Top 10s: Cars That Need Resurrection

By John LeBlanc Recently, BMW of North America CEO Jim O’Donnell said he wished the automaker had never replaced its 5 Series Touring wagon with the 5 Gran Turismo hatchback model in North America. With expected annual sales of 4,000 to 8,000 units in the U.S., BMW sold just 2,848 GTs in 2010 and only 720 […]

First Drive: 2012 Hyundai Genesis

Genesis Next The second chapter in Hyundai’s book of Genesis is all about refinement By John LeBlanc LAS VEGAS, NEVADA — It’s difficult to label as “significant” a car that will only sell about 1,000 copies in Canada this year. Especially from a brand that moved more than 120,000 in this country last year and […]

2011 Michelin Challenge Bibendum: The world’s only “green” auto show

By John LeBlanc BERLIN, Germany — Michelin’s Challenge Bibendum might be the ‘greenest’ auto event of the year. This year’s event, held for the first time in Berlin, marks the eleventh time Michelin has put on its “green” — or what it calls its “sustainable mobility” — auto show. Back in the late-1990s, the higher-ups at […]

Comparo: 2011 Kia Sportage SX vs. Volkswagen Tiguan Highline 4MOTION

Sports Crossovers Is the Kia Sportage or the VW Tiguan the best mix of small, fun-to-drive utility? By John LeBlanc Listen up. Today’s subject is the evolution of the car. A self-propelled vehicle that originated 125 years ago in Germany, popularized by American Henry Ford during the beginning of the 20th century, and arguably as […]

From the Fleet: 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302

By John LeBlanc FROM THE FLEET are brief synopses of manufacturer-supplied rides that happen to end up in my laneway – JL You only have to look at the front end of the new-for-2012 Mustang Boss 302 to know this is NOT your everyday stripes-n-spoilers special. Grille-in driving lights have been blanked-over. An air-dam-cum-spoiler-cum-quasi-air splitter […]

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