About Us
 
Grand Touring Automobiles began its journey on Front and Sherbourne 1970. Managed by George Minden and John Cox the company bought and sold used exotic vehicles. In 1971 GTA acquired the Rolls-Royce franchise, in 1972 the Alfa Rameo franchise and 1973 the BMW franchise. In the early 1990's Grand Touring Automobiles switched to fine British automobiles renaming themselves Jaguar on Bay located at Bay and Davenport; although they still retained the service department located on Dupont. A few years later all sales were moved with the service business to its current location on Dupont. In 1993, Mr. David Geneen current president and CEO acquired the business and grew the business to what it is today. It has become "the place" to acquire fine British automobiles. In 1999 two of the biggest names in fine British luxury, Bentley and Rolls-Royce split up but the franchises remained a part of Grand Touring Automobiles. In 2003 the Rolls-Royce showroom moved to the heart of the city to 87A Avenue Rd, and now with a new purpose built showroom opened in July 2008, has returned with its stable mates to Dupont Street. In 2008 Grand Touring Automobiles is bigger than ever participating in many charitable events and proving the city of Toronto with those luxury British automobiles the public loves.

101EX is the latest experimental model to come from Rolls-Royce, hand-built to explore a design direction for a modern coupé. Following the same uncompromising approach employed for the Phantom, the new car is an engineering-led design wrapped in a sleek, rakish coupé body.
 
The handsome, low-slung body of 101EX has been created by the Rolls-Royce design team under the direction of chief designer Ian Cameron. While the space frame technology has been borrowed from the Phantom, 101EX is shorter and lower than that model: the wheelbase is 250 mm shorter and overall length is down by 240 mm. All body panels, therefore, are new.
 

The unique exterior design features a discreet, streamlined grille, complete with Spirit of Ecstasy mascot, that flows seamlessly back into the aluminium bonnet and windscreen surround. LED sidelight and direction indicators complement the round xenon driving lights.
 
The styling of 101EX is more driver-focused than that of the longer Phantom. According to Ian Cameron, "It is a less formal car, more streamlined, more about the individual."

Jaguar has enhanced the current model XJ for 2008 with a new fresh interior, and new design cues for the exterior taken from the Portfolio range.
 
With unique new colors and an already elegent all aluminum body, this is the best kept secret in the large luxury sedan market. With just 1000 Jaguar units entering Canada each year, to own one makes it very special indeed