Top 10s: Worst Best-selling New Cars

By John LeBlanc Fast food giant McDonald’s may have sold billions and billions of hamburgers. But does that make the Big Mac the best-tasting hamburger money can buy? Er, probably not. The Canadian new car market is much the same. Just because a model makes the best-sellers list, that doesn’t make it the “best” car […]

The Crank: The silver lining in Toyota’s latest troubles

By John LeBlanc Ho-hum. Another—the sixteenth this year—Toyota vehicle recall. This time for the bland-yet-popular, Canadian-made Corolla and Matrix models. If you happen to work for Toyota, at the corporate or dealership levels, this is yet another left-right jab to your company’s image. No doubt. And as Tony Alphen’s piece in the Toronto Star reads, […]