Top 10s: Rarest new vehicles sold in Canada

  Story by John LeBlanc With the end of summer in view and fall just around the corner, the annual new car model year changeover is upon us. But before the 2014 new cars and trucks start rolling into dealer lots, there are still plenty of 2013 models available. Yet some new vehicles are decidedly […]

Top 10s: Most anticipated new models for 2014

Story by John LeBlanc With the global auto industry’s non-stop, new model introduction schedule, it seems like Christmas every day for new car buyers. Here we are, only half way through the 2013, and there are plenty of new 2014 vehicles that have been previewed or have already gone on sale. Of the bunch, here […]

Feature: All 22 Canadian-made new cars and trucks for 2013

Story by John LeBlanc Although Canada produces fewer cars today than in the last few decades, it is still one of the largest when it comes to auto manufacturing. While we may no longer be in the top 10 (we’re actually 11th), more than 2.1 million new passenger vehicles were assembled in Canada in 2011 […]

Top 10s: The most fuel-efficient hybrids for 2013

Story by John LeBlanc When Natural Resources Canada announced its top fuel-efficient new 2013 models, there were a host of pure-electric vehicles that sip no fuel at all. But not all new car buyers can afford the limited driving range and inconvenience of plugging in these EVs. For the rest of us, here are the […]

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.

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