AJAC press release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Vancouver, British Columbia – Wednesday, March 23, 2016 In a press conference at the opening ceremonies of the Vancouver International Auto Show, the 2016 Chevrolet Volt claimed top honours from the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC) as the 2016 Canadian Green Car of the Year (CGCOTY). The […]
Ride with Ron Fellows in a Trans/Am Camaro at Sebring
As one of the most winning drivers in the history of the Trans-Am series, it made sense that Canadian racing star Ron Fellows would be invited to the SVRA’s 50th anniversary of the series at Sebring last weekend. Fellows was to drive a 1969 Chevrolet Camaro under the Cragar Wheels banner, but in Friday practice […]
Could the full size off road wagon be ready for a comeback?
If you grew up in the Seventies or Eighties, chances are that you were exposed to a trio of behemoths built by the big three. Long before some marketing squad coined the name Sport Utility Vehicle, there was the Ford Bronco, Chevy Blazer and Dodge Ramcharger. Depending on where you lived, you might have even […]
Danica Patrick goes undercover as a Lyft driver
Whether you love her or hate her as a driver, you can’t deny the fact that Danica Patrick is a fantastic marketing tool. In a marketing stunt promo for ride sharing service Lyft, Ms. Patrick is let loose on the streets of NASCARtown Charlotte, where she plays the role of a Lyft driver and proceeds […]
Final moments of the Rolex 24 are what racing is all about!
After 24 hours of drama, the most exciting part of this year’s Rolex 24 at Daytona came with less than a dozen minutes to go. While there were other podium battles happening around the track, the Corvette Racing machines were running 1-2 and were given the green light to take the gloves off. The team […]
Driven: 2016 Chevrolet Equinox LTZ AWD
The CUV has become the staple for the Canadian family and every month it seems like we see more of them on the roads. For Chevrolet this trend has resulted in increased sales of their 5 passenger CUV the Equinox. In fact the Equinox so popular that it is second only to the Silverado pickup […]
Off road recovery, Dakar style
We haven’t really done any coverage of The Dakar this year, quite frankly because I am disappointed that there are no Canadian entries this year. That doesn’t however mean that there isn’t some great action happening. This video from Tom Coronel, a racer from the Netherlands, who was driving one of a pair of Chevy […]
1992 Players GM Shootout at Mosport
It was the end of an era. The end of one of the greatest motor racing series ever conceived, not only in Canada, but around the world. The final round of the Players GM series, which pitted drivers against one another in supposedly identically prepared Chevrolet Camaros and Pontiac Firebirds. It was a series that […]
Ontario man’s Corvette dreams are fueled by Chevrolet and Ron Fellows
I have long said that the best part about the car hobby is the people. People who aren’t just passionate about the cars, but also about the people. A small event earlier today at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park reinforced that theory. Earlier in the week, the folks at Chevrolet Canada heard about a campaign that […]
Chevrolet to develop self-driving Volt models in Oshawa
When General Motors announced in April that it would invest heavily in its engineering centre in Oshawa and hire an army of tech sector employees, they were somewhat light on the specifics of exactly what projects would be involved. At the Economic Club in Ottawa on Monday, GM of Canada President Steve Carlisle announced that […]