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Russ Bond’s calling and he wants me to explain how the Veloster won best new sports performance car under $50,000 in AJAC’s 2012 Car of the Year competition. As if I had something to do with it. It’s not that the Hyundai isn’t a good choice. It has a fuel efficient engine and six-speed [...] The 2012 Prius V is the latest version of Toyota’s mass-produced hybrid electric vehicle. It utilizes the latest Hybrid Synergy Drive system, which pairs a 1.8-litre four-cylinder gasoline engine with a 60 kW electric motor and 27 kW battery to send 134 hp through a continuously variable transmission (CVT). Toyota engineers have reduced smog-forming [...] 
As an eight-year voting member of the Automobile Journalist’s Association of Canada, I get to participate in the annual TestFest event, which helps decide the Canadian Car and Utility Vehicle of the Year. The 2012 CCOTY field gets whittled down from 57 vehicles across 11 categories. There are too many to drive them [...] 
Subaru’s worst kept secret over the past couple of years has finally been confirmed. Subaru will unveil this RWD performance concept at the 2011 L.A. Auto Show Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (FHI) today announced the world premiere of the “Subaru BRZ Concept – STI” will happen at the L.A. Auto Show in mid November, [...] 
Each year alongside the Automobile Journalist’s Association of Canada’s annual TestFest, AJAC hosts an awards banquet to reward its members in a host of different writing, photography and layout categories. This year, I entered six photos into the 2011 Pirelli Photography contest and skipped the other award categories altogether. I didn’t win anything [...] Volkswagen is in the midst of revamping its entire line-up, with none of today’s models older than two years. This year sees four significant launches, including the Beetle, Passat, Tiguan and the 2012 Jetta GLI. The GLI is the exclamation point on the Jetta range, the sporty version of an otherwise average sedan. With [...] |
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