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Beware of These Late-Model Used Cars, According to Study

Opting for a recent used vehicle is a good idea to save a few bucks, and also because there is often a period of the original manufacturer's warranty remaining. That said, some models are less reliable than others and have more problems. The American website Consumer Reports has compiled a …

A Muscle Car You Can Play in the Snow With

Not everyone likes the idea of buying a sports car or a powerful rear-wheel-drive coupe only to store it for the long winter season. That's why some drivers still dare to challenge the ice and play in the powder, but that can put their safety at risk. However, there are …

Taking Care of Those Worn-Out Headlights

It is essential for drivers to see as far as possible on the road in order to be ready and prepared for what the road throws at them. When darkness falls or bad weather conditions that reduce visibility, like in heavy snow or rain, you need to be able to …

Galleries

The Subaru WRX Through Time

2022 Infiniti QX55: Unpopular and It’s Easy to See Why

Infiniti last year introduced a brand new model, the QX55 , in a move to expand its SUV and crossover lineup, which already includes the QX50 , QX60 and QX80 . Following a brief first drive in the spring, we got to spend a full week with the QX55 at …

2015-2021 Kia Sedona: What You Should Know Before Buying

Despite the popularity of SUVs, a minivan will always be the vehicle of choice for families. In the used car market, it's hard to find a more affordable vehicle than a Kia Sedona thanks to the below-average starting price and the significant depreciation of the Korean brand's products. The launch …

Comparative Tests

2022 Ford F-150 Lightning vs. 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV: The Numbers

Prepare for a fierce battle in the EV pickup segment when the recently unveiled Chevrolet Silverado EV hits the market to take on the Ford F-150 Lightning . Which one is better at what? To help settle the debate, we’ve compared the numbers and specs for these two models. Here’s …

Top 10

Top 10 Best-Selling Trucks and SUVs in Canada in 2021

10 Warning Lights You Need to Know About

Paying attention to the messages, signals, and warnings that your vehicle sends you is one of the fundamentals of maintenance and safe driving. Yet, according to a March 2021 Reviews.com survey, a quarter of drivers don't pay attention to the "Check Engine" light, meaning they don't bother checking the vehicle …

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New Models

Cadillac Announces Fearsome Escalade-V for 2023

Months of speculation have finally come to an end. Well, sort of. Cadillac today officially announced a more powerful and more prestigious Escalade model that will expand its V-Series lineup for 2023. Of course, it’s the first Cadillac SUV to ever don the high-performance V-Series badge. Unfortunately, the company gave …

Buzz

Noboby Wants This 1976 Corvette Turned Into a Dodge Viper

Some tuners out there get a kick out of transforming certain cars into models from another era. The results are often intriguing yet rarely convincing, like this 2013 Dodge Challenger turned into a 1969 Charger Daytona . Want another example? In the mid-1990s, someone decided to take a third-generation 1976 …

Insane 1983 Subaru GL Wagon to Star in Upcoming Gymkhana

The crazy dudes at Hoonigan have just unveiled the new car that will star in the next instalment of the Gymkhana series. We guess not too many of you predicted it would be a 1983 Subaru GL Wagon, right? Last time we checked, Ken Block passed the torch to his …

Recalls

Brake Pedal Problems Surface on Older Ford Mustang, Fusion Models

Ford has announced a recall on nearly 200,000 vehicles in the U.S. because the brake lights may not turn off when drivers release the brake pedal. Not only that, but models equipped with automatic transmissions may also be able to shift out of Park even when the driver’s foot is …

Electric

Winnebago Unveils Near-Production, All-Electric RV Concept

Electrification goes beyond cars and we at The Car Guide have covered a bunch of different electric vehicles in the recent past. Earlier this week at the Florida RV Super Show in Tampa, Florida, Winnebago Industries unveiled what it called the first all-electric zero-emission motorhome concept from a major RV …

Study: Most Cars Are Left Unused 95 Percent of the Year

While new vehicle sales increased nearly 7 percent in 2021 , a study by Turo Canada in partnership with Léger shows that a majority spend a heck of a lot more time parked than on the go. According to the popular carsharing platform’s first annual Car Ownership Index , 83 …

The Car Guide's Best Buys for 2022: Toyota Camry

Every year, The Car Guide unveils a list of Best Buys covering all the different vehicle categories in the industry. Midsize sedans keep losing momentum and market shares. For 2022, not a single model is new to the segment. Just like last year, the best purchase you can make in …

BMW’s V12 Engine Now Has an Expiration Date

The very last series production road vehicles from BMW to feature a V12 engine will enter production in June of this year. The company broke the news today while announcing a limited run of 12 U.S.-bound cars based on the M760i xDrive , called “The Final V12.” The high-performance variant …

New Models

Redesigned 2023 Toyota Sequoia is Coming at Last

The third-generation Toyota Sequoia is coming, and it was about damn time. The current truck dates back to the 2008 model year, remember, and it looks awfully strange in Toyota ’s SUV lineup. Same thing for the 4Runner , in fact. The automaker today shared a teaser of the fully …

Electric

Honda Once Again Questions EV Demand

Except for the short-lived Clarity Electric (not sold in Canada), Honda is extremely slow to jump on the EV bandwagon. For the record, the Japanese automaker’s goal is to make battery-electric and fuel cell electric vehicles represent 100 percent of its North American sales by 2040 , progressing from sales …

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2022 Jeep Grand Wagoneer: Buzz Replaces Woody

Bringing back a beloved model and nameplate when it’s been gone for the better part of three decades can be a dangerous game. BMW did it with MINI, Land Rover with the Defender, and now Jeep with their original entry into the luxury SUV market (which they claim to have …

2021 Land Rover Defender 90 P400: Though She be But Little, She be Fierce

The world is obsessed with “bigger is better.” Bigger attitude, bigger design, bigger size, bigger bank accounts, bigger everything. But what if we told you that bigger isn’t always better? That sometimes scaling back and being “just right” and only the size required is more than adequate and perfectly acceptable.

2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee: Twelve Years in the Making

Can you believe the outgoing Jeep Grand Cherokee (WK) stuck around for a dozen years? Actually, it’s not quite ready to bow out yet. As the next generation arrives for 2022, the company will continue to sell the old Grand Cherokee for a while—in Laredo, Altitude and Limited trim—a bit …

2022 Infiniti QX60: What the Doctor Ordered

The low-profile Infiniti QX60 is a key product for the Japanese luxury brand, accounting for 35 percent of total sales. The 2022 redesign is critical, as you can imagine. Heck, Infiniti told us it spent over 1.5 million hours working on it. First, designers made sure to give the QX60 …

2021 Porsche Boxster GTS 4.0: Daily Driver Extraordinaire

2021 Porsche 718 Boxster GTS 4.0: Daily Driver Extraordinaire The Boxster isn’t the entry-level car it was when it was first introduced back in 1998. Although the older relics make great affordable weekender cars, despite their yellowed-out headlights and lower horsepower figures, the Boxster has evolved into a purebred Porsche …

2021 Lexus LS 500: Improved, But Agonizing

Twenty-four. That’s the number of Canadians who purchased a Lexus LS last year. Granted, the COVID-19 pandemic had a lot to do with that, but sales of the full-size luxury sedan didn’t even top 40 units after the first three quarters of 2021. How long will it keep agonizing like …

Toyota Tacoma: Five Things We Want in the Next Generation

A new generation of the tireless and dependable Toyota Tacoma is expected to debut in the near future, likely as a 2023 model. Unlike the fully redesigned 2022 Tundra , Toyota’s midsize pickup is a sales leader in Canada and the race is not particularly close. However, the next Tacoma …