The Pfaff Motorsports team will return to the Canadian racing circuit in the 2012 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada with Castrol as lead sponsor on the No. 9 Porsche 911 GT3 racecar, which was publicly unveiled at the Thompson Hotel in Toronto this week. Kyle Marcelli has been hand-picked to debut the Pfaff Castrol motorsports team in the 2012 Porsche… Read more →
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2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe Test
Genesis Coupe reborn as bona fide sports car Last fall, I drove the best-selling Hyundai Genesis Coupe 3.8 GT at Mosport and was quite impressed with the car’s superb balance and exciting performance. But, today I’m at the Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch in Pahrump, Nevada to drive the significantly-refreshed 2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe – both the 2.0T and 3.8 GT models… Read more →
Stop Asian Carp Today
My sister got nailed by one of these fish during an evening boat cruise somewhere along the Mississippi River in Illinois many years ago. She took a direct hit in the face by a fully grown silver carp and, was lucky to not be knocked off the boat into the prop as the 50-pound flying carp nearly knocked her out… Read more →
Aiieee Canada!
Canada’s next car of the year will be Korean! And, my money is on this Kia. The Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC) today announced the top three finalists in its 2012 Canadian Car of the Year competition at the Montreal International Auto Show. The finalists in the three categories are [drum roll]: for, 2012 Canadian Car of the Year,… Read more →
Fuel economy the new performance?
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 manual transmission. For $22,499, it looks… Read more →
2012 Canadian Car of the Year Category Winners
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON – More than 70 of Canada’s top automotive journalists spent last week in the Niagara-on-the-Lake to determine the “Best New” cars and SUV/CUVs in 11 different vehicle categories, as part of the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada’s (AJAC) annual Canadian Car of the Year Awards program. Journalist members spent four days intensively road and track testing the field… Read more →
Targa Newfoundland here I come!
It is finally official! This Keenan and that Kia are headed to the Rock along with my fellow Autonet.ca journalist and CTCC driver Jacques Deshaies. And, beginning next week, you can follow us on Twitter, Facebook and, of course, Autonet.ca. I’ll post again when I have some links for you to follow our progress day by day. I’ve even signed… Read more →
New Beetle coming!
Two words: Awe Some! Click here if the video does not display properly. Related posts: A gymkhana redux: session 1 to today Coming soon: 2010 Canadian Car of the Year! Nissan GT-R coming to Canada Lexus IS350 C first drive Read more →
Car of the Year Category Winners
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON – Seventy of Canada’s top automotive journalists spent this week in the picturesque tourist town of Niagara-on-the-Lake; but not for the scenery or the wine tasting. Journalist members of the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC) were there for the express purpose of determining the ‘Best New’ cars and SUV/CUVs in 11 different vehicle categories, as part of… Read more →
GTI is Canuck Car of Year
The Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC) has announced the results of its annual Canadian Car of the Year competition yesterday at the CIAS in Toronto. Just as I had suspected, the 2010 VW Golf GTI gets the nod. John White, President and CEO, Volkswagen Group Canada Inc. commented, “We are very proud to win this very prestigious award… GTI… Read more →