Canada has a Ministry of Environment and Climate Change headed by the esteemed and very well-spoken Catherine McKenna from Ottawa Centre. McKenna, a heavyweight in the Liberal cabinet and an obvious aspirant to the prime minister’s job, is an international trade lawyer who participated in negotiating the Paris Climate Accord. Bravo. Alas, nothing she can …
Ford’s touts future models, tech — but today’s quality remains a major problem
Ford Motor is a mess. The question is, will Ford clean up its mess quickly? Or is Ford back in the sort of downward spiral that led to near-bankruptcy towards the end of the last decade – a crisis that forced Ford to leverage every asset, including the Ford logo, to fund a complete remake …
As Dieselgate scandal rolls on, VW emerges as the world No. 1 automaker
“Dieselgate” is back in the news thanks to a new Netflix documentary that among other things depicts how Volkswagen pumped diesel exhaust into small see-through chambers to test the effects of noxious diesel gases on monkeys. I am not making this up. The horrific visuals of choking monkeys in Alex Gibney’s “Hard NOx” – part …
Winners and losers of 2017: slumping cars, surging trucks
Nissan’s Sentra compact car jumped onto the list of top 10 best-selling passenger cars of 2017. So, why isn’t the Sentra a winner (and no jokes about the hum-ho styling)? Easy. Sentra sales were down last year, by 2.8 per cent. Not great. Yet that performance was strong enough to take the No. 10 spot …
April 13, 2018 | Commentary, First on the Grid 3 Comments (0) |
Quirky, defiant little Mazda and the CX-5
Quirky little Mazda Motor is a rebellious, independent-minded and outspoken carmaker with a no-apologies love of cars in general and the driving experience in particular – and the CX-5 compact sport-utility is a perfect example of what this actually means. You will not find a more entertaining little rig amongst its many, many, many competitors. …
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