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We're less than two weeks away from the start of the Canadian International AutoShow, and it looks like it's going to be a fantastic event. Between the incredible display of exotic cars, the chance to test drive Audi's new Q5, and an exhibit celebrating 50 years of Grand Prix racing in Canada, there will be plenty to see and do. 

The show takes place from February 17 - 26 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, and we want you to go. Let us know which new vehicle you are most looking forward to this year, and you'll be entered for your chance to win free passes to the show. Email us at [email protected] to submit your entry.

After entering, check out the rest of our newsletter for the latest news out of the Detroit auto show and for important information about two big updates to Ontario's Drive Clean program. 

We hope you enjoy the information and will call us at (416)-609-2125 with any questions or needs that you may have regarding your next vehicle. 

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H. Gary Peacock
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An Update on the Drive Clean Program
The Ontario government has announced two significant and long-overdue changes to the Drive Clean emissions program. 

Starting in April 2017, an emissions test is no longer required on the resale of pre-owned, salvaged, or rebuilt light-duty vehicles regardless of age. This would include dealership company vehicles, which are typically grounded and sold with around 10,000 kilometres. 

This is on top of the elimination of the $30 Drive Clean fee on vehicles seven years old and older, which will also begin in April. 

All vehicles built before 1987 are exempt from Drive Clean testing. 

Consumers do not need an emissions test for most hybrid electric vehicles, light-duty vehicles with a model year before 1988, vehicles that are plated "historic" under the Highway Traffic Act, light-duty commercial farm-plated vehicles, kit cars, and motorcycles. 

If a vehicle fails its initial test when renewing the registration, however, the owner will still have to pay to have their vehicle retested.

So You Want to Buy a Second-Hand EV?
Electric vehicles made up fewer than 7,000 of Canada's 1.9 million annual new auto sales last year, but older EVs are increasingly finding their way into the used-car market.

Data supplied to Globe Drive by autotrader.ca shows searches on its car-sales website for battery-electric cars rose over the past six months from 0.05 per cent to 0.09 per cent of total searches. It's minimal on a site that gets eight million visits a month, but definitely indicates an upward trend.

The Nissan Leaf and Tesla Model S are the most commonly searched and listed.

But what are the pros and cons of purchasing a used EV?

While in Ontario, B.C., and Quebec, a new hybrid or EV is eligible for thousands of dollars in incentives and rebates, none are available for second-hand EVs -- perhaps out of concern for incentivizing the same vehicle twice.

And according to Canadian Black Book and the Globe and Mail, EVs and hybrids aren't holding their value -- in fact, their value decreases more than even experts expected.

The market appears to have deducted the provincial incentives from the depreciated value, Black Book says. For example, a new i-MiEV has a retail price of about $28,000 before rebates. AutoTrader lists a low-mileage used 2016 in Quebec for $20,000 without rebates. Older models range from $15,000 to $16,000.

Some added depreciation is because of people who don't embrace the technology. Others are waiting for more advanced models. 

Ford F-150 to Get Diesel Engine, New Face for 2018
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Ford's F-150 pickup will soon be getting a diesel engine for the first time, one of several changes coming to Canada's best-selling vehicle for the 2018 model year.

The new F-150 will feature an all-new 3.0-litre V6 Power Stroke diesel engine, paired with the 10-speed automatic transmission that is now launching with the 2017 truck. 

Coming only three years after a completely new F-150, such significant changes in a traditionally slow-changing segment underline Ford's fierce determination to stay ahead in the highly competitive truck market, not to mention its desire to keep the F-150 North America's best-selling truck.

The 2018 F-150 will be on sale this fall. 

F-150 Remains Most-Appraised Vehicle in Canada
The Ford F-150 is continuing its reign as the most-appraised vehicle in Canada.

According to the latest Dealertrack's Used Vehicle Market Report, the top five vehicles appraised in Canada in October were the F-150, Toyota Corolla, Honda Civic sedan, Ford Escape, and the GMC Sierra 1500. 

Year to date, the only difference is that the Civic and the Sierra were reversed. 

Dealertrack's brand of the month for October was Dodge. On a monthly, three-month and year-to-date basis, the top three vehicles looked at by trade-in Dodge dealerships were the 1500, the Jeep Cherokee, and the Dodge Grand Caravan. 

Taken from Auto Remarketing Canada, November-December 2016
Toyota Overhauls its Best-Selling Camry for 2018
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It says a lot about the state of the mid-size sedan market that even after Toyota Camry sales shrank 10 per cent last year in the U.S., and 7 per cent in Canada, it was still the segment's top seller in both countries. 

The new 2018 Camry -- which was revealed at the Detroit auto show -- is about as genuinely all-new as any car is these days. 

On top of a new look, the Camry's already-generous passenger room should grow further with a wheelbase stretch on a body that is also wider and lower than before; lower seating to avoid loss of headroom, and a lower dashboard to enhance visibility. 

