First Drive: 2015 Audi A7 Sportback 3.0 TDI Quattro

Story and photo by John LeBlanc COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Since its debut four years ago, the success of Audi’s stylish Audi A7 Sportback proves that even luxury car buyers will buy hatchbacks. So far in 2014, A7 Sportback sales in Canada are up 57%, with total sales nearing that of the more established and traditional […]

First Drive: 2014 Volkswagen Golf GTD

Story by John LeBlanc TERGENSEE, GERMANY – In the basement of his Hershey, Penn., home in 1928, candymaker H. B. Reese got the crazy idea of putting together two different confections — chocolate and peanut butter — into one candy. Lo and behold, Reese’s peanut butter cup was born. Fast forward more than a half […]

Toyota’s new chairman wants a Supra-type sports car

By John LeBlanc Japan’s Toyota seems serious about changing its image as an appliance maker. After last year’s compact Toyota FT 86/Scion FRS/Subaru BRZ rear-wheel-drive triplets were so well received by driving enthusiasts and the media, a second, larger Toyota sports car now seems imminent. And the automaker’s incoming chairmen, Takeshi Uchiyamada, is pushing hard […]

With Chevy rebadging the Nissan NV200, is the domestic van segment dead?

By John LeBlanc If the commercial van seen above wearing a Chevrolet bow tie looks vaguely familiar, that’s because it’s a rebadged Nissan. This week, America’s General Motors confirmed it would sell a version of the existing Nissan NV200 Compact Cargo commercial van as the Chevrolet City Express in the U.S. and Canada.

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