Prince Edward Highlander / Day 2 – Cavendish National Park’s scenic Gulf Shore Parkway

By John LeBlanc JULY 24 / Before I spend the next two weeks talking about the Highlander Hybrid we’re driving here in P.E.I., perhaps a brief explanation of its upgraded-for-2011 gasoline-electric powertain is in order.

Prince Edward Highlander / Day 1 – Settling in

By John LeBlanc JULY 23 / Does the only hybrid family crossover you can buy work as a vacation vehicle? That was the lingering Big Question as our plane touched down at Charlottetown airport, earlier this morning.

First Drive: 2012 Honda Civic

Civic Obedience Is Honda’s evolutionary new Civic good enough to keep it on top of the sales charts? By John LeBlanc WASHINGTON, D.C. — The launch of a new Honda Civic is a big deal. Not only is it the best-selling car in Honda showrooms across Canada, but the compact was the best selling passenger […]

The Crank: Will upcoming 2012 Honda Civic retain its sales crown?

[svgallery name=”2012_Honda_Civic_PR”] By John LeBlanc Without a doubt, the compact Civic sedan is the most important model in Honda Canada’s lineup. Despite a drop in sales of 8.2 per cent in 2010 compared to 2009, and an extension of its usual four-year model changeover to an extra-long six years, the Civic was still the best […]

The Crank: Despite the awards, Chevy’s Volt hasn’t won anything yet

By John LeBlanc Without much effort, General Motors media materials will tell you that its new Chevrolet Volt gasoline-electric plug-in-hybrid is a “winner”. In fact, at this year’s Detroit auto show, the Volt was named 2011 North American Car of the Year, and before that, various American pubs (Automobile Magazine’s 2011 Automobile of the Year; […]

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