WINNIPEG - New Flyer Industries Inc. (TSX:NFI) said Friday that Halifax Regional Council has approved the purchase of up to 80 of its Xcelsior clean diesel 40-foot heavy-duty buses.The contract includes a firm order of 22 buses with options to purchase an additional 58.Financial terms were not immediately available.Production of …
May 17, 2013
TORONTO - Threats of a June election in Ontario eased considerably Friday when the New Democrats said they were "encouraged" by Premier Kathleen Wynne's response to their series of post-budget demands.Even though the minority Liberal government included a list of NDP ideas in the May 2 budget, party leader Andrea …
May 17, 2013
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says wholesale sales grew 0.3 per cent in March to $49.1 billion, mainly due to higher motor vehicle sales.The agency says in volume terms, wholesale sales were up 0.1 per cent in March.In March, four of seven subsectors reported gains, accounting for about two-thirds of wholesale …
May 17, 2013
As winter drew to a close, my instructors and I decided we needed to add a rear-wheel drive car to the stable at Sidorov Advanced Driver Training. We wanted to be able to provide a real challenge to our repeat customers, and what could be better than a rear-wheel drive car …
May 17, 2013
Steinbach's Mazda dealership has a new owner, a new name and will soon have a new look. At the beginning of January, Don Neufeld sold his Auto City Mazda store to Ron Loeppky, president of Fairway Ford Sales in Steinbach. "We had been chatting with Don about acquiring his store for a …
May 17, 2013
SALES REP: Rod Neufeld DEALERSHIP: Focus Hyundai NO. OF YEARS: almost a year FAVOURITE MODEL: 2013 Santa Fe WHY: "I like the styling and the ride. You also get a lot of options. The Santa Fe is a beautiful all-round …
May 17, 2013
Every spring, China puts on its annual new-car show, flipping biennially between the major cities of Beijing and the host of this year's event, Shanghai. Canadians can't buy any of the new vehicles on display from the more than 100 home-market Chinese brands, so why do auto journalists travel halfway around …
May 10, 2013
Acura Like pretty much every other luxury brand, Honda's Acura got the memo to show up in Shanghai with a crossover concept. The Concept SUV-X was the first-ever Acura concept to make its debut at a Chinese auto show. Parked alongside the Acura NSX concept and RLX luxury sedan (which will go …
May 10, 2013
TORONTO - July Ono had been buying used cars online for years without problems.So she was stunned when she got a panicked phone call three years ago from a friend saying the Jeep Ono bought a month earlier was being towed away by a bailiff.In hindsight, Ono says she had …
May 16, 2013
DETROIT - U.S. auto safety regulators are investigating complaints that the engines can stall without warning in three Chrysler and Dodge brand cars.The probe covers more than 192,000 Chrysler 300C luxury cars, Dodge Charger muscle cars and Dodge Magnum wagons from the 2006 model year. The cars have 5.7-litre or …
May 14, 2013
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