Stuff: R8 V10 grabs World Performance Car honours

By John LeBlanc

NEW YORK – Kicking off the second media day of this year’s New York show, the Audi R8 V10 was declared the 2010 World Performance Car from a short list that included the Ferrari California and the Porsche 911 GT3. Read more

2010 New York: Subaru widens (literally) its WRX range

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By John LeBlanc

NEW YORK – Before this week’s New York auto show, Subaru had already announced that the 2011 WRX would adopt its big brother WRX STI’s wide body styling. But the Japanese automaker surprised the assembled media here with a first time ever four-door sedan version of its former hatchback-only top-line STI sports compact. Read more

2010 New York: Big and small Nissan UVs arrive

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By John LeBlanc

NEW YORK – During the first media day at this year’s New York auto show, Nissan unveiled two new utility vehicles at polar opposites of the Japanese automaker’s lineup. Read more

Road Trip: End-to-end on the Four-oh-One

By John LeBlanc

SOMEWHERE WEST OF CORNWALL, Ont. – In between this year’s Detroit and Montreal auto shows, I decided to drive the King’s Highway 401 (also known as the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway) from end-to-end in one day in a 2010 Porsche Panamera 4S.  As the longest expressway in Ontario, and one of the widest and busiest in the world, the Four-oh-One extends 818 km from its start on the outskirts of Windsor, to the Quebec border east of Cornwall, where it becomes Quebec Autoroute 20. Read more

Road Trip: 2010 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG down Mexico way

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By John LeBlanc

OAXACA, Mexico—Before I was handed the keys to a shiny new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG “super” sports cars, officials from the German automaker warned me that driving here would be different. Especially given that our planned route was a section of Mexico’s historic La Carrera Panamericana road race, an event the SLS AMG’s historical inspiration — the 1952 300 SL Gullwing racecar — won in its debut. It’s also one of the most dangerous road races in history. Read more

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