2010 Porsche Panamera r...

Porsche really knows how to throw a launch party! Just as important, they know where. Porsche’s 2010 Panamera made its debut at Holt Renfrew’s ritzy flagship store on Bloor Street West in Toronto, on October 14, 2009. A phalanx of black-clad, big shoulder-types ensured that beyond...

2010 Honda CR-Z Sport H...

Honda has taken the wraps off the 2009 CR-Z Concept car at the 41st Tokyo Motor Show. While the vehicle displayed at the show is the second concept version of the hybrid coupe, the production version that will be introduced to Canada and the U.S. in the second half of 2010. The final...

2009 Mercedes Benz SLK

Having sold almost a half-million SLKs to date, Mercedes-Benz is revamping the second-generation car to keep it current. In all there are 650 new parts, the bulk of which, new look aside, key on the comfort and dynamic sides of the car’s split personality. As the first of the current...

2008 Cadillac CTS

In the not-too-distant past, Cadillac vehicles staring with the letter C – think Cimarron and Catera, were hardly memorable choices. The launch of the original CTS, in 2001, started what was to become nothing short of an amazing turn around. The second generation CTS takes the...

2008 Mitsubishi Lancer

The all new 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer compact sedan comes ready to do battle in one of the most hotly contested segments in Canada. The new model’s design reveals a heavy emphasis on the brands sporty image, garnered from the street rod version of the Lancer, the EVO as well as years...

2008 Dodge Caliber SRT4

Driving towards Putnam Park race track, a regional facility about 80 kilometres west of Indianapolis, my mind is running double time – how is a front-drive car with a compliant, comfortable ride going to handle a 2.9-kilometre, 10-turn thrashing? After all, a front driver puts the bulk...

2008 BMW M3

Crank the new BMW M3 to life and its bassy burble resonates with a meanness that says business. Blip the gas pedal (or the eight individual throttle butterflies to be exact), and the ensuing crescendo might have been inspired by Beethoven’s 1812 overture – it is a siren so purposeful...

2007 Volkswagen GTI

Volkswagen showed the first GTI at the Frankfurt auto show in 1975, a year later it was launched in Europe. Meanwhile, Canada had to wait for the second-generation car and 1984 before finding out what the pocket-rocket (or hot-hatch) phenomenon was all about – before the GTI there...