Flashback Fridays: 2006 BMW M6

Story by John LeBlanc This article was originally published in May, 2006 – Bayerische Motoren Werke really didn’t have to build the new M6. The in-house performance elves at its M subsidiary already have a full cupboard of “M’m! M’m! Good!” versions of the 3 Coupe and Convertible, Z4 Roadster and Coupe and, up until […]

Road Test: 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Crew Cab LT 4×4

Story and photos by John LeBlanc Big trucks are a big deal in Canada. Generous factory incentives, lots of new product and a slowly rebounding economy saw sales of light-duty trucks rise by 14% in 2013 compared to the year before, taking a 56 % share of the overall new vehicle market. That’s why the […]

Flashback Fridays: 2004 Lincoln LSE V-8

Originally published March, 2004 Story by John LeBlanc Way back in 1999, there was Ford, with its Lincoln division, taking on the Europeans and the Japanese — who had ruled this part of the market since wheels were round — with a genuine, made-in-America, rear-wheel-drive import fighter.

Flashback Fridays: 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8

Story by John LeBlanc Originally published, August, 2006 – WILLOW SPRINGS, California – While lined up alongside other Chrysler Street and Racing Technology vehicles waiting in the pit lane of Willow Springs race track for our turns to get in more hot laps before the course is closed, one of the Chrysler SRT engineers pokes […]

Road Test: 2014 BMW 535d xDrive

Story and photos by John LeBlanc It may sport Germanic roots, but with a diesel engine and traction at all four wheels, the new-for-2014 BMW 535d xDrive sedan seems like it was designed with the Canadian luxury sedan buyer in mind.

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