First Drive: BMW X5 eDrive Prototype

Story by John LeBlanc MIRAMAS, FRANCE — It looks like the day of reckoning for large, gas-guzzling SUVs has once again been moved forward on the calendar. At least that’s the plan with the new BMW X5 eDrive, the German automaker’s latest attempt at making a big, fast and comfortable vehicle that’s also more fuel […]

Comparo: 2012 Chevrolet Volt vs. Cruze Eco

Electric cars may be the future, but how do they stack up today? Read my electric-Volt versus gas-Cruze Toronto Star Wheels comparo, or after the jump.

From the Fleet: 2012 Infiniti M35 Hybrid

FROM THE FLEET are brief synopses of manufacturer-supplied rides that happen to end up in my laneway – JL The auto industry’s recent niche-within-a-niche product strategies have left us with some weird and quite often oxymoronic mutant forms of four-wheeled transportation. Strange car type combos like “four-door coupes” and “sports activity vehicles” come immediately to […]

Bye-Bye 2009: Worst Car of the Decade

By John LeBlanc I know. The Prius has become the best-selling gasoline-electric hybrid of all time. Over a million have been sold since the first one went on sale in 1997. You could make the argument and ask, “How can that many people be wrong?” Easy, really.

Road Test: 2008 Lexus GS 450h

Story and photos by John LeBlanc Looking for a car that makes you feel like you’re saving the planet, but that also rewards your hard-earned successes in life? The Lexus GS 450h is a mid-size, five-passenger luxury sports sedan that is also a H-Y-B-R-I-D. As such, the automaker says it’s a synthesis of both the […]