With the Carbon tax now in full effect throughout Canada, people are looking for new ways to minimize their carbon emissions - which was the Government’s intent in the first place. Among other things, this also means that they are changing their requirements and desires when buying cars. Criteria like car dependability and lifespan still play a big role in choosing the vehicle, but overall, we can see a big shift towards electric and hybrid vehicles being purchased more often. If you are looking to buy a car, and your main criterium is how dependable it is, the latest J.D. Power … [Read more...]
Sergio Marchionne: The Visionary Who Saved Fiat and Chrysler
These were just some of the news outlets’ headlines on July 25th 2018 – the day that saw a true visionary, Mr. Sergio Marchionne, die at the age of 66 following complications from a shoulder surgery. To an uninformed spectator, it seems that the man was greatly respected by his peers and that his death will be a great loss to the automotive industry. But what did he do to earn this rock star status? Born in Italy June 17th 1952, Sergio moved to Toronto, Canada with his family when he was 13, thus gaining dual Italian-Canadian citizenship. He was fluent in English, French and Italian and … [Read more...]
Bestselling Vehicles in Canada
With the year ending, it’s the perfect moment to summarize it in all the ways it affected us. One of them would be to see which vehicles have been the final choice for Canadians who have decided to change it up and renew their fleet. When you take a look at the charts in the past decade or so, it appears that Canadians like to stick to the tried and true, as the best selling passenger cars on the top of the list have stayed the same since 2013: However, when it comes to the overall vehicle sales in Canada in the past year, the situation is a bit different (note that these … [Read more...]
