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  • The Ariel Atom Experience
  • Automakers count on racing for sales
  • Book review - The Chequered Past: Sports Car Racing and Rallying in Canada 1951-1991, by David A. Charters
  • AWD Caliber on the rally trail
  • The performance cars of Chrysler's SRT (Street and Racing Technology) division
  • Behind the wheel at the Bridgestone Racing Academy
  • BMW Advanced Driver Training school: a day behind the wheel
  • BMW Driver Training
  • BMW Driver Training: Combining driving skills with fun
  • BMW winter driving course
  • Bridgestone Racing Academy: Thrill of a lifetime
  • Canada's newest race-track: Calabogie Motorsports Park
  • Canadian Grand Prix: Fun times
  • Car Sick Blues
  • Carrera Panamericana: Reliving the famous experience
  • 2003 Challenge Bibendum
  • DarkNights custom-car show
  • Evo envy
  • 2007 Ferrari Challenge at Mont Tremblant
  • 2004 Ferrari Challenge
  • Flashback: John Buffum in a 1980s Audi Quattro rally car
  • Ford: Have you driven a personalized Ford, lately?
  • Ford's Dearborn Development Center
  • Fast laps in the 2007 Ford Shelby GT500 & Ford GT
  • Fulda Memories
  • GM introduces custom wheels and tires
  • High-end customization is de rigeur
  • Hummer Driving Club
  • John Cooper Works Mini Cooper S at Targa Newfoundland
  • Land Rover adventures in Belize
  • Land Rover Discovery G4 competition
  • Michelin: 2004 Michelin Challenge Bibendum
  • Michelin: A visit to Michelin's proving grounds
  • Mini Winter Driving Challenge
  • Mud, Sweat and Gears
  • Off-roading in British Columbia
  • Petter Solberg: World famous - but not in Canada
  • Plymouth to Banjul Challenge
  • Porsche Sport Driving School
  • Porsche Track Day
  • Rally des Gazelles
  • The Richard Petty Driving Experience
  • Parts: The secrets of parts hunting
  • Pikes Peak in a Porsche Cayenne
  • Stunt driving school
  • Subaru's Tochigi Proving Grounds
  • Targa Newfoundland Mini adventures
  • Targa Newfoundland in a Mini Cooper S
  • The Drive: Real thrills for ten bucks
  • Tissot Canada sponsors April contest
  • Toyota Corolla 2005 Winnipeg Free Press tuner project: Part One
  • Toyota Corolla tuner car project: Part Two
  • Toyota Corolla tuner car project: Part Three
  • Toyota Corolla project car: Progress Report
  • Toyota's Arizona Proving Grounds
  • Track Test - Mazdaspeeding with Mazdaspeed performance accessories
  • Trans-Siberian rally: Moscow to Mongolia
  • Truck accessories
  • The Wheel Deal
  • $1,500 Beater Challenge
  • 20 Under 20: 20 sporty cars you can buy for under $20,000!
  • Acura's 20th Anniversary
  • All-wheel-drive sedan market grows
  • AMG: Mercedes' tuner division
  • Armoured vehicles: Interest in 'armoured' vehicles increasing
  • Aston Martin on a roll
  • Aston Martin turns a profit
  • Automobile features: what's good, and what ain't
  • Automakers catering to aging baby boomers
  • Automotive Beefs
  • Automotive slang: Say what? A plain language guide to car slang
  • Bentley in resurgence
  • 'Big 3' big losers in April 2003
  • Big bucks: Cars that cost lots
  • The best-made cars: perception and reality
  • Inside BMW's Spartanburg, South Carolina assembly plant
  • BMW's 3 Series celebrates 30 years of production
  • Cadillac's 16 cylinder powerplant
  • Canada/U.S. vehicle price differences: why Canadians pay more
  • Canada's top ten best-sellers
  • Canadian vs U.S. vehicle prices: are we paying too much?
  • Canadian-built vehicles
  • CanadianDriver readers choose their Dream Cars!
  • Cars under $15,000
  • Christmas 2005: The cars we want for Christmas
  • Chrysler's cool concepts
  • Chrysler Cop-Car
  • Chrysler is a one-car company - for now
  • Chrysler: Driving their new concept cars
  • Behind the scenes: Chrysler 300 model change-over
  • Cobra Kids: Hard-to-employ youths learn skills building Cobra kit car
  • 'Cobra Kids' are back on track
  • Concept Car Custodians
  • Convertible Hardtops
  • Convertibles: 2005 models with a back seat
  • Corbin: Can Corbin be revived?
  • DaimlerChrysler: Driving DC's Concepts
  • Diesel revival: is one coming?
  • Domestics for 2005
  • Domestic vehicle sales continue downward trend
  • Dreamfleet Automobile Club
  • Duds: Were they really duds?
