Road Test: 2014 BMW X5 xDrive50i

Story and photo by John LeBlanc If you only looked at the numbers, you’d think Canada was a nation of truck lovers, unparalleled on the planet save for our equally truck-hugging friends south of the border. But as in politics and Internet traffic stats, the numbers only tell half the story.

Road Test: 2014 Mazda Mazda2

Story and photos by John LeBlanc Perhaps you’ve noticed the glut of subcompacts popping up on the Canadian new car market lately. Despite the continuing popularity of the next-size-up compact cars and crossovers, the desire to attract buyers who would normally shop used car lots and offer a vehicle to lower their corporate fleet fuel-consumption […]

Road Test: 2014 Dodge Durango Citadel

Story by John LeBlanc The streets are awash in midsized crossover vehicles. Whether you’re shopping for nuts at the hardware store, picking up the offspring at the local rink or ordering a double-double at the drive thru, big crossovers have replaced minivans as the new mode of Canadian family transport. Yet one three-row crossover that […]

Comparo: 2014 Chevrolet Impala vs. 2014 Toyota Avalon

Story and photo by John LeBlanc Over the past half-century, just as light hikers have replaced wingtip brogues as acceptable men’s office footwear and smartphones have replaced eight-millimetre movie cameras, the ubiquitous crossover-utility-vehicle has supplanted the full-size four-door sedan as the choice for family transportation.

Road Test: 2014 Volkswagen Jetta 1.8 TSI Highline

Story and photo by John LeBlanc While the basic engineering and styling hasn’t changed in the past four model years, Volkswagen has constantly been tweaking and upgrading the front-wheel-drive, five-passenger Jetta four-door along the way. Old school VW fans have whined about the new-age Jetta’s designed-to-cost strategy. The return of the sporty GLI model a […]

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