2010 CCOTY: Small Cars over $21k

[svgallery name=”Small_over_21k”] Story and photos by John LeBlanc As a member of the Automotive Journalists Association of Canada (hey, they have cheap travel insurance), I got invited for two days in late October to drive new 2010 cars over public roads and an airport test track. The goal was to pick a category winner that […]

2010 CCOTY: Convertibles

[svgallery name=”CCOTY_Convertibles_hirez”] Story and photos by John LeBlanc As a member of the Automotive Journalists Association of Canada (hey, they have cheap travel insurance), I got invited for two days in late October to drive new 2010 cars over public roads and an airport test track. The goal was to pick a category winner that […]

First Drive: 2010 Aston Martin Vantage Coupe

[svgallery name=”10_Aston_Martin_Vantage”] Story by John LeBlanc.  Photos by Aaron Kiley. The leather-wrapped steering wheel I’m clutching is attached to a brand-new Vantage Coupé. Yet staring at that chrome-winged logo spelling out “Aston Martin,” nostalgia washes over me.

Road Test: 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback Ralliart

[svgallery name=”10_Mitsibishi_Lancer_Sportback”] Story and photos by John LeBlanc According to the Chinese calendar, 2008 was the Year of the Rat. For Japanese automaker Mitsubishi however, last year was ostensibly the Year of the Evo—as in the Lancer Evolution.

First Drive: 2011 Lexus LFA

[svgallery name=”11_Lexus_LFA”] Story and photos by John LeBlanc HOMESTEAD, FLA.–Citing certain “financial indicators,” some experts are ready to proclaim the worst economic downturn in our generation as over.

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