There are several things to get out of the way before getting to this week’s column. Last week, I used the first part of this column to talk about a new sports car racing series that is opening for business this season. It is challenging the established Canadian ‘Touring Car Championship for cars and sponsors. I […]
The pinnacle of performance at Lexus has been the F badge for a few generations now, and while the V8-powered performance cars that have worn that badge have been gone for a while, a new report says that they’re coming back. Japanese auto mag Best Car says that the IS, LS, and LC could all […]
For the 2021 model year, Nissan has completely revamped its smallest car. New styling and a new interior bring the Versa in line with the rest of its offerings, a serious upgrade from what looked like a battered Beirut taxi not long ago. These days, it can be difficult to tell the Versa apart from […]
Nissan has announced that its new Nissan Kicks is now on sale in Canada and starts, with the Kicks S model, at $19,898 CAD. This New 2021 Nissan Kicks comes with new styling and design elements such as a Double V-motion front grille, bumper, LED headlights and LED fog lights. Customers will now get two […]
No one can predict the future or say with total certainty which cars will end up being widely desirable in the future. 20 years ago, who could have predicted the explosion in price of mid-90s Japanese sport compacts? What soothsayer of the late 1970s had the foresight to predict the skyrocketing prices of ‘60s American […]
In this life, timing is everything – almost. Take General Motors. In December, I had a chat with Scott Bell, GM Canada’s president and managing director, about the resumption of fossil fuel-powered light-trucks manufacturing at the rejuvenated GM plant in Oshawa. Literally a day or two later, GM announced it would spend a billion dollars […]
Prominent “Frontier” script on tailgate in-keeping with current pickup trends Can you believe it’s been almost eleven years since we saw significant change in the Frontier? And even then, the change was little more than skin deep and was otherwise a carryover from when the Frontier was last given a full redesign for the 2005 […]
Later this summer, Nissan Canada will give Canadians a whole new Pathfinder experience. In a for media-only digital reveals Nissan Canada executives showcased the new 2022 Nissan Pathfinder that sees this fifth-generation SUV re-invented from the ground up with a more modern design, a more powerful engine with greater towing capacity and a more refined […]
Cars aren’t that different from us humans in some ways. For instance, cars are best to be up and moving about on a regular basis. We know that being a couch potato is bad for us, and remaining stationary for extended periods can spell disaster for the health of your car, too. Below, we’ll outline […]
Acura announced that their premium, three-row MDX is now available for sale in their dealers across Canada. Now longer, wider and more spacious, the all-new MDX benefits from a new exterior design, upgraded and elegant interior finishes as well as advanced safety and driver enhancements & technologies. The new MDX is now built on an […]