From the Fleet: 2012 Infiniti M35 Hybrid

FROM THE FLEET are brief synopses of manufacturer-supplied rides that happen to end up in my laneway – JL The auto industry’s recent niche-within-a-niche product strategies have left us with some weird and quite often oxymoronic mutant forms of four-wheeled transportation. Strange car type combos like “four-door coupes” and “sports activity vehicles” come immediately to […]

FROM THE FLEET: 2012 BMW X1 xDrive28i

FROM THE FLEET are brief synopses of manufacturer-supplied rides that happen to end up in my laneway – John LeBlanc Bimmer fans close your eyes: Here’s yet another BMW that goes out of its way to NOT be a BMW. If you’re familiar with the German automaker’s rigidly hierarchical naming system, you may reckon that […]

The Crank: Is Infiniti der neu BMW?

[svgallery name=”2011_Infiniti_M37_Sport”] By John LeBlanc For Crank readers with any kind of automotive historical context, you probably already know that when Nissan’s Infiniti premium brand launched in the late 1980s, it’s original Q45 sports luxury sedan was seen as a direct shot at Germany’s Ultimate Driving Machine brand, while Toyota’s also-then-new Lexus was left to […]

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  […]

Stuff: The M3 to make us forget about the X6M

We’ve been bleating as nauseum about BMW losing its mojo with products like the The Most Irrelevant New Vehicle of the Year. But all may be forgiven if BMW Canada can see to import what they are calling the “most hardcore roadgoing M3 to date:” the new M3 GTS.

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