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Toyota ‘plugs-in’ to a new sustainable mobility evolution; delivers Prius Plug-In Hybrid to Quebec test partners A new era in sustainable mobility began real-world tests in Quebec today, as Toyota Canada delivered a Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid (Prius PHV) to its Quebec provincial partners at a ceremony. To mark the …

Little known fact: Gordon Murray, creator of the indomitable McLaren F1 supercar, loves his smart ForTwo. Declaring it the next evolution of the old Mini, he thinks it’s everything a daily driver should be; efficient, simple, and fun to drive. But of course, he is Gordon Murray, and there are …

While the world waits for the official introductions of the various Mini specials we’ve all been looking forward to (the Countryman and Speedster come to mind), Mini’s stylists have quietly been toiling away on a few updates intended to bring the diminutive hot hatch into the next decade with style.

Today is officially the last day of the PT Cruiser’s most recent lease on life. With its previous death sentence having been deferred by a floundering Chrysler brand in need of market-ready product in its post-bankruptcy phase, the diminutive and too-long-lived caricature of ‘90s car design is finally ceasing production.

- San Francisco Field Office Launches This Month; Seven North American Offices Planned - Significantly Enhances Field Data Collection and Technical Capabilities Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), USA., Inc., today announced that it is expanding its Product Quality Field Office program to four additional U.S. regional sales areas, following the success …

Company Continues to Leverage, Grow Mopar Brand • Mopar ’10 will be available starting in late August • Special-edition cars to be built for Canada • Limited Production package includes over $9,000 of Mopar Accessories for $5,995 MSRP For the first time in its history, Chrysler Group LLC will launch …

Although his may not be a household name of the same ilk as that of Carroll Shelby or Henry Ford, Charles Spencer King’s may be one of the most influential names in the automotive world. As the chief engineer behind the development of new products at Rover during the late …

Nissan releases first full images of minivan’s return to the line-up Today, Nissan Canada Inc. released the first glimpse of the much anticipated, all-new, next generation 2011 Nissan Quest minivan. Available in Canadian showrooms in early 2011, the new Quest follows Nissan’s commitment to bold, segment-leading design and will provide …

You didn’t need to be a stock analyst or financial wiz-kid to get excited for Tesla’s initial public offering. One of the most talked-about automotive badges in the world today, Elon Musk’s electric car company has been fighting critics since day one, and if the results of their IPO are …

For a company that brought out such automotive junk as the stupidly named “Le Car,” it is always surprising to see Renault put their engineering prowess to good use and turn out something like this: the 2011 Wind. Although probably not destined for our shores (although Fiat and Alfa Romeo’s …