Volvo takes aim at the Big German Three

The time has come to take Volvo Cars seriously, to abandon all talk of how Volvo should be dead, gone the way of the other Swedish car brand, Saab. Volvo has put in place a product plan that delivers a very clear picture of the future – one filled with interesting, progressive new products that …

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Bad driving is the killer, not speeding

Like many of you, I have spent hours and hours racing along public highways at 180-plus km/hour. At that speed on the typical German autobahn, I usually stay in the middle lane. That allows me to safely pass slower vehicles to the right, and stay out of the way of the 240 km/hour screamers on …

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EV world just tilted in Renault-Nissan’s favour

We’re being washed over with giant waves of what can be called “green car” news. Audi and General Motors just issued their latest sustainability reports; BMW has announced a big-battery i3; Tesla has sparked fevered interest in the promised Model 3; Ford is developing an electric vehicle (EV) to compete with the Chevrolet Bolt and …

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Infiniti embarks on latest brand-building adventure

I have been testing an all-wheel-drive 2016 Infiniti Q50 for several days. It is a lovely sedan and $8,000 less expensive than a uniformly equipped 2016 Mercedes-Benz C300 4MATIC – the best-selling model in the segment. Good as the Q50 is, last year Canadians bought about 2.5 times as many C-Class cars. It was a …

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What to ask Elon Musk: Tesla questions from the blogosphere

If you have even the slightest interest in Tesla Motors, here’s a fundamental question: What will the Model 3 cost? No, not what does Tesla CEO Elon Musk say the Model 3 will cost, but what will the Model 3 actually cost? Among those who believe the Model 3 will cost far more than the …

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