First Drive: 2011 Suzuki Kizashi

[svgallery name=”11_Suzuki_Kizashi”] Story and photos by John LeBlanc NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ont. –Suzuki’s last crack at a mid-size sedan was an unmitigated disaster. Except for rock-bottom pricing, the short-lived Verona (designed and built by General Motors’ South Korean Daewoo subsidiary) had little to offer buyers.

2010 CCOTY: Sports & Performance over $50k

[svgallery name=”Sports_over_50k_pics”] Story and photos by John LeBlanc As a member of the Automotive Journalists Association of Canada (hey, they have cheap travel insurance), I got invited for two days in late October to drive new 2010 cars over public roads and an airport test track. The goal was to pick a category winner that […]

Video: 2010 Ford Taurus SHO at CCOTY

One lap of the Niagara airport test track in a 2010 Ford Taurus SHO at this year’s Canadian Car of the Year.

Road Trip: 2009 Infiniti G37x

[svgallery name=”09_INFINITI_G37″] Story and photos by John LeBlanc KINGSTON Ontario–Originally created as a supply route safe from threatening Americans between pre-Confederation Montreal and the British naval base in Kingston, the Rideau Canal is better known these days as a popular venue for boating, fishing or cottaging.

Road Trip: Autobahn bound in BMW’s M3 Sedan

Story and photos by John LeBlanc MUNICH– Dinner on the Italian Isle of Capri. Surfing the north shore Pipeline in Hawaii. Reading Ian Fleming’s Thunderball on the patio of the British Colonial Hilton in Nassau, Bahamas. Trust me: some experiences in life are better done on their home turf. Take, for instance, driving a German […]

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