About Us
About Us
Autos.ca (formerly CanadianDriver) is the ultimate online destination for Canadian automotive information and advice on making smarter car purchase decisions.
Autos.ca is your Canadian source for the latest auto news and consumer car reviews of new and used vehicles.
Autos.ca helps you with your car purchase decision by providing uniquely Canadian automotive information that includes new and used vehicles reviews, automotive news, pricing, car specifications and much more. Written by Canadians for Canadians, Autos.ca contributors include Canada’s best known automotive journalists.
Who is Autos?
Autos.ca was formerly known as CanadianDriver.com. Established in 1999 and updated daily, CanadianDriver.com is an award-winning online automotive magazine that features over 11,000 automotive articles. The company was acquired by Yellow Media Inc. in July 2010.
Autos.ca continues to feature high quality Canadian content written by the same staff and contributors as before, which includes the following of Canada’s best known automotive journalists.
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Be sure to visit our UK website AutoTrader.co.uk for the UK’s widest choice of used cars, new cars, and car reviews. Grant Yoxon Based in Ottawa, Ontario and the founder of CanadianDriver.com. CanadianDriver was the natural outcome of his interest in anything automotive, and his former occupation as a web site developer and manager. Grant is an automotive writer who specializes in new car reviews, automotive features and consumer issues. Grant still owns the 1990 Ford Mustang LX 5.0 that he bought new. |
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| Greg Wilson
Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Greg has been test-driving, and writing about new cars since 1988. Greg is a member of the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC) and a voting member in the Car of the Year Awards. Greg hits the road in his ‘Classic Red’ 1993 Miata which he claims is “the best all-around sports car ever built.” |
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| Paul Williams
Paul Williams has a lifelong interest in cars. He started writing professionally in 1998, and specializes in new car reviews, automotive features and product reviews. Born in England, Paul has a particular interest in British sports cars. He owns an MGB GT and a Triumph TR8. Paul is Vice-President of the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada and a director of the Canadian Car of the Year program. |
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| Jil McIntosh
Jil McIntosh is a freelance automotive writer who has been writing about cars since 1983, and reviewing new vehicles since 2002. In addition to Autos.ca, her work appears in a number of publications, including the Toronto Star, Old Autos, Tire News and Metro. A member of the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada, she is also a hobbyist who owns a 1947 Cadillac, 1949 Studebaker pickup truck and 1950 International Farmall Cub tractor. Her personal Web site can be found at www.jilmcintosh.com. |
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| James Bergeron
James Bergeron is a quality assurance engineer for a major telecom company with a passion for driving and automotive technology. Growing up close to the track, with his father a mechanic for a race team, James has been around cars all his life. James spends a lot of his time driving, writing or talking about cars. When he isn’t test driving the latest offering for review, you’ll probably find him at the track, pushing his Honda S2000 to its limits. You can follow James on Twitter or even visit his own site at http://www.drivesideways.com |
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| Chris Chase
As a child, Chris spent much of his time playing with toy cars in his parents’ basement; when his mother would tell him to go play outside, he made car sounds while riding his bicycle or dug roads for his toys in the flower garden. Now he gets to indulge his obsession playing with real cars that make their own cool noises, and gets paid for it; he has a Journalism diploma from Algonquin College and specializes in used car reviews and new car test drives for Autos.ca. His off time is spent playing guitar, singing, writing and recording music. Chris lives with his wife and two cats in Ottawa, Ontario. Have a listen to his tunes at here, and check out his personal car review site here. |
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| Peter Bleakney
Peter is a Toronto-based auto writer and member of the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada. He writes reviews and features forAutos.ca, The Toronto Star newspaper, Metro News and Cottage Life magazine. Peter bought his first car when he was 15 — a ferrous 1968 Austin Mini — and learned how to swear while porting the head, installing twin SU carburetors, a header and Thrush muffler. He is also a professional bass player, having toured with Anne Murray since 1984, and is currently in the Toronto production of Jersey Boys. |
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| Michael Schlee
Michael Schlee is a long time employee of TRADER Corporation, contributor to Autos.ca and technical editor for the annual autoTRADER Buyers Guide. Having just begun his professional automotive writing career in 2011, Michael has always had a passion for all things automotive and has worked in the industry since 2000. Every Summer Michael can be found driving his ‘World Rally Blue’ 2010 Subaru WRX across Canada and the USA on various charity road rallies. |
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| Jonathan Yarkony
Jonathan Yarkony has been writing and editing car stories for over 8 years, with work published on autos.ca, msn.ca/autos, auto123.com and carpages.ca, and he still can’t believe how lucky he is to get new cars every week… for free! He was the founding Editor of AutoTrader New Car and is the current Editor of the autoTRADER Buyer’s Guide, the official show program of the Canadian International Auto Show. Follow him on Twitter @jyarkony or see our Facebook page at Facebook.com/AutoTraderCanada and Facebook.com/Autos.ca for our latest social media experiments. |
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| Jim Kerr
Jim Kerr is an automotive mechanic with over 30 years of experience teaching new automotive technology to the public and to post-journey automotive students at the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Arts and Technology (SIAST) Kelsey campus. Jim has Master Automotive Service Education and Interprovincial Journeyperson certification as well as being a licensed teacher with a Degree in Vocational Education. Jim has been writing automotive articles for 25 years for newspapers, magazines and Trade Journals in Canada and the United States, and is a member of the Automotive Journalist’s Association of Canada. |
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| Bill Vance
Bill Vance has been an automotive journalist/historian for more than 30 years, and has contributed to a wide variety of trade and consumer magazines and newspapers. His weekly auto history column is syndicated to newspapers across Canada and has been carried in major newspapers in the United States. He is a member of the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada and the Society of Automotive Historians. |
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