First Drive: 2011 Mini Cooper S Countryman ALL4

[svgallery name=”2011_Mini_Countryman_Vienna”] Maximum Mini BMW pushes the limits of its Mini philosophy with new, larger Countryman By John LeBlanc VIENNA, Austria —How much larger can a Mini get before it stops being a Mini? That’s the question parent BMW will be asking new-car buyers less than a year from now when the Cooper Countryman — […]

Top 6 Luxury Cars under $55,000

[svgallery name=”2010_Lux_$55k”] By John LeBlanc Here we go again. Just like my Top 6 Luxury Cars under $45,000, here are my top half-dozen choices for those who have an additional $10k laying around in their new car budget:

First Drive: 2011 Audi TT 2.0 TFSI Quattro

[svgallery name=”2011_Audi_TT_hirez”] By John LeBlanc INGOLSTADT, Germany—All the cultural signposts are there to suggest these are troubling times if you’re in the business of making sports cars. The economy’s still recovering from one of the worst downturns of this generation, politicians want us to be driving antiseptic electric pods, plus the burden of having to […]

Preview: 2011 Kia Sportage, 2012 Optima & Cadenza

[svgallery name=”2010_Kia_Seoul_preview”] By John LeBlanc NAMYUNG, South Korea –As part of the Korean automaker’s aggressive move up market, Kia will have replaced every vehicle in its showroom by 2012. So to give Canadian media a “taste” of things to come, Kia officials bused a dozen of us to its expansive research and design facilities it […]

Video: More of the “fastest M3 ever”

By John LeBlanc Just as we had the unveiling of the “fastest ever 911 ever” this week, fellow German automaker, BMW, has released the requisite Nürburgring video of its own “ultimate” ride: the M3 GTS. The Bavarian lads teased us last November. But we now know the ultimate M3 delivers 444 hp and a claimed  […]

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