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Tax man in Italy targets supercar suspects
You'd think that the home of Ferrari and Lamborghini would be filled with exotic metal, prancing stallions jostling rampant bulls for space in day-to-day traffic - the daily commute like an auto show in motion. You'd be wrong.
Fusion puts up nice front
He lives in the suburbs with wife, two children and a middle-aged corgi named Samantha. He, like his famous cousin James, has a job with the Ministry of Defense, but it's in the accounting department keeping track of top secret stamp pads. Rather than getting into car chases, he has a lengthy commute.
West Coast Auto Group expands to include new Kia
West Coast Auto Group opened their newest dealership on May 1 - West Coast Kia.
Lambo the latest to get rid of stick shift option
A biweekly roundup of automotive news, good, bad and just plain weird:
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2014 Mercedes-Benz E-class: A whole new series of sedans, coupes, convertibles, wagons and high-performance AMG models bearing the E-class designation will arrive at dealers this spring. Available engines include a 190-horsepower four-cylinder turbo-diesel, a 302-horsepower 3.5-litre V6 (standard in all-wheel-drive 4MATIC sedans and wagons) and a 402-horsepower 5.5-litre V8.
Rules for the temporary foreign politician
Regarding your excellent April 14 editorial, Cheaping Out, it is my opinion that our political and industry leaders are failing Canada and Canadians. Have none of them heard of Henry Ford? He found out that his employees were not making enough money to purchase the cars they were producing. Soon after he paid them more and his Ford Motor Company became more successful. Ford found that in a consumer economy, people need money to purchase goods and services, and that in return profits rise.
Black Ice march to tourney perfection
The under-16 Coquitlam Metro Ford Black Ice girls soccer team ran the table at the recently-held Mayor's Cup in Surrey, winning all four games in the competition without conceding a single goal over the course of the weekend.
Mercedes S-Class covers up your odour offenses
A biweekly round-up of automotive news, good, bad and just plain weird: Details of all-new Mercedes-Benz S-Class leak out
Titanium CUV a shiny ride
Ordinarily, the dollars and cents equation comes a little later in any car review, but no pussy-footing around it, this little trucklet from Ford is one expensive ride.
Ford's Edsel still a joke
There's an oft-told adage: if you haven't failed at something, you haven't tried hard enough to succeed at anything. A perfect case in point is the Edsel, a car - a whole line of cars, actually - that epitomizes failure on a particularly grand scale.
Tesla owner charges to car's defence
A biweekly roundup of automotive news, good, bad and just plain weird:
Corvette still owns the open road
AS anyone who has any experience with social media knows, automotive manufacturers love to make the most of any big reveal.
Uncovering the meanings behind emblems
As I glanced over my shoulder to change lanes, a shiny red BMW M3 zoomed by me as if it was being swept by a tornado. The car appeared to be in a perfect condition, but then I quickly noticed the missing blue-and-white emblems from not only the hood and the trunk, but from all four cross-laced aluminum wheels as well.
Long history behind those logos
As I glanced over my shoulder to change lanes, a shiny red BMW M3 zoomed by as if it was being swept by a tornado. The car appeared to be in a perfect condition, but then I quickly noticed the missing blue-and-white emblems from not only the hood and the trunk, but from all four cross-laced aluminum wheels as well.
Braking news: Your automotive roundup
Detroit. The Motor City. For a while this town was the heart of industrial America, producing both the wheeled iron that moved folks in their physical beings and the Motown sound that moved their souls. Then the bottom fell out.
Canuck Place: No season, all the more reason
Recently the owners of the Jolly Coachman Pub in Pitt Meadows, Marilyn Sanders and Dave Crown, thought it would be a good idea to raise money for the Canuck Place Children's Hospice because 25 per cent of the operating revenue of the hospice had been coming from 50-50 draws during the games.
Michael J. Fox Theatre turns 20
For the past two decades, Burnaby's performing arts scene has had a home at the Michael J. Fox Theatre.
