Comparo: 2013 Honda Accord Sport vs. 2014 Mazda Mazda6 GS

Story and photos by John LeBlanc You can forget about electric vehicles, hybrids or mega-horsepower supercars — the hottest, most competitive new vehicle segment right now is the mid-sized family sedan market. It started with the latest versions of the Hyundai Sonata and Kia Optima, followed by all-new models of the Toyota Camry, Chevrolet Malibu, […]

Road Test: 2013 Honda Accord Sedan Sport CVT

Story and photos by John LeBlanc Between the mid-1980s and mid-1990s — when Ayrton Senna was winning driver’s championships in Honda-powered Formula One cars, and each new production model was not only sucked up by young, import-loving Boomers and critically acclaimed in the motoring press, and also being picked apart by American and German rivals, […]

Top 10s: Most profitable new vehicles

Want to find out which new cars and trucks are putting the most of your hard-earned into their coffers? Read my article for MSN Autos Canada here.

2012 Detroit: Worst in Show

By John LeBlanc Despite what the local media were saying, this year’s Detroit auto show was a bit of a yawner. Okay, a real, big yawner. Not only were the number of true concepts at an all-time low, but most of the types of exotic brands car enthusiasts drool over (i.e. Lamborghinis and Rolls-Royces) didn’t […]

The Crank: When “new” doesn’t necessarily mean “improved”…

By John LeBlanc New car buyers have religiously looked towards the U.S. not-for-profit Consumer Reports annual automotive issue to get one of the more objective views on new showroom fare. And one of the features in this year’s annual is the calling out of a half-dozen new-for-2011 models that simply don’t measure up to their […]

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