The Trouble with Toyotas: Are Canadians just suckers?

Story and photo by John LeBlanc When February’s new car sales figures rolled out last week, the story on how new car buyers reacted to the Toyota recall crisis couldn’t have been more black and white on either sides of the 49th parallel.

2010 Geneva: Coming to Canada

[svgallery name=”2010 Geneva Coming”] Story and photos by John LeBlanc GENEVA–If I had to pick a theme for this year’s Geneva Motor Show, it was the endless parade of hybrid supercars that debuted in the Palexpo halls. Debuts like the Ferrari 599 Hybrid, Porsche 918 Spyder Hybrid or Lotus Evora 414E Hybrid – seemingly politically […]

Video: Aston One-77 hits the test track

By John LeBlanc If Aston Martin’s restyled-Toyota-iQ-based-Cygnet (debuting this week at the Geneva auto show) has created any doubts of the brand’s purity, crank up your speakers and listen to the soundtrack of a prototype of its One-77 super car on track. Close your eyes, and the Aston sounds for all the world like McQueen’s […]

2010 Geneva: Audi shocks with A1 Wankel hybrid

[svgallery name=”2010 Geneva Audi”] Story and photos by John LeBlanc GENEVA – As predicted, Germany’s Audi went and debuted this afternoon a third E-Tron electric vehicle concept, this time based on the not-coming-to-North America premium subcompact A1 that also was unveiled here in good ol’ fashioned gas and diesel formats. With a certain Mr. Timberlake […]

2010 Geneva: Bertone creates Pandion-ium

[svgallery name=”2010 Geneva Bertone Pandion”] Story and photos by John LeBlanc GENEVA – Full disclosure: When I saw the first PR images of Italian design house Bertone’s Geneva concept, the Alfa Romeo Pandion, it came across as a bit of a rip take-off of BMW’s recent Vision EfficientDynamics. Now that I’ve seen the concept up […]

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