First Drive: 2011 Ford Shelby GT500 Coupe

[svgallery name=”2011_Ford_Shelby_GT500_hirez”] How much is that Shelby in the window? While the rest of Ford’s 2011 Mustang lineup gets all new mills, the topline Shelby GT500 makes do with tweaks. Is it enough? By John LeBlanc CALABOGIE, Ont.—If not as big a money maker as his onetime racing car rival Enzo Ferrari, affixing 1960s’ American […]

Road Test: 2009 Mercedes-Benz CL 550 4MATIC

[svgallery name=”2009_MB_CL550_hirez”] The Gentlemen’s Express Mercedes’ big—and rare—full-size coupé carries on a vanishing auto genre By John LeBlanc As a two-door, hardtop version of the relatively more ubiquitous Mercedes-Benz S Class full-size luxury sedan, the CL coupe is a rare bird. Mercedes only sells a few every year. Teutonic rivals BMW and Audi don’t have […]

First Drive: 2010 Aston Martin DB9

[svgallery name=”10_Aston_DB9″] Story  by John LeBlanc. Photos by Aaron Kiley. ROMEO, Mich.–Gone are the days when Aston Martin would roll out a handful of expensive 2+2 grand touring coupes and then knock off for tea and crumpets. From a low of only 30 cars built in 1982, the British automaker made just under 1,000 cars […]

Road Test: 2010 Ford Mustang GT

[svgallery name=”10_Ford_Mustang_GT”] Story and photos by John LeBlanc It seems the only car that fans of American muscle can talk about this year is Chevrolet’s resurrected Camaro.

First Drive: 2010 Kia Forte Koup

[svgallery name=”10_kia_koup”] Story and photos by John LeBlanc MIRABEL, Québec –”Desire.” A word you wouldn’t associate with any Kia products in the decade-and-a-half the maker’s been selling cars here.

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