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As you all probably know by now, year after year, The Car Guide hands over awards to carmakers to underline the Best Buys of the industry. This year, we were treated to a wide variety of results, but more importantly, lots of surprises, especially from the German and Swedish brands.

This week, The Car Guide team will be in Toronto, to hand over its 2019 Best Buy Awards , a traditional ceremony year after year. Underlining New Categories With the arrival of new automotive segments, such as subcompact SUVs and subcompact luxury sedans, for example, The Car Guide had to …

In Northern Germany lies the city of Wolfsburg. It's one of the younger destinations in Germany, founded only in 1938 specifically to house Volkswagen factory workers in order to build the upcoming Beetle. This isn't the place for old churches, cobblestone or renaissance architecture; its city name and history are …

Throughout the 20th century, headlights were secondary to the vehicle purchase with focus placed on performance and other design attributes. Nowadays, an attention to detail towards headlights goes well beyond its circular, square, horizontally sleek, or even vertical shape. The switch from Halogen to Xenon to LEDs and even the …

NEW YORK CITY – See if you've heard this before: boutique shops, concierge service, on-hand specialists and appointment-driven. It sure sounds like Apple’s store model. It's also the vision of Polestar, Volvo's first offshoot brand now specializing in electric, high-end performance. “We look outside the auto industry to define what …

Every year, British manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover organises a cross-Canada tour called the Art of Performance Tour, held in various cities that allow consumers to discover some of the highlights both brands have to offer. Those interested in getting a little free seat time in one of the automaker’s vehicles …

RUCKERSVILLE, Virginia – As a kid, I loved playing with toy cars. Whether it was Hot Wheels, Tonka trucks, the Batmobile, or a G.I. Joe Jeep, two or more of them eventually met in a collision of sorts. That's probably why I enjoyed bumper cars so much. Smashing toys or …

“You won’t need that here,” said one of the instructors as he saw me checking out my phone. Indeed, out there, in the United States’ Sierra Nevada, there is no cell phone reception, no Wi-Fi, no sign of life for kilometres on end. It’s a dry place, a rocky place, …

DETROIT, Michigan – Recently, Ford introduced to us to the Mustang Bullitt as a 50-year anniversary homage to the 1968 Bullitt movie starring Steve McQueen. Bullitt was the Blue Oval's answer to those looking for on-road excitement and attainable nostalgia. Now, in a similar fashion at a media-only function along …