The Car Guide – Everything automotive, 55 years running

The newly updated 2021 Genesis G80 is a real slap in the face of all those car manufacturers that dropped out of the midsize luxury segment in recent years—particularly Lincoln , which definitely could learn a lesson from its Korean rival. The G80 is a sedan that many Americans would …

It’s here at last. For many fans of the Mazda3 , the wait is over. The popular compact car is finally available with a turbocharged engine in top trim. But make no mistake: the new 2021 Mazda3 Turbo is not the same thing as the Mazdaspeed3 that was sold from …

When it was first introduced back in 2014, the Mercedes-Benz GLA was the automotive embodiment of a bipolar disorder. It wasn’t really an SUV, and it wasn’t really a wagon, either. The next generation currently arriving in dealerships across the country fixes that. We’re now talking about a proper small …

Six years after the launch of the outgoing generation, the Ford F-150 gets a serious update for 2021. While we’re officially talking about the fourteenth generation, it’s not like Ford designers went back to the drawing board and started from scratch. Sure, all the body panels have been revised to …

Things are looking pretty good for Hyundai in Canada. The Korean automaker currently ranks fourth in terms of sales, just behind Honda. Over the next 14 months, six brand new or significantly redesigned products will hit the market including the Elantra, Santa Fe, Tucson, Kona, Santa Cruz and the all-electric …

The Subaru Impreza remains one of the best-selling cars in the country and that’s mainly due to the fact that it’s also the most affordable car with all-wheel drive. After receiving various updates a year ago, it returns for 2021 with a few equipment changes. Here are five things you …

Unveiled in September, Volkswagen’s all-new electric SUV, called ID.4 , will arrive in Canada early next summer (in very limited numbers at first), but there are still a few details to clarify. Most importantly, are the 400 kilometres of range promised by the automaker an accurate estimate? We now have …

The Car Guide is back with its annual list of Best Buys covering all the different vehicle categories in the industry. While many automakers have abandoned small cars, most recently Hyundai (Accent), Toyota (Yaris) and Honda (Fit), a few models remain. After winning our Best Buy award in 2020, the …

Similar to a number of Jaguar Land Rover products including the Jaguar F-PACE and E-PACE as well as the Land Rover Discovery , there are some changes to report about the 2021 Range Rover Velar and Range Rover Evoque . These vehicles were initially supposed to make their public debut …

Two years ago, a BMW M5 obliterated a Guinness World Record for the “Greatest distance vehicle drift” with a mark of 374 kilometres. No one had ever attempted to do the same thing in an electric car, however. Until now, that is. The Porsche Taycan is the new king of …

As it turns out, the new 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E isn’t just more powerful than initially advertised . The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has just completed its own series of tests, and we can now tell you the electric crossover offers more range than everyone thought, as well. In …

Just about everyone dreams of owning a supercar, but very few people actually have the means to afford one. The silver lining? Canada is where you can find the cheapest supercars on the planet. This is according to the Global Supercar Index published by British website Compare the Market .

We still haven’t heard the last of defective Takata airbag inflators. As it turns out, General Motors will now have to recall some 5.9 million vehicles equipped with these devices. The automaker, believing a recall of these vehicles was not warranted based on the factual and scientific record, sent a …

Despite a relatively significant update for 2020, the Volkswagen Passat lacks modern flair and appeal when compared to many rivals, as we quickly found out in our latest test drive. The time, sadly, has come to move on. Well, guess what? That’s exactly what the German automaker is about to …