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2003 Canadian International Autoshow
February 14, 2003 The Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) announced the winners of its annual Pyramid Awards during the Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto yesterday.
February 14, 2003 Each year, Natural Resources Canada presents the EnerGuide Awards to the manufacturers of the most fuel-efficient new vehicles sold in Canada in each of nine classes.
The EnerGuide Awards are now in their fifth year, and winners are determined using fuel consumption estimates for vehicles published in the annual Fuel Consumption Guide.
The 2004 Ford Freestar minivan, unveiled at the Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto, will deliver the best driving dynamics, most versatility, comfort and highest levels of safety and quality of any Ford minivan ever, said the company on Thursday.
February 13, 2003 Toyota Canada Inc. confirmed yesterday that it would re-enter the Car of the Year award competition next year.
February 13, 2003 Yesterday, at the Canadian International Auto Show, Mazda Canada Inc. announced the RX-8 sports car, equipped with either automatic transmission and rated at 210 horsepower or with a six speed manual transmissionand rated at 250 hp, will be priced at $36,795 when it goes on sale in June.
Kia Motors displayed the KCV-1 (Kia Concept Van)as a new fusion-type concept car.
Jaguar's all-new 2004 XJ sedan made its Canadian debut at the Canadian International Auto Show yesterday.
Benefiting from the General Motors takeover of Daewoo and its association with GM, Suzuki has added two new models to its lineup - the mid-size Verona sedan and the sub-compact Swift+. Both models will go on sale in early 2004.
February 13, 2003 For the first time ever, one car company has won both the Canadian Car of the Year and Canadian Truck of the Year awards. The Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC) announced today that its members had chosen the Nissan 350Z as the "Canadian Car of the Year", the Nissan Murano as "Canadian Truck of the Year". As well, the Nissan Altima was voted "Best New Design".
February 13, 2003 General Motors' MagneRide System was declared the winner of the "Best New Technology" award for 2003 by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC).
Revised styling is the major change to the 2004 Lancer LS unveiled today at the Canadian International Auto Show. Mitsubishi also announced a new performance variant, the Lancer Ralliart.
Chevrolet's new 2004 entry-level vehicle, the Aveo, will take aim at the heart of the small car market in Canada, said a company spokesperson at the vehicle's introduction.
GM unveiled the 2004 Chevrolet Optra, a new compact sedan, at the Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto Wednesday.
GM of Canada unveiled the new 2004 Chevrolet Epica 4-door mid-size sedan, to be available by early 2004 in LS and LT trim.
The Chevrolet Impala SS will return to the Chevy lineup as a 2004 model with a supercharged 3.8 litre V6 engine, and the two-door Monte Carlo SS will be upgraded to the same supercharged engine for 2004, said GM on Wednesday.
Toyota Canada unveiled a prototype of its new 2004 Echo hatchback model on Wednesday, a car that will be sold in Canada but not in the United States.
February 12, 2003 DaimlerChrysler revealed to the media three concepts and one production vehicle as the media preview for the 2003 Canadian International Auto show got underway.
February 12, 2003 Toyota will unveil a "made-for-Canada" small car to the media today at the Toronto auto show at 2:55 pm.
February 12, 2003 Winners in this year's Art of the Automobile Competition were announced on Tuesday during the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada Media Reception, held in conjunction with the first press day of the Canadian International AutoShow at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in downtown Toronto.
February 11, 2003 Two Nissan models and one Infiniti have made the finals of the Best New Design award sponsored by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada. The 2003 Nissan 350Z sports car, the 2003 Nissan Murano 'crossover' sport utility vehicle and the 2003 Infiniti G35 Sport Sedan were finalists from a starting field of over 50 vehicles. The winner will be announced Thursday at Canadian International AutoShow in Toronto.
January 27, 2003 The 2003 Canadian International AutoShow in Toronto will display eight World Premieres, two North American Premieres (with another two still pending final confirmation), and forty-five Canadian debuts, organizers announced.
January 24, 2003 The second annual World Automotive Design Competition hosted by the Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto reports a record number of entries this year. Sixty-eight entries, comprised of 90 students, from twelve internationally recognized design schools have entered this year's Canadian automotive design challenge. The countries represented are China, India, Japan, Korea, England, Italy, France, Sweden, the USA and Canada.
January 22, 2003 DaimlerChrysler's "Start Your Engine! Design That Cool Car" contest, which closed on December 31st, 2002, is now in the judging stage, and the results of the contest will be showcased at the Toronto International Auto Show in February 2003. Prizes for the contest include three $2,000 BMO Intuition RESPs, three Fujifilm FinePix 2650 digital cameras and six one-year subscriptions for AOL Canada Internet service along with a "designer" gift basket from Grand & Toy.
January 15, 2003 The Canadian International AutoShow (CIAS) in Toronto has released a list of concept vehicles to be on display at the show in February.
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