Bailout Blues: Will Fiat ever deliver on its promise of new Chryslers?

By John LeBlanc With U.S. lawmakers taking Toyota to the wood shed this week, let’s take a look at another automaker with some, ahem, challenges: Fiat-run Chrysler.

2010 Detroit: Worst in Show

[svgallery name=”2010_Detroit_Worst”] Story and photos by John LeBlanc Honda’s gas-guzzling hybrid Hybrids are supposed to be fuel sippers right? So what happened with Honda’s latest gas-electric hybrid, the 2011 CR-Z? The smaller, lighter, two-seat version of the current five-door Insight hybrid with a six-speed manual is rated around 7.1L/100 km. That’s a lot thirstier than […]

Road Test: 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8

A few years ago, an American Baptist minister, Reverend Jim Ball, queried that, if Jesus created the universe, anything that harms his creation also harms Christ Himself. With a dubious eye toward sacrilegious gas-guzzling sport-utility vehicles, combined with an expected leap of faith from his audience, the environmentally conscious Reverend Ball asked the question, “What […]

Top 10 Most Significant AWD rides

Not many years ago, the only drivers who had all-wheel drive at their disposal were farmers or forest workers.

These days, many Canadian drivers take traction at all four wheels for granted as a way to get through the worst winter driving.

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