Study reveals that Canadian prices have rocketed by 21.3 percent since this time last year https://www.carscoops.com/author/chris-chilton-cc/ by Chris Chilton 1 hour ago Are you rubbing your hands together with glee at the 21.3 percent pay rise your boss gave you over the last 12 months? We’re guessing not, and that could be a real problem […]
Mazda3s And CX-3s Need Rearview Camera Repairs In Canada And The U.S.
The Mazda3 and CX-3 have just been hit with a recall in Canada and the United States due to a fault with the rearview camera. While the problem isn’t a serious safety concern, it could be quite an inconvenience for owners. The Japanese car manufacturer has revealed that a poorly designed wiring harness fastener for […]
Mercedes May Put The Brakes On EVs In North America, But Not For The Reasons You Think
In light of a tougher economy, dealers suggest that Mercedes will slow down its switch to EVs, focusing more on hybrids and ICEs https://www.carscoops.com/author/sam-d-smith/ by Sam D. Smith June 28, 2023 at 16:32 Canadian Mercedes-Benz dealers suggest that the German automaker is listening to concerns about the rapid shift to EVs. The company could be […]
Volvo Becomes First European Carmaker To Join Tesla’s Charging Standard In North America
Volvo will join the growing number of automakers adopting Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) charging port for its electric vehicles. As a result of the announcement, its vehicles will be able to use the Supercharger network in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Starting in 2025, Volvo vehicles will come equipped with an NACS […]
BugRod: The Beetle That Came Back
This is a story of history, dreams and ideas, dereliction, coincidence and resurrection. This is a story of a ’66 Volkswagen Beetle that resurfaced after more than 50 years living out a life of its own. The story begins at our small, independent auto repair shop in Alberta, Canada. Bowest Motors has a 65-year legacy […]
Ford Canada To Stop Releasing Quarterly Sales, Are EV Makers To Blame?
Ford Canada has revealed that it will stop reporting sales figures on a quarterly basis and instead only report sales on an annual basis. Additionally, Ford will no longer report North American sales results by country and instead by division, consisting of its ICE business Ford Blue, the EV business Ford Model e, and its […]
Police Bring The Curtain Down On Porsche Driver’s Retractable License Plate Performance
Ontario Porsche Panamera driver stopped by police was found to have remote operated shutter on his rear license plate by Chris Chilton 2 hours ago by Chris Chilton If you can afford a Porsche Panamera 4S it’s safe to assume you can afford to pay road tolls and speeding fines. But that didn’t stop one […]
Motorama 2023 Done Three Ways
Tesla C10 Welcome to the ‘Chef’s Choice’ edition of our 2023 Motorama Custom Car & Motorsports Expo coverage. My previous two stories from this event were theme-based, but this final look is simply going to be three vehicles I found really interesting. If there is any theme that can be derived from these three cars, […]
Race Cars Can Be Show Cars At Motorama
I’ve always tried to make the best of every media pass I’ve received. Whether it’s my first one, or in the case of Toronto’s Motorama Custom Car & Motorsports Expo my fifth or sixth, my focus has always remained the same: make the event look the best I can. This means giving every hall a fair shake. Including the hall full of […]
Taking It Back To The ’80s & ’90s At Motorama
One of the podcasts I listen to religiously is called Southern Vangard Radio. A hip-hop-centric broadcast, ‘Vangard features three, six-to-eight song mixes separated by talk breaks. During one of talk breaks about 15 episodes back, the two hosts lamented missing their life from the 1990s. I found the segment both hilarious and relatable. I was pretty young throughout […]