Top 10s: Wagons we want

Story by John LeBlanc Foreign-market station wagons are the car nutters’ holy grail. As practical as some crossovers and SUVs, but with the ride and handling of a regular sedan, traditional wagons have been sent to the scrap heap in North America. Somehow, though, wagons are still as popular as ever in more car-savvy countries. […]

Nissan planning a pair of sports car debuts for Tokyo show

By John LeBlanc No doubt kick started by the success of Toyota’s Scion FRS/Subaru BRZ sports cars, rival Japanese automaker Nissan will debut a pair of sports car concepts at next month’s biennial Tokyo auto show.

Road Test: 2013 Mini John Cooper Works Convertible

Story and photos by John LeBlanc Ever since the early ’70s, small cars have been seen as cheap and low quality — the bottom feeders of the market. The thinking was that small car buyers didn’t have the coin to buy the “whole” car. But that all changed in 2002, when Germany’s BMW launched the […]

Road Test: 2013 Honda Crosstour

Story and photos by John LeBlanc “Don’t judge a book by its cover” is one cliché that works particularly well when coming to terms with the 2013 Honda Crosstour, a vehicle that’s been criticised more for its looks than the way it performs.

Top 10s: New cars for hipsters

By John LeBlanc If you were born sometime during the mid ‘80s and mid ‘90s, live in a city, come from a middle-class upbringing, jeer at Coldplay fans, and have a wardrobe that consists mainly of plaid shirts, skinny jeans, and fedoras, you very well may be considered a hipster. Automakers are struggling to connect with […]

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