2010 CCOTY: Convertibles

[svgallery name=”CCOTY_Convertibles_hirez”] Story and photos by John LeBlanc As a member of the Automotive Journalists Association of Canada (hey, they have cheap travel insurance), I got invited for two days in late October to drive new 2010 cars over public roads and an airport test track. The goal was to pick a category winner that […]

Road Test: 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback Ralliart

[svgallery name=”10_Mitsibishi_Lancer_Sportback”] Story and photos by John LeBlanc According to the Chinese calendar, 2008 was the Year of the Rat. For Japanese automaker Mitsubishi however, last year was ostensibly the Year of the Evo—as in the Lancer Evolution.

Top 10: Canned Cars for 2010

[svgallery name=”Top_10_canned_cars”] Story by John LeBlanc In one of the most tumultuous years ever in the auto industry, slow sales and bankruptcies have forced automakers to not only pare back on specific models for the upcoming 2010 model year, but also shed whole brands (i.e. General Motors’ Pontiac and Saturn). Some cars, like the Dodge […]

Road Test: 2010 Mazda3 GT Sedan

[svgallery name=”09_Mazda3″] Story and  by John LeBlanc It’s safe to say that Canadians love small cars – one of every four new cars sold here is a compact. Not surprisingly, Honda’s Civic has been the best-selling passenger car here since 1998.

Comparo: Five frugal sports cars

Story and photos by John LeBlanc If you think about it, the first sports cars – the iconic post-World War II cars from MG, Triumph or Alfa Romeo, powered by small displacement four-cylinder engines – were relatively green for their time. Then a certain chicken farmer named Carroll Shelby from Texas came along and stuffed […]

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