First Drive & Video: 2013 Porsche Boxster

By John LeBlanc ST. TROPEZ, FRANCE—There have been some interesting sibling rivalries throughout the ages, from the Bible’s Cain and Abel to television’s Bart and Lisa Simpson. But not within Porsche’s sports car family.

Quick Spin: 2012 Porsche Boxster Black Edition

If you’re a fan of the outgoing 987 Boxster, and you like the colour black, check out my road test at MSN Autos Canada. Full review after the jump.

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.

Does the world really need another supercar?

By John LeBlanc McLaren Automotive officially became a full-on, legitimate supercar maker last week with the launch of its MP4-12C two-seat, mid-engine machine. We’ve already been fed the car’s vital stats. This time, though, the all-new supercar company’s grande frommage, Ron Dennis, went to great lengths to highlight McLaren’s credentials: in Formula One since 1966, […]

First Drive: 2010 Aston Martin Vantage Coupe

[svgallery name=”10_Aston_Martin_Vantage”] Story by John LeBlanc.  Photos by Aaron Kiley. The leather-wrapped steering wheel I’m clutching is attached to a brand-new Vantage Coupé. Yet staring at that chrome-winged logo spelling out “Aston Martin,” nostalgia washes over me.

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