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Car Show – Kelowna

Car Show – Kelowna

The crowds turned out in force on a spectacular day in Kelowna for the Boyds Autobody Car show in City Park.
There was something for all tastes from a vast array of vintage classics, through to supercars like the Audi R8 V10 and a Ferrari F430. There was even a few surprises such as the Miami [...]

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James Bond Aston Martin for Sale

James Bond Aston Martin for Sale

The silver, 1964 Aston Martin DB5 driven by Sean Connery as the British superspy will be sold by RM Auctions in October, the company revealed on Tuesday.
One of just two original Aston Martins that were shown onscreen, the car comes complete with the James Bond prop gadgets seen in the films, including fake machine-guns, the [...]

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Knox Mountain Hill Climb – Volunteers needed!

Unless the upcoming Knox Mountain Hill Climb gets volunteers – and quickly – the event is in danger of being cancelled.
Organizers of the car event say the 53rd Annual Knox Mountain Hill Climb has one-fifth of the volunteers needed to run the two-day event.
“The hill climb needs 50 volunteers per day to work as course [...]

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Dodge Ram 3500 HD Laramie

Dodge Ram 3500 HD Laramie

HD Video of the 2010 the Dodge Ram 3500 HD Laramie

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Nissan GT-R – Fastest Acceleration

Nissan GT-R – Fastest Acceleration

That the Nissan GT-R lapped the Nurburgring circuit in Germany a month or two ago in a blistering time of 7 minutes, 26.7 seconds is well known. What isn’t is the zero to 100km/h acceleration time of 3.5 seconds it set during the lap. For the record, the GT-R is officially “the fastest four-seater production [...]

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Chrysler to launch Dodge Durango and Chrysler Aspen as hybrids

Chrysler to launch Dodge Durango and Chrysler Aspen as hybrids

American automaker Chrysler Group has announced that they would launch the gas/electric hybrid versions of their Dodge Durango and Chrysler Aspen SUVs next year.
These models would be powered with their 5.7-liter Hemi V8 engine. The company said in a statement that these SUVs would use a “two-mode” hybrid system they developed in collaboration with General [...]

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Toyota ‘world’s largest carmaker’

Toyota ‘world’s largest carmaker’

Japan’s Toyota has overtaken US rival General Motors to become the world’s biggest carmaker, a spokesman for the company has said.
According to company figures, Toyota sold 2.348 million vehicles in the first three months of 2007.
General Motors (GM) is estimated to have sold 2.26 million cars and small trucks during the same period.
Japanese carmakers have [...]

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Toyota Tundra rocks Western Canada

Toyota Tundra rocks Western Canada

Now that they both have big pickup trucks on the market, Toyota Canada Inc. and Honda Canada Inc. intend to open new dealerships in Western Canada, senior executives of both companies say.
Without full-size pickup trucks to sell until recently, both companies have felt shut out of farming communities and other rural territories where such vehicles [...]

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Sirius to Launch TV Service in Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep autos

Sirius to Launch TV Service in Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep autos

Willa Norris, 8, left, and Hannah Fowler, 10, sit in a 2008 Chrysler Town and Country minivan during a demonstration of Sirius Backseat TV on Thursday, March 29, 2007 in New York. Chrysler, which invented the minivan, is teaming with Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. to bring three channels, Nickelodeon, Disney Channel and Cartoon Network, to [...]

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Toyota Scion Marketing to Generation ‘Y’

Toyota Scion Marketing to Generation ‘Y’

“This generation is huge, and if you miss the boat with them, or alienate them entirely, you’ll have a hard time winning them back,” said Rebecca Lindland. “There are 75 million of them and they’re going to be a huge part of the buying market in the next 5 to 10 years.”
Toyota markets the [...]

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