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Although the virtues of a launch control system are far from lost on us at The Car Guide, there is a certain and undeniable stigma attached to them. Due in large part to the various and well-publicised issues with some of these systems, they've been maligned as too complex by …

Lexus RX 350 MSRP - $44,950 :: RX 350 F SPORT - $57,900 :: RX 450h - $56,750 The Lexus RX defined the luxury SUV when it debuted in 1998, and for 2013 the pursuit of perfection in Canada’s most popular – and Canadian-built – Lexus is better than ever.

The first Chrysler Group vehicle built off a Fiat-derived architecture, the 2013 Dodge Dart blends Alfa Romeo DNA with Dodge’s passion for performance and style. The new Dart will be available with 12 exterior colors, 14 interior color and trim options, three powerful, fuel-efficient engines, three transmission choices, unsurpassed safety …

If you want to enjoy an affordable sporting coupe with the top down, you currently have about as many options as a risky carpenter has fingers on one hand. But that might change shortly. Because although the MX-5 might have a certain stigma attached to it, and convertible Mustangs will …

- At the conclusion of the Automobile Journalist Association of Canada (AJAC) EcoRun event, where the 100 per cent electric car demonstrated significant running cost savings versus that of a typical fuel-efficient vehicle - The AJAC EcoRun had one purpose: to demonstrate to Canadians the latest in fuel-efficient technologies being …

If the Lexus IS has one consistent shortcoming, it must be its inherent lack of sporting pedigree. Although earning much respect with the tuning community in its first iteration (largely due to the monsterous 2JZ inline six engine underhood), the second generation has never seemed to quite get out of …

Taxis are, typically, quite unpleasant. Oftentimes comprised of slow, dirty, smelly Priuses, the fleets of them that ply Canadian streets are hardly the sort of thing to increase the gearhead's pulse. But the taxis that serve on the Nurburgring are an entirely different sort of animal. An idea first broached …

A 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 will lead the starting field of the 96th Indianapolis 500 to the green flag Sunday, May 27 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. With 638 horsepower, the Corvette ZR1 is the most powerful production car ever to pace the race. This will be the 23rd time …

Inauguration of high-voltage battery project house From concept through to battery testing – everything under a single roof Michael Dick, Board Member for Technical Development: “A major step toward electric mobility” Foreground: An employee checks the contact wipers on battery cells. Background: Electrical final assembly of an R8 e-tron battery.