2010 Montréal: Will VW’s Golf R fly in Canada?

By John LeBlanc After accepting The Canadian Automotive Jury’s Best of the Best award for its entire 2010 Golf family, Volkswagen Canada pulled the cover off a potential new range topper at last week’s Montréal auto show.

2010 Montréal: Volkswagen Golf wins new Canadian annual car award

By John LeBlanc MONTREAL – It’s not only the fine people of Detroit that put on an auto show this time of the year. Just down the St. Lawrence River, a couple of hours on the 401, our neighbors in la belle province put on quite a car show of their own. This year, along […]

2010 Detroit: Not-so-mini Mini materializes

By John LeBlanc DETROIT – According to Ian Robertson, BMW Sales and Marketing board member, the Mini Beachcomber concept is “a Mini that’s tough, fearless and ready for any open air adventure. Maybe.

Bye-Bye 2009: Worst Driving Experience of the Year

Story by John LeBlanc Who knew? Apparently, RVing is a popular pastime with Canadians. According to data from GO RVing Canada, there are more than one million RVs (recreational vehicles) on our roads today. For the past three years, sales have increased 63 per cent. But like other popular national pastimes (curling, Don Cherry, Tim […]

First Drive: 2010 Acura MDX

[svgallery name=”10_Acura_MDX”] Story and photos by John LeBlanc PEBBLE BEACH, Calif.–Compared to German brand rivals that take a lot more from your wallet, we’ve always liked Acura’s value-laden MDX sports utility vehicle. And seeing as it has been Acura Canada’s best-selling vehicle for the past few years, Canadians seem to agree.

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