Ford’s Escape is Canada’s second most-popular small SUV (sport-utility vehicle). Such success is a testament to great marketing, outstanding drivability, slick styling, and a bagful of high-tech features that put this little rig among the industry leaders in connectivity, infotainment and driver-assist electronic nannies. Most important to me, you simply cannot buy a mainstream compact …
Video: two minutes of ‘Green Hell” — the Mercedes-AMG GT R
This supercar boasts a front-mid-engine with transaxle, twin-turbo V-8 engine rated at 577 hp and will do 0-110 km/hour in 3.7 seconds. Oh, my.
Two minutes on Infiniti design — and why it’s supposed to sell cars
Infiniti Managing Director Stephen Lester serves up bullet points that explain Infiniti design.
Why EV subsidies are needed — for now, but not forever
GM Canada president Steve Carlisle makes the case for EV subsidies in the short term, but there is an end in sight.
March 7, 2017 | Commentary, First on the Grid Like Comments (0) |
GM wisely sheds Opel and looks to the future
When General Motors went bankrupt seven and a half years ago, the Ayn Randers argued that it was time to strip the rotting General to the studs. The chorus of critics and GM-haters said GM must kill Pontiac, abandon Saab, shoot Saturn straight into the sun and put a do-not-resuscitate sticker on Buick, grandpa’s brand. …
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