  • Ferrari Factory: an inside look
  • Ford Focus at Mont Tremblant
  • Ford Interceptor police car
  • Ford: What's New for 2003
  • Four-door coupes: are they here to stay?
  • GM: Can new products re-invigorate General Motors?
  • GM's Future Concepts
  • GM Mobility Program
  • GM's power pair: Caddy STS-V & Corvette Z06
  • GM reveals new 2007 Silverado and Sierra
  • GM: What's new for 2008
  • GM: What's New for 2003
  • GMC's four-wheel-steering
  • Hatchbacks go upmarket
  • Honda: Consumer Reports picks Accord Hybrid as top family sedan
  • Honda: The Fit is here! But why did it take so long?
  • Honda: Look out Detroit - Honda is now serious about trucks
  • Horsepower wars - where will it end?
  • How to become an automobile journalist
  • How to import a car from the U.S.
  • The Hummer story
  • Hyundai's on a roll, too
  • Importing: How to import a used car into Canada
  • Interview: Bill Osborne, President and CEO of Ford of Canada
  • Interview: Carl Galeana, Co-Chair of the 2008 North American International Auto Show Committee
  • Interview: Chip Foose
  • Interview: GM VP, Bob Lutz - How GM sold its 3.5-litre V8 to Rover
  • Interview: General Motors Vice-Chair Bob Lutz
  • Interview: Nissan President, Carlos Ghosn
  • Interview: Mark Norman, President, DaimlerChrysler Canada
  • Interview: Ralph Gilles, Vice President of Design, Chrysler, Jeep and Truck division
  • Is there a new vehicle class emerging?
  • Japanese import cars in Manitoba
  • Japanese car companies all very different
  • Kia targeting growth
  • Kia: Led by Sportage, Kia is looking for a breakthrough
  • Koreans see surge in quality rankings
  • Mazda reinvents the Miata
  • Mercedes-Benz: Canada a laboratory for German automaker
  • Minivans: Is the love affair over?
  • Mitsubishi: Will new Eclipse start a turnaround?
  • Marketing Mitsubishi: Opinion
  • Mitsubishi teaser
  • Mitsubishis! Special Report: The new models
  • MMT gasoline additive
  • Naming: Power of a name
  • Naming: What's in a name?
  • "NISMO Power": Nissan NISMO 350Z
  • Ontario offers incentives for apprentice auto technicians
  • Owners of exotic cars are people too
  • Porsche: Buying a 1991 911
  • Profiling: Are sport compact owners unfairly targeted by the police?
  • Pickups: Small pickups are small no more
  • Pickups: Full-size pickup cabs keep getting bigger
  • Q-ships: Are there any sleepers left?
  • Q-Ships: CanadianDriver readers pick their favourite 'sleepers'
  • Research shows strong niche market for full-size SUVs
  • Return of the Red Buses
  • Retro cars: More on the way
  • Small cars make big splash
  • Subcompacts under $15,000
  • Small is big again
  • SUVs: Large models for 2005
  • SUVs: Upscale models for 2005
  • SUVs: What's new in the luxury segment for 2003?
  • Teasers from Mitsubishi
  • Thrifty cars: Canada's thriftiest vehicles
  • Tiny rides, big ideas
  • Toyota Yaris defends small car turf
  • Toyota the Juggernaut
  • Toyota: What's for 2004 1/2 and 2005
  • Toyota: Buying a right-hand drive Land Cruiser, Part One; Part Two
  • Upscale sedans give a glimpse of the future
  • What's new for 2002: Acura to Ford | GMC to MINI | Nissan to Volvo
  • World Car of the Year 2006
  • Vans: Full-size vans still important
  • Van or Sports Car? It's a tough choice for an enthusiast
  • Vehicle brands and who owns them
  • VW 1-Litre-Car
  • Wagons Ho!
