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Suppliers
Magna's Walker: Pair up to keep cars affordable

The head of Canada's largest supplier is urging automakers to slow investments in electric cars and form partnerships to help keep prices in check.
Suppliers
Magna's Walker sees possibilities in Oshawa

Don Walker, the CEO of Canada's largest supplier, says if the numbers work out, it would consider a North American plant for contract manufacturing. GM's Oshawa plant might be a possibility once the automaker ends production there.
Automakers
Iconic Land Rover Defender returns to Canada after 21-year absence

Jaguar Land Rover confirmed U.S. and Canadian dealers will, for the first time in a generation, again be selling the all-new version of the Defender off-road vehicle. The company is gearing up to launch the Defender, once prohibited in the U.S. because of safety rules, late in 2019 as a 2020 model.
Blogs
Time for automakers to tap the brakes on self-driving car technology
Is any C-level executive at an automaker going to have the guts to put the brakes on autonomous driving r&d? I doubt it.
Canada
Magna exec touts 'scalable building blocks' for future powertrains
Despite conflicting global emissions regulations and consumer demands, automakers can profitably deliver vehicles with as many as 50 powertrain combinations, says a top Magna executive.
Cars & Concepts
Chevy to launch all-new 2020 Silverado HD in fall 2019
With profits from pickups more important than ever as sales of cars fade, Chevrolet is making sure one of its biggest cash cows won't ever get old. The brand said the next-generation Silverado HD will debut next year as a 2020 model.
Cars & Concepts
Cadillac readies exclusive twin-turbo, 4.2-liter V-8
Cadillac, for the first time in 26 years, will have an exclusive engine -- a 4.2-litre twin-turbo V-8, making good on a 2016 promise by brand President Johan de Nysschen.
Cars & Concepts
Infiniti rolls out industry-first variable compression engine
When the next-generation Infiniti QX50 crossover arrives next year as a 2019 model, it will be powered by a 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine introducing a technology never seen before in a regular production vehicle: variable compression.
Canada
NAFTA partners agree on update
Trade representatives from Canada and Mexico agree with the Trump administration's assertion that the two-decade-old NAFTA pact should be renegotiated.
Canada
Magna's Walker takes issue with industry expectations for EVs, self-driving cars
Automakers are overstating the market potential of electric cars and the timeframe of when self-driving vehicles arrive, charged Don Walker, CEO of Canada's Magna International.
Cars & Concepts
Magna-built Jaguar E-Pace priced at $44,300 in Canada
Jaguar's E-Pace, the automaker's performance-oriented compact crossover, is coming to Canada in early 2018 and will slot in one of the market's hottest segments.
Cars & Concepts
Corvette Carbon 65: The first collectible of 2018
The first collectible car of the 2018 model year is the Chevrolet Corvette Carbon 65, a limited-production model that celebrates the sports car's 65th anniversary. Most U.S. and Canadian Chevrolet dealers will never see the car.
Canada
Cruze diesel might get 50 mpg on highway
The upcoming diesel version of the Chevrolet Cruze might be General Motors' first non-hybrid vehicle since the 1990s to get an EPA-certified fuel economy rating of at least 50 mpg (4.7 l/100 km) on the highway.
Canada
How Ford's hybrid push might play out
It's rare when an automaker reveals product plans three years in advance. But that's what Ford Motor Co. did last week when CEO Mark Fields explained how the company will spend some of the US$4.5 billion it has committed to developing 13 electrified vehicles by 2020.
Canada
Welcome to 2017: Key products and technology coming this year
As far as technology and product development go, the work for 2017 is already done for automakers.