The rigid new structure and double-wishbone rear suspension target the ride-and-handling portfolio, while for the first time in a long time, the powertrains get a makeover. Although the displacements are unchanged, the 3.5-litre V6 and 2.5-litre four-cylinder are both new-generation engines, now hitched to eight-speed transmissions. 

The 2018 Camry goes on sale this summer in five trim levels.

Top 10 Coolest Model-Specific Logos
What are the coolest, most inspiring, audacious, or graphically pleasing insignias gracing today's vehicles? AutoGuide.com chose some of their favourite emblems that are vehicle-specific. 


Nissan Titan
The 2017 Titan features a new logo, a stylized T, that's reminiscent
 of a Spartan helmet.

Ford Raptor
With massive suspension travel, the tough pickup deserves a fierce emblem to match.

Alfa Romeo Giulia
Range-topping models feature a four-leaf-clover, honouring the brand's motorsports heritage.
Ford Mustang
One of the most iconic cars in the world also has one of the most iconic, long-lasting logos as well.

Nissan GT-R
The chrome and red, three-letter combo manages to be sporty, fun, and tasteful all at the same time.
Toyota 86
The name is an homage to high-performance
 Toyotas, with its logo referencing its name and horizontal engine.


Chevy Impala
With a unique logo to match its name, the chrome antelope is shown in profile, bounding along, implying swiftness
 and agility. 
Dodge Viper
The stylized viper is cool to the core, just like its vehicle -- inspiring and ready to strike with powerful torque and engine. 

Dodge Challenge Hellcat
The stylized, snarling jungle cat is as cool and fun as the Hellcat is to drive.

Chevrolet Corvette
With perhaps the coolest logo of all time,this logo is evocative, powerful, and fuelled by decades of heritage.

Honda to Invest $400 Million to Upgrade Ontario Plant
Honda Motor Co. Ltd. will invest more than $408 million to upgrade its Alliston, Ont. assembly plant, backed by grants from the federal and Ontario governments that will bring total spending on the plant to about $492 million.

The automaker will upgrade the factory's paint shop to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 44 per cent and do research and development to support the production of future vehicle models. 

The Honda plan brings the total of investments committed by vehicle manufacturers in Canada to more than $2 billion in the past four months -- a shot in the arm for the industry and an indication that automakers believe sales in North America will remain robust for the next few years.

The two governments will spend about $41.8 million each, according to an official statement.
 
Fiat Chrysler Plants in Mexico May Close if Trump Enacts Import Tax
The CEO of Fiat Chrysler, Sergio Marchionne, has warned that the company would have to consider closing its Mexican factories if Donald Trump decides to impose his threat of tough new tariffs on imports from Mexico.

Marchionne said that the entire industry has been dogged by uncertainty since Trump's election and added that if the new president followed through on threats to tax Mexican car imports, he would have to consider shutting factories. 

"It's possible that if the economic tariffs are imposed by the U.S. administration on anything that comes into the United States, if they are sufficiently large, it will make the production of anything in Mexico uneconomical and therefore we will have to move on. It's quite possible," he told reporters at the Norther American International Auto Show last month. 

Is This the Solution to Distracted Driving?
As much as everyone knows that driving while distracted is a problem, self-regulation -- voluntarily putting down our cellphones -- has proved futile. Public awareness campaigns have also proven to be all but useless. Even the fear of $1,000 fines has proven no deterrent. The only solution seems to be physically preventing drivers from using their cellphones. 

That's where Morwan Hannon's HALO -- Hand-free Assistant, Location Optimized -- technology comes in. 

HALO exists mainly because Hannon was looking for a way to prevent the drivers in his trucking firm from driving while distracted. And the solution is so elegant that it requires no new hardware. It's software-based, using the speakers in your car's sound system and your smartphone's microphone. 

It's called acoustic location, a.k.a. sonar. The speakers inside the car ping inaudible sound pulses directed at all the cellphones in the car. The phones then record these ultrasonic sounds with their microphones. If the sound pulses are recorded by a phone at precisely the same time, HALO knows the cell in question is exactly halfway between the two speakers. If, on the other hand, the sound from one speaker arrives to the phone even a millisecond earlier than from the other speaker, HALO knows it is closer to the first speaker. In fact, the system can narrow your phone's position within two centimetres -- meaning Motion Intelligence can tell if it's in your front or rear pocket.

Once it's determined that the phone is in the vicinity of the driver's seat, it's a simple software manipulation to disable the most distracting of cell phone interactions. Texting and emails, are, of course, high on the list. Other less involved activities, like answering the phone, remain enabled. 

How soon can this attention-focusing saviour be in the marketplace? The past two years have been spent on nailing down more than 50 patents that make HALO possible, and the projected timeline sees production beginning in less than six months.