Garage Talk

With the price of fuel soaring dramatically, automobile owners are experiencing plenty of pain at the pumps. That’s particularly true for those piloting full-size utility vehicles, which, along with full-size pickups, are among the thirstiest rigs on the road. There doesn’t appear to be much relief in sight, but the Texas-built 2023 Toyota Sequoia — now with a standard hybrid powertrain — offers a measure of it.

The Canadian new light vehicle market has faced serious challenges in 2022 because of the ongoing semiconductor shortage, which has in turn impacted the supply chain and new vehicle inventory on many new car dealer’s lots.

What began as a trickle of models with battery-electric propulsion is rapidly becoming a fast-flowing stream, with more such models expected soon. In this field, the Kia EV6 enters production with great looks and an unexpected but welcome level of performance.

Champagne sees the industry as key to Canada’s future

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While fall’s leisurely arrival has winter driving far from the minds of many in British Columbia, cooler temperatures and gray skies will be here soon enough. And that means that regardless of the kind of vehicle you drive , it’s time to switch to winter tires.

Many automakers participate directly or indirectly in motorsports. For the past two decades, Subaru has been laser-focused on rally racing, with competition versions of the WRX and WRX STI models leading the charge.

Honda’s updated HR-V small utility vehicle is bigger and stronger

There likely isn’t an automaker that’s better positioned than Subaru to confront the mainstream off-road-vehicle market that’s dominated by Jeep plus various hardcore-appointed Ford, Chevrolet and Toyota models.

“I get by with a little help from my friends,” is a line from a classic Beatles song. It could also apply to Mitsubishi — a member of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance — that uses the Nissan Rogue framework for the 2022 Outlander.