AJAC declares Canada’s “Best New” 2008 vehicles

2008 Audi R8 next to Mini Cooper S

TORONTO, (Ontario) – The 2008 “Best New” winners in 12 different “Canadian Car of the Year” categories were announced today by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC) at a press conference held at the Toronto Congress Centre, in Mississauga, Ontario. The purpose of the Canadian [...]

Nissan GT-R debuts in Tokyo

2009 Nissan GT-R

On the 19th day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a new ’09 GT-R! Yeah right, but who doesn’t wish for that? Official launch details on the release on the almighty Nissan Skyline GT-R’s successor have finally emerged from the 2008 Tokyo Motor Show floor. Nissan has confirmed the [...]

Download the Guitar Hero 3 demo for Xbox 360

Move over Joel Zumaya, my wife and I are already getting our guitair-wailing fingers going on the heals of my beloved’s “Guitar Hero” Rock Out 30th Birthday Party. We had about 20 people over and most of them partook in a jam session or two (more in some cases). At least two of her girlfriend’s [...]

2007 Canadian Car of the Year finalists

2007 BMW Z3 M Package

About a month ago, Shaun, as is his annual tradition, joined his AJAC colleagues for four days of car reviewing frenzy at “TestFest.” He evaluated the Sports Performance over $50K, SUV over $65K and convertibles. Well, after weeks of anticipation, the votes have finally been tabulated, and this year’s [...]

Nissan GT-R back under wraps

Officially, the launch of the new Nissan GT-R is slated for mid-to-late 2007 and the MY2008 year production version should look very close to this. “Eighty to 90 percent close to production,” said Nissan Design Director Shiro Nakamura. What the model’s full official name will be is uncertain along with the price. First shown as [...]

Enzo crash casts shadow on grey market autos

Mysterious circumstances surrounding an early-morning crash of a Ferrari Enzo last week in Malibu, California has rekindled the debate about grey market cars. The Enzo, owned by Stefan Eriksson, was reduced to a pile of carbon and metal bits after striking a hydro pole at high speed on the Pacific Coast Highway. Eriksson emerged from [...]