Driving

A biweekly roundup of automotive news, good, bad and just plain weird: Bullitt Mustang found in scrapyard Of all the movie cars out there, Steve McQueen’s dark-green Mustang has to be one of the best.

There are hot hatches and then there are not-so-hot hatches. This feisty looking thing is the latter. And perhaps that’s not such a bad thing.

Peter Miller likes to wear hats year round. And with his Nissan Leaf he was able to get in and out of the car without taking his hat off. That was a plus, he reports.

Earlier this month came the story of a young man who was ticketed and had his Camaro taken away for hitting 142 kilometres per hour on West Vancouver’s Cypress Bowl Road. The response was predictable.

Even though minivans in general provide the “best bang for the buck” because of their affordable pricing, immense passenger and cargo space, and all around convenience (who can deny the convenience of sliding doors?), their popularity keeps diminishi

When it comes to snacks, not all chips are the same. When it comes to cars, the same is true.

Chuck Taylor has seen a lot of changes in the automotive industry over the years. He started working in his father’s shop at the ripe old age of 11. He swept the floors and emptied the garbage, among other odds and ends.

A weekly roundup of automotive news, good, bad and just plain weird. Return of the yellowbird For such a rare car, the 1987 RUF CTR casts a long shadow.

Come spring (hurry up already), it might be once again time to consider nipping out for a gelato on a sunny afternoon. Remember sunny afternoons? Me neither.

Revealed this week at the Geneva auto show, the new Porsche 911 GT3 is quite the machine. It comes with a naturally aspirated flat-six engine that revs to 9,000 r.p.m. It has 500 horsepower and is only available with rear-wheel drive.