John Willan joined Birchwood Honda West as a Sales Team Leader in June of this year. Prior to joining the Birchwood Automotive Group, John spent two years at the Waverley Auto Mall selling for Midtown Ford. His time at Midtown was John’s first sales role in the automotive industry. Before entering the automotive industry, John [...]
“NAUGHTY?” Really? That’s the gist of the advertising campaign for the new Volvo S60, which returns as a 2011 model after taking 2010 off. Volvo’s mid-size sedan, which debuted as a 2001 model, is being marketed as a car that is “as naughty as you want it,” which has to rank as the most bizarre, misplaced [...]
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/new-cars/auto-news/the-cat-comes-back-we-thought-it-was-a-goner/article1847694/ Tata’s turnaround of moribund Jaguar and Land Rover breeds optimism for the future Land Rover and Jaguar, owned by the India-based Tata conglomerate but run out of England, may yet become a success story. We’ll know for certain in the next 12-18 months. For Land Rover, says new Jaguar Land Rover Canada president Lindsay [...]
http://www.classicdriver.com/uk/magazine/3300.asp?id=14881 January’s North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) will see MINI launch its new Paceman Concept, “the first Sports Activity Coupé in the premium small segment of the market”. The Paceman is said to combine the ‘classical MINI concept’ with the defining features of the MINI Countryman, on which it is based. Following on from [...]
http://www.mediapost.com/blogs/raw/?p=5099 BMW unit Mini USA like its motorcycle cousin has also signed a deal with Sirius that means Mini will also Sirius as standard equipment on new Model Year 2011 MINI vehicles. Mini will also include an introductory one-year subscription to the “SIRIUS Everything” package with the purchase of every new 2011 Mini vehicle. [...]
http://www.insideline.com/mini/countryman/2011-mini-cooper-countryman-first-look.html Here’s Your Mini SUV It feels like we’ve been waiting a decade for the arrival of the 2011 Mini Cooper Countryman, the crossover version of the Mini. But not even two years have passed since the unveiling of the Mini Crossover Concept at the 2008 Paris Auto Show. We’ve followed test mules to the [...]