Quirky, cute, zippy. There’s much to like about the diminutive Mini Cooper S. It’s a blast in the corners, yet still sips fuel. Its style is classic, yet also modern. And there’s nary a parking spot that the Mini can’t squeeze into.
But the thing about the Mini is that on the other side of every [...]
Britney sings “Oops!… I did it again”. Well, that was the anthem of the Wolfsburg engineers when they created the sixth generation of the mythical GTI.
The arrival of the 2010 version takes what we loved about the old models and pushes it even further.
Volkswagen has, once again, managed the tour de force of developing one [...]
When automakers invite you to test their products, it’s almost standard procedure to take you to an enchanting location. A location that often eclipses the car itself. This time, I found myself travelling to the Spanish isle of Majorca to put Mercedes’ latest cabrio through its paces.
The significance of the Cabrio, other than the obvious [...]
San Diego, California — When the Q45 left the scene several years ago, the M sedan assumed Infiniti’s flagship role. Over the last couple of years, it didn’t quite seem up to that lofty responsibility.
The new, curvaceous M is definitely sexier than its staid predecessor.
All its closest competitors — Mercedes-Benz E Class, BMW 5 Series, [...]
Minivans have never aroused any great emotion in me. Of course, I’m a responsible father, so I have one in my driveway. How can a good family man and race car driver accommodate his top three passions — his son, his sweetie and his steering wheel?
Choosing the 2010 Honda Odyssey to meet your family needs [...]
The Lincoln MKT is anything but ordinary. Its profile is unique, its grille spectacular, its finish remarkable and its size, well, a little excessive. But in the EcoBoost version, the MKT’s truly distinguishing feature is slumbering under the hood. This is the review of a big vehicle that almost succeeds in passing for a small [...]
If the mid-size Lexus ES 350 has a particular mission, it’s to deliver maximum driving pleasure for minimum financial hardship – provided that your concept of “driving pleasure” includes being heavily insulated against the harshness inherent in riding within a mechanized container.
If the mid-size Lexus ES 350 has a particular mission, it’s to deliver maximum [...]
It sure seems like the folks at Lexus had a strange epiphany. While most premium car makers offer mastodons that can barely withstand a little country dirt, Toyota’s luxury division has endowed the redesigned GX with some of the best off-road capabilities in the business.
The GX 460 represents a fair compromise between massively-sized SUVs and [...]
The sixth generation of Sonata is now being delivered to Canadian dealers, and Hyundai Canada is acting like the proud parent of a new baby. Since this Sonata showcases everything from their concept of Fluid Sculpture to new applications of direct injection for gasoline engines, they probably have the right to act this way.
Hyundai Canada [...]
We’ve seen automakers creating special edition models for numerous reasons or occasions, but Maserati’s decision to premiere a limited production version of the Quattroporte sedan to celebrate the 56 awards from automotive and lifestyle publications that the car has received during its six years of life, sounds like the Italians are either running low on [...]
