Long-Term Test: 2016 Subaru WRX CVT – Part 2

Story and photo by John LeBlancCALABOGIE, Ont. — The idea of owning a car with an automatic transmission can be sheer blasphemy to many sports compact fans. Why would you want to detract from the joys of changing gears – and, arguably, not stay in complete control of your vehicle? Yet our latest 60-day test […]

Long-Term Test: 2016 Subaru WRX CVT – Part 1

Story and photo by John LeBlanc From history’s Joan of Arc, a peasant girl who led French forces to victory over the British, to Sylvester Stallone’s cinematic Rocky, who won fans over despite losing, who doesn’t love an underdog? And if we could describe any of today’s automakers as an “underdog,” it would have to […]

Long-Term Test: 2015 BMW i3 – Final Verdict

Story and photo by John LeBlanc Abraham Lincoln once said, “The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.” And in the case of our 2015 BMW i3 Range Extender (REX) electric car, we had 60 days to experience what many believe is the future of motoring.

Long-Term Test: 2015 BMW i3 – Part 3

Story and photo by John LeBlanc We are now three-quarters through our 60-day test drive with our 2015 BMW i3 Range Extender electric car – a good time, we thought, to have a frank discussion about one of the biggest reasons why we all aren’t driving these eco-friendly vehicles: range anxiety.

Long-Term Test: 2015 BMW i3 – Part 2

Story and photo by John LeBlanc We are now halfway through our 60-day test drive of the new 2015 BMW i3 plug-in electric vehicle equipped with the range-extender. So far in the past month, with its lightweight carbon fibre/aluminum chassis and powerful electric powertrain, it has been all too easy to geek out about driving one of […]

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