday dirt? Answer: A very special Nissan LEAF electric vehicle that might just be the “world’s cleanest car.” Created to demonstrate its potential use in future production vehicles, the exterior of a Nissan LEAF wasRead Full Story
The majority of Canadians who own a vehicle plan to purchase a new one every five years, spending an average of $26,044, according to an Auto Report survey of 1,004 Canadians conducted on behalf of the Bank of Montreal (BMO). Overall, vehicle expenses account for the third-largest household monthly expense for Canadians. According to theRead Full Story
The BMW Group will build a new plant in Mexico in close proximity to the city of San Luis Potosí in the state of the same name. The move is in line with the company’s strategic policy of ensuring globally balanced growth. “Mexico is an ideal location for the BMW Group and will be anotherRead Full Story
Goodwood’s 2014 Festival of Speed, held June 26-29, was the largest and most successful in the event’s history, attracting 200,000 highly enthusiastic visitors to West Sussex. With superstar names from the world of motorsport, including John Surtees, Sir Jackie Stewart, Sir Stirling Moss, Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Raikkonen, Sebastien Loeb, Didier Auriol, Richard Petty, Mark Webber,Read Full Story
The second annual of Track Day for Charity, which took place on June 15, 2014, raised $13,500 for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. Regina Chan, founder and committee chair of Track Day for Charity, the first Chinese Community fundraising event for Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, was extremely proud and excited at the 35 per centRead Full Story
Gooding & Company has added the 1969 Porsche 917K, chassis 917-024 (estimate upon request), featured in the film Le Mans (1971) to its Pebble Beach Auctions, which will be held August 16-17, 2014. Set in the golden age of the sport, Le Mans (1971) is one of most watched and revered racing motion pictures everRead Full Story
Ford Motor Company is bringing to market a new generation of steering technology that is designed to help make vehicles easier to manoeuver at low speeds and in tight spaces. At higher speeds, the new technology will help make the vehicle more agile and fun to drive, according to Ford. Adaptive Steering changes the ratioRead Full Story
Toyota BC has launched HybridLand.org, a website that poses provocative questions about how British Columbians live and move in Metro Vancouver. How can we afford commuting from Langley to Downtown Vancouver with the increasing price of gas and the cost of toll bridges? Will the price of gas ever decrease? These are some of theRead Full Story
The revolutionary Nissan ZEOD RC (Zero Emission On Demand Racing Car) has recorded the highest ever speed by an electric vehicle at Le Mans, with Japanese ace Satoshi Motoyama reaching 300km/h on the Mulsanne Straight in qualifying for the 2014 Le Mans 24 Hours. Motoyama reached the speed on his electric run, achieving one ofRead Full Story
A car-obsessed dentist who has amassed Britain’s biggest private car collection is selling the whole lot for $100-million pounds (CDN$184,237,000.) James Hull, 53, who founded the James Hull Associates chain of dentists, owns more than 450 rare and classic cars, ranging from multi-million-dollar rare Jaguars to Winston Churchill’s Austin and a Bentley once owned byRead Full Story
The David Brown Automotive Speedback GT will make its first public appearance in the UK at the famous Goodwood Festival of Speed from June 26-29, 2014. Following its international launch at Top Marques Monaco in April, Speedback has received many thousands of pages of coverage in the international media, and the company has begun allocatingRead Full Story
What do women, Volvo drivers and Rochester, NY all have in common? They each represent the best drivers in their category, according to a new report from NYC-based tech start-up, Dash, which analyzed a snapshot of five-million miles driven by American car owners. Dash has a mobile product (Dash – Drive Smart) that makes any carRead Full Story
Jones Soda Co., known for its unique flavors and branding, and the FIAT brand has returned its “Jonesin’ for a Fiat 500” summer photo contest. The Grand Prize winner will receive a brand new 2014 Fiat 500, interactive surf lessons and photo shoot with Jones-sponsored professional surfer Brianna Cope, a GO Pro Hero 3 CameraRead Full Story
Interested in selling your classic at auction? The Vancouver Collector Car Show & Auction is right around the corner, taking place June 21 & 22 at the PNE Fairgrounds www.VancouverCollectorCars.com. If you have not thought about the auction as a potential way to sell your vehicle, maybe you should consider it. Last year, the firstRead Full Story
Congratulations to the holder of: Ticket # 2139 You have won a Trip for Two to Britain, courtesy of Expedia Cruiseship Centers, Pitt Meadows Branch and Air Transat. Congratulations to Bob Wilmott of Vancouver.
Calling all Steve McQueen fans. RM Auctions, the world’s largest collector car auction house for investment-quality automobiles, will lift the gavel on the 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 formerly owned by the “King of Cool” at its flagship Monterey sale, which returns to California from August 15-16, 2014. Sporting a distinctive shade of metallic gold calledRead Full Story
Nissan has begun tests on innovative paint technology that repels mud, rain and everyday dirt, meaning drivers may never have to clean their car again. The specially engineered super-hydrophobic and oleophobic paint, which repels water and oils, has been applied to the all-new European market Nissan Note to create the world’s first self-cleaning car. ToRead Full Story
Nissan has started the production of its second all-electric vehicle—the e-NV200—which will be available as both a passenger vehicle and light commercial van. The Nissan plant in Barcelona will be the global production site for this zero-emission vehicle, which will be available as a light commercial van, passenger vehicle and electric taxi. Barcelona will beRead Full Story
