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The North American Car and Truck of the Year jury has selected 24 vehicles that made the short list for 2012 car and truck of the year. The big surprise is the Honda civic’s absence. The Civic won North American Car of the Year the last time was new in 2006. The 2012 model didn’t [...]
Apr 08, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
BMW X3 Plus: Value, performance, fuel economy. Minus: The jury often prefers mainstream to luxury brands. BMWX3 comes with a choice of three petrol engines and three diesel units spanning an output range of 135 kW/184 hp to 230 kW/313 hp. BMW X3 now offers an unprecedented blend of superior driving characteristics and exemplary efficiency. [...]
Apr 01, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
All Ford automatic transmissions have a torque converter, planetary gear train, and hydraulic control system. The torque converter has two functions. First, it acts as a hydraulic clutch to connect the engine to the gear train, provide the necessary slip when the engine running with the transmission in gear and the car standing still, and [...]
Mar 29, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Alright I know 2011 is over and we all should move on like normal people do. However, normal people also take a look back with the good things that happened last year, most especially those who missed buying their dream car and now had the resources to do so. Besides it’s the same auto but [...]
Feb 19, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Ted Cavagbaro of St Loius, Missouri, is an avid deer hunter. “Last season my brother I hauled in six deer in our Trail 90’s,” Ted told us. “They performed effortlessly. We wouldn’t think of going hunting without them.” Matchless performance. That’s the reason sportsmen that world over prefer Honda, the biggest-selling trail machine in the [...]
Feb 14, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
In Idaho and Washington it’s called “rubber-bumping”… in New Hampshire and Maine you go “punging in the pucker-brush”… Minnesota folks have coined “snow safaris”… and in Canada and Alaska you take a “run in the bush”. By winning speed and endurance championships for ten years, Polaris Sno-Travelers have earned a reputation for dependability- acknowledged by [...]
Feb 11, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Not much of the Ram is modified, but there is still plenty here to separate the new Dodge Ram from its other half-ton competitors, especially the two revamped trucks (from GM and Toyota). Most notable, all new Rams now use a rear coil-spring suspension with trailing arms to locate the live axle, a la Jeep [...]
Feb 03, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
The 2012 Ford Focus is one of the big reasons this is such a great time for people who love small cars. Never before has there been such a collection of thoroughly modern, great driving compacts from which to choose. The problem is which one do you choose? Well, it seems a lot of buyers [...]
Jan 29, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
The Ford Mustang really is just a one-trick pony. And that trick is impression. It won’t matter if you don’t like coupes or you don’t like North American cars in general, or Ford specifically or even if you think sports cars are supposed to have more supposed to have more substance than just raw power. [...]
Jan 18, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
The good news is that it is no longer based on the outgoing North American model, which was tepid at best. Finally, we in Canada get to enjoy the same car that has been lauded in Europe for many years. In the end, it gives Ford an enviable lineup of passengers cars. Exterior style aside, [...]
Jan 15, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
