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Updated styling, more in-cabin technology, and a refined transmission highlight the changes to the third-generation Honda Pilot for the 2019 model year. On sale this summer, the 2019 Pilot will include an optional hands-free power tailgate, a larger rear seat entertainment screen, the CabinTalk technology from the new-for-2018 Honda Odyssey, and... Read more

Sitting On The Fence? Centennial Kia Will Help You Make A Decision There's nothing like a crisp new Sir Robert Borden in your wallet to help you in your decision-making process. It doesn't need to be, but buying or leasing a new vehicle can be a stressful process. There are so many vehicles to research, so many variables to consider, so many... Read more

Rising to a five-year high, Kia's Canadian sales surged in 2017 thanks to success of established and brand new models. Forte? Up 33 percent. Sportage? Up 16%. But Kia also relied upon two recently added vehicles, the hybrid Kia Niro crossover and the premium Kia Stinger sports sedan, for 1,762 of the company's nationwide sales in 2017. Midst... Read more

The third-generation Kia Forte won't be fully unveiled until the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, on January 15, but Kia has generously revealed the sketches on which the production car will be revealed. Inspired by the new Kia Stinger, the 2019 Kia Forte will clearly be unmistakeably a Forte, but distinctly more... Read more

It's always been relatively easy to make the economic argument on behalf of B-segment subcompact cars. Whether it's fuel efficiency, low price points, or the minor depreciation hits that come with low price points, small cars are undeniably affordable. That economic argument has often been even easier to make for the Kia Rio, which helped... Read more

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety recently put the 2018 Kia Niro through its crash-test paces and the final result is yet another Top Safety Pick+ for the Kia brand. The Kia Niro, Canada's most fuel-efficient crossover, joins the 2018 Kia Forte sedan, 2018 Kia Soul, 2018 Kia Optima, and 2019 Kia Sorento as Top Safety Pick+ models. No... Read more

Nissan's concept car belief: go big, or go home. The entire philosophy behind the concept car is to consider new concepts, to make consumers aware of an automaker's thinking, to feed off consumer reaction to different approaches. Nissan, therefore, doesn't display a muted collection of thinly veiled production cars at globally important auto... Read more

It was Kia Canada's goal to raise $150,000 for Special Olympics Canada during July 2018, a lofty objective in the lead-up the 2018 Special Olympics Summer Games that ended in Antigonish last week. Instead, Kia Canada actually raised $165,820, thanks in large part to the company's customers and dealers. $10 from the sale of each vehicle in July -... Read more

It's nearly a monopoly. It's certainly not indicative of the sharing mentality your mother hoped to instill in you. Kelley Blue Book, a vital resource in North America's automotive research field, particularly when it comes to establishing resale values, names 13 vehicles to its annual Best Buy list. Spread out across 12 categories, KBB picks... Read more

At Nissan, it's called an Intelligent Key. Mazda calls it Advanced Keyless Entry. Honda refers to it as Honda Proximity Key Entry. Kia named it Smart Key. What is it? Although the systems differ slightly by vehicle, the main themes of every form of proximity access are pushbutton start and the ability to leave your key in your jeans pocket,... Read more

Watch Honda Explain How to Drive a Manual Transmission The overwhelming majority of new vehicles are sold with automatic transmissions. That's two pedals: a brake on the left; the throttle on the right. Honda nevertheless remains committed to the three-pedal manual transmission, with availability on the Fit, Civic, Accord, and HR-V. For many... Read more