Finding out what your c...

Finding Canadian used car values requires a little bit of work. One industry pioneer remains perhaps the best place to have someone else determine an approximate wholesale used car value, Canadian Black Book. The CBB web tool is used by many auto dealers and provides information for...

2008 Audi A8

Since its introduction in 2004, the Audi A8 has earned a reputation for being as much a luxurious limousine as it is a pure driver’s car. The reason is that it pampers its riders and yet when driven quickly it does not feel at all cumbersome. The arrival of the V10-powered S8...

Las Vegas, not just for...

Las Vegas, Sin City… …a title its tourism department seems willing to promote and use to entice visitors looking for an escape or perhaps a discrete rendezvous. A couples weekend may be just the thing to invigorate a relationship. But let’s see if what happens in Vegas ACTUALLY...

2008 Smart Fortwo

Not that long ago – late 2004 – the smart car arrived in Canada as a sort of experiment on the part of its builder, Mercedes-Benz. The subsidiary set up to market the small urban vehicles had surprisingly not done so well, despite European cities being full of the things. So, it was...

2008 Mini Cooper S

A lot of people took the time to check out the latest Mini Cooper S during my time with it. Most of them, after wandering around the car, said something along the lines of “boy, it sure doesn’t look much different.” Driving it, however, elicits a very different...

2008 Honda Accord

When Honda set out to redesign the Accord, which was one of the largest-selling cars in North America, it needed to not only build on its strengths and appeal to loyal customers, but also keep up with the technological progress made in the industry and try to entice new buyers into the...