Stuff: R8 V10 grabs World Performance Car honours

By John LeBlanc NEW YORK – Kicking off the second media day of this year’s New York show, the Audi R8 V10 was declared the 2010 World Performance Car from a short list that included the Ferrari California and the Porsche 911 GT3.

The Straight-GOODS/Hot Hatches

2010 Audi A3 2.0 TFSI quattro Base Price: $36,900 Driver Must Haves: Sport Package ($3,100) It’s not as sharp as a Subie WRX265. But think of this classy-looking A3 as the Golf R Volkswagen Canada (shy 80 hp) won’t bring here. The five-door A3 is chock-a-block with all-wheel drive, twin-clutch gearbox, a gutsy 200 hp […]

The Straight-GOODS/Sports Sedans

2010 Acura TL SH-AWD Base Price: $48,490 Driver Must Haves: The ability to ignore the non-German badge The addition of a new manual gearbox allows the TL into The Goods for the first time. Granted, you have to pony up for the loaded $48,490 SH-AWD Tech to get to the new six-speed stick, but it’s […]

2010 Geneva: Canadian passports denied

[svgallery name=”2010 Geneva NOT Coming”] Story and photos by John LeBlanc GENEVA–With the continuing globalization of the auto industry, the differences between cars sold from country to country is becoming smaller each year. For example, the 2012 Ford Focus is virtually the same car, whether it’s sold in Canada, China or the Canary Islands. Yet, […]

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 […]

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