A more laid back, lower case and redesigned GM logo will launch on Monday, as part of a company-wide multi-faceted marketing campaign to highlight GM’s push for bringing electric vehicles to the masses, even though the first of its newest generation of Ultium-battery-powered EVs are not scheduled to arrive in Canada until the first half […]
The last time we drove the Acura TLX it left us a little cold. Marketed as a sports sedan it felt like nothing more than a gussied up Accord. No bad thing on its own but when compared to offerings from BMW, Lexus, and Mercedes it fell well short of that claim. We even argued […]
Building on a 30-years legacy, Jeep plans to shake-up this New Year with the all-new 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee L. This new iteration of the popular full-sized SUV – coming in Laredo, Limited, Overland and Summit trim levels – will bring new under-the-hood improvements and interior upgrades that will continue to make this best-selling Jeep […]
A chance meeting between English race-car builder John Cooper and Fiat engineer Aurelio Lampredi at the 1959 Italian Grand Prix is celebrated in Mini folklore. Having driven an early Mini prototype to the race, Cooper was accosted by Lampredi, who begged him to borrow the tiny front-wheel-drive car. Returning it hours later, the Italian heralded […]
First, the good news: there will be auto racing in 2021. Now, the bad news: it’s likely going to be as disorganized as it was in 2020 with date changes, delays and cancellations affecting all types of racing and every sanctioning body. The first discouraging word of 2021 has already been heard in Australia, where […]
Several people commented on how “sharp looking” the Volkswagen Tiguan was. It looked like a mid-size SUV to me. Maybe we are all correct. My Tiggy was a 2020 model year. The 2021s will be arriving in VW showrooms soon, but the internals of the new model will be a carry-over. Tiguan starts at $29,770 […]
The 2021 Honda CMX1100 Rebel is a new middleweight cruiser that starts with a parallel-twin motor out of the storied Africa Twin adventure bike. Yup, a new cruiser coming to a segment that’s supposedly on the ropes. American Honda is still hanging on to the Fury and a couple of Shadows; but Honda Canada has […]
This all started about three months ago when I was driving with my wife west along Skymark Avenue in Mississauga when she stopped telling me how much she loved and admired me and started yelling, “Stop! Stop!” As I’m an eyes-on-the-road-all-the-time kind of driver, I yelled back: “Stop where?” And she said, “Over there! There’s a […]
One of the things I’m proudest of in my career is that I literally “wrote the book” on safe driving. Well, co-wrote it, with Doug Mepham. It was part of what we thought was a cleverly-named program called the “Road Scholarship”, sponsored by Labatt Brewery. The content of that book formed the syllabus of a […]
Guessing which Lexus model rules the sales charts might not be too difficult given how long it has been around for and how common a sight it is on our roads. Being in continuous production since 1998 will do that. And this nameplate certainly has produced a loyal following among North American consumers during its […]