Road Trip: 2009 Audi S8

[svgallery name=”Road_trip_09_Audi_S8″] Story and photos by John LeBlanc CALABOGIE, Ont. – Driving enthusiasts know that a great car to drive is only half the equation. You also need a great road to drive on. And in these days of congested traffic and road designers addicted to the grid system, a good road is hard to […]

First Drive: 2011 BMW X1 xDrive28i

[svgallery name=”2011_BMW_X1_2″] Story and photos by John LeBlanc MUNICH – The reasons were piling up almost as high as the nearby Alps to loathe the X1, BMW’s newest compact utility vehicle. First, BMW already has a pair of small five-doors on sale. There’s the fine-driving 3-series Touring sports wagon. Its taut handling, silky straight-six engine, […]

Pre-owned: FTD AWD Cars

[svgallery name=”Preowned_FTD_AWD_Cars”] Story by John LeBlanc Winter’s coming, and the awful (snow, sleet, ice, wind) driving conditions that go along with that. So like most Canadians, a vehicle with all-wheel-drive (AWD) makes a lot of sense for your next pre-owned purchase.

the straight-GOODS/Sports Coupes

2010 BMW 135i Coupé Base Price: $42,900 Driver Must Haves: “NOT A CHICK CAR” bumper sticker. Let’s pretend the secretary special 128i doesn’t exist, OK? And if BMW makes a convertible 1 Series, I’m drawing a blank. That leaves the 135i Coupe for car zealots, stuffed to its firewall with the same twin-turbo 3.0-litre straight-six […]

Video: 2009 Nissan GT-R vs. Porsche 911 Turbo

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