First Drives
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First Drives
2013 Chevrolet Trax - Chevy's Smallest SUV Offers Big-Time Appeal On A Budget
How many small vehicles can one showroom hold? If you're Chevrolet, the answer to that question is six: the Spark, the Sonic, the Cruze, the Orlando, the Equinox, and now the new 2013 Chevrolet Trax. The Chevrolet Trax is a subcompact SUV that aims to lure in budget-conscious buyers looking … Full story
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2013 Lexus ES/RX Sport: Elegant and sporty
Lexus has finally realized that plain cars, no matter how reliable and how excellent their resale value, just won’t cut it anymore, given how fierce the competition has become. As a result, they designed their new models with a much more dynamic style and made them more exciting to drive. Full story
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2013 Porsche Cayenne Diesel: Make way for the Diesel
For the 2013 model-year, Porsche is making like the other German brands and offering a Cayenne with a diesel engine. This new version of the SUV from Stuttgart is currently rolling into dealerships, and with a base price of $64,600, it settles in between the Cayenne V6 and the Cayenne … Full story
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2013 RAM 1500: An evolutionary year
The new 2013 RAM 1500 may be a little too familiar. With essentially the same silhouette since 1994, what’s so new about it? Bolstered by an already solid base, the folks at RAM wisely chose not to mess with a winning formula. After all, the previous version finished second to … Full story
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2013 Subaru XV Crosstrek - Subaru's New Outback-Lite
Do you remember the Subaru Outback Sport? This version of the Impreza wagon wore the same style of body cladding as the Legacy-based Outback and featured bit of a boost in the ride height department, giving the Outback Sport a modicum of soft-roading capability that played well with adventure-seeking drivers. Full story
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2013 Ford C-MAX Hybrid - The Everyday Hybrid Hatchback
The 2013 Ford C-MAX Hybrid is the Dearborn-based automaker’s gambit to unseat the Toyota Prius from its current throne as ruler of the North American hybrid marketplace. More specifically, the Ford C-MAX Hybrid has been imported from Europe in order to steal sales from both the standard Prius hatchback and … Full story
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2013 Mercedes-Benz GL: Luxury for the whole family
Not as well known as its little brother the ML, the Mercedes-Benz GL-Class is Mercedes-Benz’s most imposing SUV. Its ability to seat up to seven passengers sets it apart. This is a large vehicle that combines space, towing capacity, good off-road capabilities and above all, a level of luxury and … Full story
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2013 Chevrolet Spark: Trending smaller
After decades of insanity in the automobile industry, the age of moderation has arrived. Think green, think simplicity (not always voluntarily), think small – all this to avoid unnecessary waste. The presence of microcars on the Canadian market is a perfect reflection of this trend. The diminutive smart was the … Full story
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2013 Cadillac ATS: Excellent across the board
I must admit that I wasn’t very impressed with the Cadillac ATS when it was unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show last January. Its style just didn’t seem to have the same punch as the CTS and it looked more like a smaller version of the XTS. But first impressions … Full story
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2013 Audi Q5: Minor facelift, engine transformation
The Q5’s success speaks for itself and now Audi, the Ingolstadt-based manufacturer, is launching a new version with a few subtle modifications to the body. This marks the start of a series of technical modifications for the 2013 model-year. The esthetic changes made to Audi’s best-seller aren’t exactly obvious: there … Full story