Flashback Fridays: 2004 Saab 9-3 Convertible

Originally published in November, 2003 – By John LeBlanc It’s hard to ignore the seasonal signs of hibernation. Available daylight has become precious. Lawn furniture is overdue for storage, and you’ve probably already had to scrape frost from your windshield. I’m also reminded of the ritual of “putting away the ragtop for the winter.” Preparing […]

Flashback Fridays: 2007 Mazda Mazdaspeed3

Story by John LeBlanc This article was originally published in May, 2007 – Among other things, including helping to start a little company you might have heard of called Intel, Gordon E. Moore noted more than 40 years ago that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit — processing power — doubles every 24 […]

Flashback Fridays: 2006 Pontiac Solstice

Story by John LeBlanc Article originally published in October, 2005 – Knowing Mazda has had the affordable, rear-wheel-drive two-seater market to itself for more than a decade didn’t stop Bob Lutz from putting his reputation on the line when he drove the Solstice concept on-stage at the Detroit auto show in 2002. The vice-chairman of […]

Flashback Fridays: 2006 Mazda MX-5

Story by John LeBlanc This article was originally published in October, 2005 – KELOWNA, B.C. – Adding up to more than just the sum of its parts, Mazda’s Miata was a car that always gave back a measure of driving pleasure higher than expected due to its family-car price. In the hands of even novice […]

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 […]

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