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2010 BMW 135i Coupé Base Price: $42,900 Driver Must Haves: “NOT A CHICK CAR” bumper sticker. Let’s pretend the secretary special 128i doesn’t exist, OK? And if BMW makes a convertible 1 Series, I’m drawing a blank. That leaves the 135i Coupe for car zealots, stuffed to its firewall with the same twin-turbo 3.0-litre straight-six […]

Video: 2009 Nissan GT-R vs. Porsche 911 Turbo

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2009 LA Show: Mustang finally gets the V6 it deserves

[svgallery name=”11_Mustang_V6″] By John LeBlanc DEARBORN, Mich. – You know we already think last year’s refresh put the venerable Ford pony car at the top of its class. At least in V8 GT form. With the introduction of a new six-cylinder engine for 2011, though Ford has finally fixed one of the biggest weaknesses in […]

Stuff: 2011 BMW 5er World Premiere

[svgallery name=”11_BMW_5er”] Story by John LeBlanc MUNICH, Germany – While here in Munich to drive the 2011 X1 cute-ute for the first time, BMW also trotted its next-gen 5 Series sedan, due in Canadian showrooms “around next June.”

First Drive: 2011 Suzuki Kizashi

[svgallery name=”11_Suzuki_Kizashi”] Story and photos by John LeBlanc NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ont. –Suzuki’s last crack at a mid-size sedan was an unmitigated disaster. Except for rock-bottom pricing, the short-lived Verona (designed and built by General Motors’ South Korean Daewoo subsidiary) had little to offer buyers.

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