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There’s an automotive cliché out there stating that the Jeep Grand Cherokee is America’s take on the Range Rover. That’s actually half true. Sure, Jeep’s big guy SUV can indeed brawl through a muddy back road and get itself out of serious trouble just as well, if not better, than …

The Car Guide is on its way to Barcelona, Spain for the first drive of the new 2019 Volvo V60, which had its world premiere at the Geneva Auto Show and made its North-American debut at the New York Auto Show. After its successful launch of the new XC40 subcompact …

Toyota could’ve taken the easy route by launching a subcompact SUV that would’ve blended right in with the rest of the crowd. However, the brand decided to step away from conventionalism—which it very rarely does—in order to please a younger audience. A normal subcompact SUV with available all-wheel drive will …

CLARINGTON, Ontario – The current Porsche 911 Carrera lineup is made up of 23 different variants and the 911 GT2 RS is the top dog. It is the fastest, most powerful 911 Porsche has ever made, and it is the current lap record holder for production cars on the famous …

If you had to choose a single vehicle that could fulfill just about any need that a young family would require, I can think of no better option than the Honda Ridgeline. It’s been the case for so long that the choice for minivan-averse people was between an SUV and …

SAINT-JOHN’S (Newfoundland and Labrador) – In 2018, when a consumer walks into a car dealership, the first acronym that comes out of his or her mouth is “SUV”! No matter the price. No matter the size. No matter the fuel consumption. The people request a sport utility vehicle. Understood? In …

My colleague Gabriel Gélinas recently had the opportunity to attend the launch of the wildest 911 GT3 of all, the 2019 Porsche 911 GT3 RS , at the world-famous Nurburgring race track—arguably the dream of any sports car enthusiast. While the Porsche logo is becoming more and more commonplace on …

PORTO, Portugal – In a luxury brand’s lineup of vehicles, the midsize sedan might have one of the toughest jobs. It has to be sophisticated to justify a lofty price, but it can’t overshadow the full-size sedan as the technology benchmark. It has to perform better than the compact sedan …

How did this giant toolbox on wheels ever transform into a fashion icon? Why is it that some aspects of the legendary SUV are considered lovely while the same on a modern Toyota Corolla would be unacceptable? And most importantly, how do you explain that people keep scrambling to dealers …

In Tokyo, during a forum celebrating the 100,000-unit sales milestone of the Nissan LEAF since it was introduced in 2010, the automaker presented a special car for the occasion. In front of about 100 people, including government officials and company executives who were participating in a discussion to create a …

Terrific news for avid off-road enthusiasts: Just two years after the second-generation model made its debut , the leaner and meaner Ford F-150 Raptor is getting some important upgrades to push the limits of all-terrain performance even further. First, the Ford Performance team has developed new electronically controlled FOX Racing …

Mercedes-Benz’s new EQ sub-brand for electric vehicles, which is set to debut with a zero-emission SUV called EQC in 2019, will produce a second model starting in 2020, namely a compact car based on last year’s Concept EQA from the Frankfurt Auto Show. The news was confirmed by Daimler, which …

When the Kia Stinger was unveiled in 2017, the Korean brand announced the availability of two engines and two drivetrains, but when it hit the Canadian market, the car was offered with only one of each. As a matter of fact, for the 2018 model year, the Stinger was only …

In order to keep up with ever-growing and more modern competition, the popular Mazda CX-3 gets a number of improvements for the 2019 model year, as initially revealed during its launch at the New York International Auto Show in late March. It goes on sale this month across Canada and …

One of the ways General Motors hopes to match and maybe even surpass the Ford F-150 and Ram 1500 in the light-duty pickup truck segment is offering a large and sophisticated engine selection. Unveiled in January at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, the all-new 2019 Chevrolet Silverado …

The revamped interface of the SYNC 3 multimedia system aboard the brand’s largest SUV has essentially been developed near Ottawa by QNX, a company now owned by BlackBerry. In 2018, we can say Ford has been pretty lucky with its Lincoln brand. Not unlike its rival Buick, it almost disappeared …

A number of green-car buyers were disappointed when Subaru chose not to offer a hybrid version with the launch of its second-generation Crosstrek last year. While the original Crosstrek Hybrid wasn’t very good and failed to meet expectations, there was hope that a model redesign and upgraded system would come …

Another week, another car for which the bell tolls. Not long after Ford said it would drop most of its cars in North America and General Motors signaled the end for the Cadillac ATS sedan , Chevrolet has just announced that it will end sale of the Sonic in Canada …

Last week, news started circulating about the demise of the ATS sedan, but GM Canada has just confirmed that the ATS coupe will be axed as well. In order to get its assembly plants ready for a new generation of Cadillac sedans, the compact ATS won’t be back for 2019.