First Drive: 2009 Dodge Challenger SXT

Story and photos by John LeBlanc ENGLISHTOWN, N.J.–Going against everything your mother taught you, Dodge served up a healthy portion of dessert first by introducing the top-of-line SRT8 version of its new-age Challenger muscle car last spring. By now, all 500 Canadian examples of those 2008 high-performance SRT8 Challengers have been gobbled up by enthusiasts […]

Comparo: Nissan GT-R versus Porsche 911 Turbo‏

Story and photos by John LeBlanc Nissan set the stage for a heroic David and Goliath battle when it introduced its new GT-R supercar last fall, flatly stating its “performance bogey” was none other than Porsche’s iconic 911 Turbo. Seriously? Seriously. On public roads at legal speeds, there’s very little to choose from between the […]

Comparo: Audi A3 3.2 Quattro versus BMW 135i

Story and photos by John LeBlanc As higher fuel costs cause midsize luxury sport car buyers to move en masse to smaller cars, automotive industry analysts are predicting that the biggest growth in the Canadian new car market over the next few years will come from premium compacts.

Road Test: 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt SS Coupe

Story and photos by John LeBlanc With the performance market quickly turning to small, fun and frugal, Chevrolet – a brand historically marketed as General Motors’ “cheap speed” division – should be sitting on the automotive throne right now. Instead, Chevrolet’s been preoccupied with pickups, crossovers, SUVs and resurrecting its retro Camaro muscle car; a […]

First Drive: 2009 Maserati Gran Turismo S

Story, video, and photos by John LeBlanc MODENA, Italy–If not for growing up here in the shadow of the Maserati brothers, Enzo Ferrari’s greatest claim to fame might have been as a World War I mule-skinner in the Italian army

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