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Kia Canada's Best Ever July Sales Results Helped Raise $165,820 for Special Olympics Canada

November 18 2019, Centennial Auto Group

Kia Canada's Best Ever July Sales Results Helped Raise $165,820 for Special Olympics Canada

It was Kia Canada's goal to raise $150,000 for Special Olympics Canada during July 2018, a lofty objective in the lead-up the 2018 Special Olympics Summer Games that ended in Antigonish last week. Instead, Kia Canada actually raised $165,820, thanks in large part to the company's customers and dealers. $10 from the sale of each vehicle in July -...
Kelley Blue Book Hands out 12

November 18 2019, Centennial Auto Group

Kelley Blue Book Hands out 12

It's nearly a monopoly. It's certainly not indicative of the sharing mentality your mother hoped to instill in you. Kelley Blue Book, a vital resource in North America's automotive research field, particularly when it comes to establishing resale values, names 13 vehicles to its annual Best Buy list. Spread out across 12 categories, KBB picks...
What Is Honda Proximity Key Entry?

November 18 2019, Centennial Auto Group

What Is Honda Proximity Key Entry?

At Nissan, it's called an Intelligent Key. Mazda calls it Advanced Keyless Entry. Honda refers to it as Honda Proximity Key Entry. Kia named it Smart Key. What is it? Although the systems differ slightly by vehicle, the main themes of every form of proximity access are pushbutton start and the ability to leave your key in your jeans pocket,...
VIDEO: Let Honda Teach You How to Drive a Manual Transmission

November 18 2019, Centennial Auto Group

VIDEO: Let Honda Teach You How to Drive a Manual Transmission

Watch Honda Explain How to Drive a Manual Transmission The overwhelming majority of new vehicles are sold with automatic transmissions. That's two pedals: a brake on the left; the throttle on the right. Honda nevertheless remains committed to the three-pedal manual transmission, with availability on the Fit, Civic, Accord, and HR-V. For many...
Tiger Nose Grille Is the Kia Grille of the Present, and the Future

November 18 2019, Centennial Auto Group

Tiger Nose Grille Is the Kia Grille of the Present, and the Future

We don't know what every Kia of the future will look like. But we do know what grille they will wear. According to Peter Schreyer, Kia's design boss who came to Kia from Audi's design department, "I am very happy and I think it is very good for Kia that we have the tiger nose." And Schreyer says, in a CarBuzz report, that the trademark front end...
Consumer Reports Says The 2020 Mazda MX-5 Miata Is The Most Reliable Vehicle You Can Buy

November 14 2019, Centennial Mazda

Consumer Reports Says The 2020 Mazda MX-5 Miata Is The Most Reliable Vehicle You Can Buy

Fun. There's probably never been a word in the three-decade history of the Mazda Miata with which the Miata brand was more closely linked. Driving enjoyment is a major component of every Mazda, and all of that flows out of the Miata. But the Miata faithful have always known something else about the four generations of MX-5, right from the first...
2020 Mazda CX-9 Is More Luxurious, Safer, And More Powerful

November 13 2019, Centennial Mazda

2020 Mazda CX-9 Is More Luxurious, Safer, And More Powerful

Mazda Canada's updates on the 2020 Mazda CX-9 combine to make Mazda's flagship utility vehicle a more technologically advanced, more premium, and more powerful vehicle. The CX-9's been an award-winner from the start, but that didn't stop Mazda from introducing meaningful upgrades in each successive model year. The list of improvements included...
Tis the Season for Heated Steering Wheels, and Almost Every Kia Is Ready to Warm Your Handsrm Your Hands

November 11 2019, Centennial Auto Group

Tis the Season for Heated Steering Wheels, and Almost Every Kia Is Ready to Warm Your Handsrm Your Hands

It's December 11, 2018. According to Environment Canada, the temperature in Summerside fell to -18.7 °C yesterday, not rising above -7 °C. It's winter in Prince Edward Island, so we shouldn't be surprised to find it a bit chilly, even if yesterday's high was colder than the average low for the same date. Fortunately, Kia has a solution. It's...
The Road-Legal 2019 Honda CRF450L Is One Part Of Honda's Expanding CRF Dirt Bike Family

November 08 2019, Centennial Auto Group

The Road-Legal 2019 Honda CRF450L Is One Part Of Honda's Expanding CRF Dirt Bike Family

As Honda unveils a newly expanded CRF off-road bike family for 2019, the most noteworthy new model may well be the Honda CRF450L. Or maybe the CRF250RX. Or the CRF450RWE Or perhaps it's the overall revamping Honda has done to continuing models, like an updated platform for the CRF450X, new ECU settings and a launch control system for the...
This Is the First Episode of Centennial Explores - the Millman Road With Allan Clow

November 08 2019, Centennial Auto Group

This Is the First Episode of Centennial Explores - the Millman Road With Allan Clow

Prince Edward Island. It's more than the Confederation Bridge, crustaceans, and the Cavendish Beach Music Festival. Those are all good things, mind you. But we know there's a lot more to PEI than what's on the surface. In fact, we believe it's time to rediscover Prince Edward Island, one dirt road at a time. With Allan Clow as guide, we've...
Watch the Second Episode of Centennial Explores - Cape Tryon With Allan Clow, Tim Kember, and Tyler Kember

November 08 2019, Centennial Auto Group

Watch the Second Episode of Centennial Explores - Cape Tryon With Allan Clow, Tim Kember, and Tyler Kember

Riding a 2019 Honda CRF450L from Centennial Auto-Sport & Tire's Summerside location to Cape Tryon, near French River on the north shore of Prince Edward Island, is supposed to be a 33-kilometre journey. That's what Google Maps says. We took an alternative route. For episode 2 of Centennial Explores, we wanted to use Honda's ultimate dual-sport...
Soul Food Episode #3: Centennial Kia's Myles Mackinnon Visits Kool Breeze Ice Cream Barn With Brooke Blanchard

November 08 2019, Centennial Auto Group

Soul Food Episode #3: Centennial Kia's Myles Mackinnon Visits Kool Breeze Ice Cream Barn With Brooke Blanchard

Myles Takes the 2020 Kia Soul to Kool Breeze for a Unicorn Slushy & Salted Caramel Dip It started with handpies. It moved on to a sandwich. Now it's time for dessert. In episode 3 of Soul Food with Myles, Centennial Kia's Myles MacKinnon drove a 2020 Kia Soul to the Kool Breeze Ice Cream Barn. Not only did Myles get to go behind the scenes to...