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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 […]

The first plug-in hybrid Jeep Wrangler is getting close to hitting the market, and now we know how much it will cost. The 4xe uses a 2.0L turbo-four and an integrated electric motor with a 17 kWh battery back to deliver 375 hp, 470 lb-ft of torque and an estimated 40 km electric range. Starting […]