Road Test: 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee EcoDiesel Summit

Story and photo by John LeBlanc CALABOGIE, Ont. — Real off-roaders will tell you: its torque, not horsepower that will get you out of the mud or over a boulder. So those who take their SUVs off-road will be happy to see the return of diesel power to the very off-road capable Jeep Grand Cherokee […]

Flashback Fridays: 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8

Story by John LeBlanc Originally published, August, 2006 – WILLOW SPRINGS, California – While lined up alongside other Chrysler Street and Racing Technology vehicles waiting in the pit lane of Willow Springs race track for our turns to get in more hot laps before the course is closed, one of the Chrysler SRT engineers pokes […]

Top 10s: Collectible Cars of 2012

By John LeBlanc Let’s make this clear: no one buys a new car as an immediate investment. That age-old bugaboo called depreciation ensures that a couple of years down the road (let alone a couple of decades) your new set of wheels won’t be worth what you paid for it when it was driven off […]

Comparo: 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee vs. Volkswagen Tiguan

By John LeBlanc Few vehicle types can offer the do-it-all capabilities of luxury sports-utilities-vehicles. Spawned from the groundbreaking 1970s Land Rover Range Rover, almost every automaker now has a utility vehicle that can take the family to the cottage and your boss and his wife out for dinner. Here is what I consider two of […]

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.

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