Cruze Control

GM confident in ability to attract customers to new subcompact sedan

CHEVROLET has built a better mousetrap. The 2011 Cruze sedan gets better fuel economy than most subcompacts and offers the passenger and luggage space of a midsize sedan. Those achievements will mean nothing unless Chevrolet convinces customers to check out the…

Teams set off on 'zero emissions' race

GENEVA -- Two drivers, three wheels, $350 and zero carbon emissions. That's how Australian father-and-son team Nick and Jason Jones hope to circle the globe in their custom built electric vehicle. The duo joined teams from Germany and Switzerland on Monday for…

Will GM's offering plans affect Canadians?

OTTAWA -- Buoyed by surging profits, General Motors is gearing up for a return to the markets as a publicly traded company. But it's still too early to tell how much Canadian taxpayers will recoup from the billions of dollars in…

Canadian truck sales on a tear

OTTAWA -- Truck sales are on a tear, leading to a gain of 2.5 per cent in new motor vehicle sales in Canada in June, Statistics Canada says. Truck sales, which for the past seven months have led passenger car sales,…

Windsor plant to power Ford F-150

Canadian-built engines will power the best-selling truck in North America, Ford says. The company said the 5.0-litre V8 produced at the Essex Engine Plant in Windsor, Ont., for the Mustang will be tweaked to suit the needs of the 2011 F-150…

Fixing a car a really big deal today

North American auto instructors conference will be coming to Winnipeg next year

LAKE MARY, Fla. -- Marc Michaud of Fort Myers, Fla., has been teaching automotive repair since 1987. "We could keep on teaching what we've been teaching for the past 40 years," says the instructor at the Lee County High Tech Center,…

Future shop

Electric-car enthusiasts plunk down cash for cars that haven't even been built yet

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson was skimming the information packet for his Tesla Motors board of directors meeting last year when he hit pay dirt about page 50. Spotting details for the Model S sedan the electric-car company…

Driving an icon

You don't have to be the Bandit to love the '77 Trans Am

As a film, Smokey and the Bandit didn't win any major awards. Nevertheless, high-speed car chases and high-flying stunts helped make the movie a memorable one. What makes Smokey and the Bandit even more memorable, however, is the black 1977 Pontiac…