Two Toronto race-car drivers are making their big-league debuts this weekend and both say they plan to take it not-necessarily slow but certainly easy. Nicholas Latifi will make his Formula One debut Sunday, driving for Williams...
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Latifi, Kellett make big-league debuts in F1, IndyCar
Two Toronto race-car drivers are making their big-league debuts this weekend and both say they plan...
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We’ve all heard, or read about, people who restore old cars as a hobby. In fact, Toronto Star Wheels used to publish a popular feature called Eye Candy, in which people who’d either purchased an already-restored car, or taken a...
2021 Toyota Venza will drive like a sedan but be as versatile as an SUV
Before our civilization became threatened by the COVID-19 coronavirus, automakers liked to do new vehicle launches up big. They would take guys like me, sometimes as many as 20 men and women, and fly us out to Newfoundland...
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