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Video review: why you should test drive the 2020 Jaguar XE

www.CatoCarGuy tests the 2020 Jaguar XE R-Dynamic.

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A ski trip and a look at Canada’s economy in a 2020 Chrysler Pacifica

WHISTLER, BC — The young doorman at the Whistler Westin is taking a long look at my Chrysler Pacifica. He smiles. “I used to work at the plant where these are built,” he says. “I heard sales were slow; too expensive. What do you think?” About minivans? This Pacifica? “Minivans are pretty old school,” I …

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2020 Grand Cherokee Summit: nearly the pinnacle of Jeep luxury

Jeep’s Grand Cherokee is sold in many forms, the least expensive of which is the $41,455 (including $5,000 in total discounts). You have the Laredo, the cheapest version, and then the Upland, the Altitude, and more, all the way to the $106,045 Trackhawk with its 6.2-litre supercharged V-8. This is nothing short of business genius, …

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Hummer EV: a risky successor to the Alpha Male Hummer of the 2000s

The Hummer brand that General Motors took to market in 2002 – and later killed in bankruptcy less than a decade later — was born in an executive washroom at the company’s headquarters in downtown Detroit, Mich. There, GM’s then-head of market research and forecasting, Mike DiGiovanni, bumped into marketing chief Ron Zarella and the …

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Auto industry faces a potential Minsky Moment and answers with 56 million EVs a year by 2040

At this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, where billionaires and corporate titans rubbed shoulders with the politicians they have bought or for whom they have provided succor, the “very stable genius” known as 73-year-old President Donald Trump aimed his ire at a 17-year-old young woman named Greta Thunberg. Those who offer warnings about climate …

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