Comparo: 2013 Hyundai Genesis 5.0 R-Spec vs. Lexus GS 350 AWD

Text and photos by John LeBlanc In a case of history repeating itself, two decades after Japan’s Lexus showed its more established German luxury brands a thing or two about value, Korea’s Hyundai dropped the same value bomb on Lexus with its 2009 Genesis luxury sedan.

First Drive: 2012 Hyundai Genesis

Genesis Next The second chapter in Hyundai’s book of Genesis is all about refinement By John LeBlanc LAS VEGAS, NEVADA — It’s difficult to label as “significant” a car that will only sell about 1,000 copies in Canada this year. Especially from a brand that moved more than 120,000 in this country last year and […]

The Crank: Winners and Losers from this year’s Toronto Auto Show media day

By John LeBlanc The 38th running of the Toronto auto show is a great place to go if you’re shopping for a new car, or want to take a look at some exotics that non-N.B.A.-salaried humans simply can’t afford.

Top 10s: Dollar-per-Horsepower Bargains

[svgallery name=”Top_10_Perf_Bang_Buck”] By John LeBlanc Forget what your Granddad told you about the 1960s, right now is the Golden Age of cheap horsepower. A bad economy and a generation of drivers addicted to gobs of horsepower have created a near perfect storm for performance car junkies on a budget. But which new cars today offer […]

Bye-Bye 2009: Most Influential Cars of the Decade

By John LeBlanc These weren’t the best-selling, best-looking or best-performing new cars from the past decade. But these were the vehicles that set trends and had other automakers scrambling to play catch-up. Chronologically, here are the 10 most influential cars:

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