2011 Geneva: Audi A3 Concept

Story and photos by John LeBlanc GENEVA – In the hope of attracting younger buyers and adding more fuel efficiency to their lineups, we’ll be seeing of these so-called “premium” compacts during today’s presentations here in Geneva. And first up this morning was Audi, which for the first time ever is looking to add a […]

2011 Toronto: Top 10 Must Sees

By John LeBlanc With the spring new car buying season just around the corner, there’s no better venue for Canadian new car buyers to check out than the annual  Toronto auto show (a.k.a. Canadian International AutoShow). Open to the public now until February 27, the Toronto auto show not only displays virtually every new car […]

The Crank: My 2011 World Car of the Year is…

[svgallery name=”2011_Audi_A8L”] By John LeBlanc The seventh annual World Car of the Year awards, which yours truly is a judge, announced its top ten finalists for 2011 this week.The overall winner for WCOTY—as well as winners for World Performance Car, Green Car and Design of the Year—will be announced at this year’s New York show in April. Before then, […]

The Crank: This year’s most important auto show won’t happen in Detroit or Frankfurt

By John LeBlanc The highlights on my annual business calendar are the “big” car shows. Call me a geek. But for me at least, there’s nothing more exciting than to dive into these auto orgies, whether its Detroit in the winter, Geneva, New York, or China in the spring or, Paris, Tokyo, Frankfurt or Los […]

2011 Detroit: Top 10 Must Sees

By John LeBlanc DETROIT – Although there were considerably less new concepts and production car debuts during the one day of media presentations at the 2011 Detroit auto show than in previous years, the officially-named North American International Auto Show still offers a staggering amount of fresh metal to peruse. Here are my top 10 […]

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