Road Trip: 2011 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon

Roughing it in the Rubicon How does Jeep’s retro Rubicon stand up as a weekend warrior? By John LeBlanc PICTON—I view tent camping as a retro form of human living. So it only made sense to borrow a Jeep Wrangler for our family’s annual weekend here at Sandbanks Provincial Park, on the shores of Lake […]

Top 10s: Worst Best-selling New Cars

By John LeBlanc Fast food giant McDonald’s may have sold billions and billions of hamburgers. But does that make the Big Mac the best-tasting hamburger money can buy? Er, probably not. The Canadian new car market is much the same. Just because a model makes the best-sellers list, that doesn’t make it the “best” car […]

Prince Edward Highlander / The Wrapup

By John LeBlanc SPRINGBROOK, P.E.I. – The concept of a hybrid crossover seems perfect for the modern family vacation vehicle. Crossovers offer the all-wheel-drive practicality of sports-utility-vehicles. Being car-based, though, they drive nicer, weigh less, and tend to be more space and fuel efficient than SUVs.

Prince Edward Highlander / Days 12 & 13 – Fueling around

By John LeBlanc Rain, or the threat thereof, kept our day tripping during the remaining days of our Prince Edward Island sojourn to close-by destinations. But after nearly two weeks behind the wheel of our loaned 2011 Toyota Highlander Hybrid, I now have a decent idea of what kind of fuel economy this large-ish crossover […]

Prince Edward Highlander / Days 10 & 11 – Highlander definitely a “passenger first” proposition

By John LeBlanc August 3 / Taking advantage of some sun and a high of 27 C, we spent the last few days of our Prince Edward Island holiday racking up the klicks in our loaned 2011 Highlander Hybrid. On Monday, we zigzagged from our homestead just east of Cavendish on the north shore, to […]

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