  • Year of Manufacture license plate program
  • Audi A8 L: Pacific Coast Highway meets the big Audi
  • Audi R8 Trans-Canada Performance Tour - Ottawa to Toronto
  • Catch the Vibe
  • Chisasbibi: The road to Chisasibi
  • Honda Civic Hybrid: Driving across Canada
  • Honda Civic Hybrid: Across Canada, Part 2
  • Honda Civic Hybrid: Across Canada, Part 3
  • Cool Canadian Motel Signs
  • Freelanders in Iceland
  • Going green in the Green Mountain State
  • Mexico: Paul's excellent adventures in Mexico
  • Pontiac Vibe: Drive the Vibe - Across B.C. in a Vibe AWD
  • PT meets PCH: California cruising in a PT Cruiser convertible
  • Prevost XLII Tour Bus: Luxury Coach Review
  • Smart: My (Smart) Weekend Getaway
  • Smart Fortwo Road Trip
  • Across Canada in a Smart Fortwo
  • Special Travel Feature: A Canadian Driver in Maui
  • Team travel in a Dodge Sprinter
  • Toronto to Spartanburg, South Carolina in a BMW Z4
  • Travel Feature: Hatteras Island by Hyundai Entourage
  • Travel Feature: Florida on a budget - Keep it cheap
  • Tubby's Garage
  • Yukon: Extreme Sports in the Yukon
  • 2008 Calgary Auto Show
  • Top Ten at the 2008 Detroit auto show
  • 2007 Detroit auto show: Exclusive "Insider's Look"
  • Top 10 "must-see" cars at the Detroit auto show
  • 2007 Performance World Custom Car Show
  • 2007 Vancouver auto show
  • 2007 Vancouver All British Field Meet
  • Highlights: 2007 Calgary Auto Show
  • 2007 Canadian Hot Rod Tour
  • 2006 Montreal Auto Show
  • 2006 Vancouver International Auto Show
  • 2005 Frankfurt auto show preview
  • 2005 North American Car and Truck of the Year
  • 2004 Paris Motor Show top picks
  • 2004 Paris Motor Show: Special Report
  • 2003 Canadian International Auto Show
  • 2003 Frankfurt Motor Show
  • 2003 Los Angeles Auto Show
  • 2003 Tokyo Motor Show
  • History of Audi's Quattro all-wheel-drive system
  • Auto Show Preview: Lots to ogle in Detroit and LA
  • Auto shows reveal future trends
  • BMW at 75
  • BMW 3 Series retrospective
  • Cars and movies
  • Cars and the movies - an enduring relationship
  • Checking out old car shows
  • CIAS: Toronto Auto Show retrospective: 1897-2008
  • ClubSi meets the Si
  • Cool Britannia
  • DVD Review: Pixar's "Cars"
  • DVD Review: Tales of the Rat Fink
  • DVD Review: The Fast and Furious - Tokyo Drift
  • Farewell to the (old) Taurus
  • Special Report: The Frankfurt Motor Show
  • Galleria Ferrari
  • Geneva Motor Show: What's new for Canada?
  • Hershey Automotive Flea Market, 2006
  • "Hershey": The world's largest automotive flea market
  • The Honda Accord: Then and now
  • Horseless Carriage Tour
  • Infiniti, the first Fifteen years
  • J-Body Bash and GM Compact Car Show
  • James Bond's cars
  • James Dean: Was his Porsche 550 Spyder cursed?
  • Jeep Jamboree Canada: a family adventure
  • Kicks, Licks and Rescue Squad 51
  • Le Mans Classic 2006
  • A tour of the National Automobile Museum in Reno, Nevada
  • Heaven for gearheads: SEMA 2006
  • Horsepower and high-tech at the New York Auto Show
  • Mazda's little Miata finds its place in history
  • Mercedes-Benz Coupes through the years
  • Michigan's automotive museums
  • Movie cars: The cars of "I Robot"
  • Newfoundland, Captain Tucker, and the very first Mustang
  • Old Autos Magazine: a Canadian success story
  • On location at the 2005 Mille Miglia
  • Performance World Custom Car & Truck Show
  • SEMA 2007 show
  • Special Report: 2005 Seoul Motor Show
  • Special Report: 2005 SEMA
  • Special Preview of the new Mercedes-Benz museum
  • Speedstream
  • A short history of Suzuki
  • "Viva Las Vegas" 50s car show: Tattoos, rockabilly and rat rods
  • Volkswagen: 2003 "Busfusion" camper event
  • Volkswagen Vanagon and Westfalia 1980-1991
  • Volvo: Irv Gordon's Volvo P1800
  • Whither the supercar?
  • 2008 Canadian Car of the Year Category Winners
  • 2008 Canadian Car of the Year Awards: Behind the scenes
  • 2008 AJAC Canadian Car of the Year 'Testfest'
  • 2007 AJAC Canadian Car of the Year 'Testfest'
  • 2007 Canadian Car of the Year 'Testfest' moves to Niagara
  • 2006 Car of the Year contenders: Sports Sedans
  • 2006 Luxury cars compete for AJAC honours
  • 2005 AJAC Canadian Car of the Year "Testfest"
  • Snapshot: 2005 Canadian Car of the Year contenders
  • 2005 Canadian Car of the Year contenders
  • 2005 Canadian Car of the Year: Seven new convertibles
  • 2005 Canadian Car of the Year Award category winners announced
  • 2004 Canadian Car of the Year "Test-Fest"
  • 2004 Car of the year: Economy Car shootout
  • 2004 Car of the Year: Coupe/Sedans under $35,000
  • 2002 Car of the year contenders
  • 2002 Canadian Car/Truck of the Year - Part Two
  • 2002 Car of the Year: The contenders, part three
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  • Airbags: What's new
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  • Back to School - Safely!
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  • Learning to ride a motorcycle: Part Five - A new bike, some new speeds, and new friends
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  • Learning to ride a motorcycle: Part Seven - A bag for trips, some gravel slips
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