Comparison Test: 2015 Ford Fiesta ST vs. Mini Cooper S 5 Door

Story by John LeBlanc A pair of oil crises and government-mandated curbing of automobile emissions in the 1970s all but killed off the once mighty American V8 muscle car. But in the wake of neutered Ford Mustang Cobras and castrated Chevrolet Camaro Z28s rose a raft of relatively fun-to-drive small cars, led by the likes […]

2014 Geneva Motor Show: Mini Clubman Concept

Story and photos by John LeBlanc GENEVA – As BMW’s Mini brand rolls out a new generation of small cars (the first being the Mini hardtop that’s going on-sale in Canada this year), the Mini Clubman Concept is a preview to an expected production model. Now with six doors (four at the side and a […]

Comparo: 2014 Fiat 500L versus Mini Cooper Countryman

Story by John LeBlanc Between the birth of our country and today, the percentage of people living in rural instead of urban settings has reversed, with now more than 80% of Canadians being city dwellers. So if you’re in the majority of Canadian families living in a city, it only makes sense to consider a […]

Top 10s: Most anticipated test drives for 2014

By John LeBlanc Who would have thought the Ultimate Driving Machine makers at Germany’s BMW would ever build an electric city car (the new i3?) Or the best family sedan you could buy would be a new Chevy (the new Impala)? But that was sooo 2013.

Road Test: 2013 Mini John Cooper Works Convertible

Story and photos by John LeBlanc Ever since the early ’70s, small cars have been seen as cheap and low quality — the bottom feeders of the market. The thinking was that small car buyers didn’t have the coin to buy the “whole” car. But that all changed in 2002, when Germany’s BMW launched the […]

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