http://www.netvouz.com/spisio/tag/canada?feed=rss&pg=3 spisio's bookmarks tagged "canada" on Netvouz http://cars.blogs.ca/2006/02/16/honda-dominates-ajac-awards-with-best-car-and-truck-of-the-year/ The Canadian International Auto Show has brought together the best vehicles of the past year, highlights some of next year’s stars, and has even managed to pull off a couple of North American concept debuts. spisio Thu, 16 Feb 2006 22:59:16 GMT http://cars.blogs.ca/2006/08/09/in-depth-look-at-the-2006-lotus-apx-crossover-concept/ Called the APX, it’s a crossover vehicle that is to the Porsche Cayenne as the Elise is to the 911. Standing for “Aluminum Performance Crossover,” the APX is a Lotus engineering excercise produced to communicate the full potential of the advanced Ve spisio Wed, 09 Aug 2006 16:32:36 GMT http://cars.blogs.ca/2006/07/31/in-depth-look-at-the-2006-mitsubishi-concept-ct/ Enter the Concept-CT: a hybrid-powered small car. This outlandish looking concept could represent (at most) Mitsubishi’s design direction as customers continuously look for more fuel-efficient alternatives to offset rising fuel prices. spisio Mon, 31 Jul 2006 22:38:03 GMT http://cars.blogs.ca/2006/08/28/is-your-black-box-spying-on-you-and-is-that-a-bad-thing/ For most of us, “black boxes” are the good guys. In case of a plane crash, they record much of the data necessary to piece together more accurately exactly what happened, and therefore can be useful in making sure whatever went wrong doesn’t happen spisio Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:34:23 GMT http://biotech.blogs.ca/2006/08/25/japanese-launching-project-to-convert-wood-chips-into-biofuel/ The Japanese Environment Ministry announced yesterday that it will launch a project to create enough biomass fuel to power 40,000 cars annually. The fuel will be produced in the world’s first wood waste to ethanol conversion facility. They are expecting spisio Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:34:23 GMT http://cars.blogs.ca/2006/07/15/lotus-to-dominate-soapbox-racing/ Yes, you read that right. The same company that builds the oft-touted Elise and Exige sportscars is going after an entirely new kind of challenge; soapbox racing. Generally considered a field dominated by children in homemade gravity-fueled contraptions, spisio Sat, 15 Jul 2006 20:01:04 GMT http://biotech.blogs.ca/2006/08/09/med-biogene-inc-reports-promising-pre-clinical-results-for-lymphoma-diagnostic/ Vancouver based, Med BioGene Inc. announced August 3rd the results of its pre-clinical tests of its Diagnostic Lymphoma Bioarray. It will be used to detect if a patient has lymphoma. spisio Wed, 09 Aug 2006 22:29:04 GMT http://cars.blogs.ca/2006/06/02/more-pre-owned-car-shoppers-find-their-new-vehicle-online-than-in-print/ It’s common knowledge that more new car shoppers use the internet for researching their next car than print publications, thanks to more regularly updated information about features, pricing and incentive packages, plus the ability to compare the specif spisio Fri, 02 Jun 2006 18:07:05 GMT http://cars.blogs.ca/2006/05/27/new-diesel-power-gives-land-rover-defender-new-life/ Land Rover just announced that it will be keeping the Defender as part of its product lineup by extending its life until 2010 at the very least. One of the main reasons why Land Rover is still able to build the Defender in this day and age is that it’s spisio Sat, 27 May 2006 21:09:41 GMT http://cars.blogs.ca/2006/05/25/new-lotus-to-take-on-porsche-911/ Lotus, a brand that was on the verge of bankruptcy not so long ago, has vowed to challenge the most stead name in sports cars today, Porsche. How? By reintroducing one of the most hallowed names in sport car history: Esprit. spisio Thu, 25 May 2006 18:31:04 GMT