Driving

I have just driven a 2018 Tesla Model 3, and I am now a believer. Car manufacturers are notorious for hyping their cars.

The Toyota Camry is the car to watch in 2018. In December, the mid-sized four-door sedan went from twelfth to seventh overall among cars sold in Canada, and the top in its size segment.

It’s been just over six years since the last Ford Ranger pickup rolled off the assembly line, and Ford Motor Co. is ready to make the small-size truck for North American markets again.

The 1970s were turbulent years for the American auto industry. Two energy crises brought tightening fuel economy and emission standards. On top of that was increasing foreign competition from Europe and Japan.

Volkswagen might take a run at the Kia Stinger with a high-performance offshoot. At least that’s the intel originating from the Spy Guy’s industry moles.

Question: I have a 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 5.3 automatic four-wheel drive Z71, approximately 230,000 kilometres, perfect maintenance so far.

It might be love that makes a Subaru a Subaru, but I suspect that a good deal of research and engineering went into the design, development and manufacturing of the new Crosstrek.

LAS VEGAS — Ford CEO Jim Hackett offered an ambitious vision for the automaker’s autonomous vehicle business strategy last week at the CES tech conference here, depicting a future that will be as much as about networks of cars and traffic signals as

The 1949 Oldsmobile “Rocket” 88 could be called the 1932 Ford of its day. Henry Ford’s V-8-engine-in-a-light-body creation was one of the most spirited cars of the 1930s. Oldsmobile did the same in the 1950s.

Nissan rolled out the newest generation of its Maxima sport sedan just two years ago, and now it returns for 2018 with just a few enhancements.