Tests and Features

The Car Guide is making its way to Germany for a first encounter with the Audi TT Sport Cup race car. This is something of an exclusivity for us, since The Car Guide is the only Canadian media outlet that will be represented at this special event, during which I …

Choosing my top five favourite road tests for 2015 is no easy task, but since I’ve been asked to come up with a shortlist, here are my picks. The McLaren 650S and the Porsche 911 Carrera and Carrera S could have made the cut, much like the Mazda CX-3, but …

The fifth-generation A4, due to arrive in Canada in the spring of 2016 as the 2017 model, has been completely transformed. But its body looks so much like the previous version, it’s almost as though the designers were trying to hide the new sedan’s technical advancements. The A4 is far …

The Car Guide is heading out to test the 2017 Audi A4. Built on the MQB platform, this vehicle is the Ingolstadt brand’s answer to the established contenders, namely the BMW 3 Series, Mercedes-Benz C-Class and the new Jaguar XE. Now more spacious, the new A4 sedan draws various style …

"Can a crossover be cute and masculine at the same time?" This is the question I kept asking myself about the 2016 Audi Q3, the smallest—and newest—CUV in the German automaker's North American lineup. Full disclosure: I, not unlike Brad Diamond, am beginning to feel a little jaded when it …

After years of hearing customers yell out 'bigger, bigger, bigger!' in the SUV showroom, the new mantra seems to be 'let's get small.' How else to explain the sudden surge in the number of tiny crossover utility vehicles like the 2015 Audi Q3? It seems like each passing week brings …

Recently launched and tested at Portugal’s Autodromo Internacional do Algarve, the new second-generation R8 comes exclusively with a 5.2-litre V10, since Audi retired the 4.2-litre V8 available in the previous model. However, it’s almost certain that the R8 will also be available with a turbo engine. At least, that’s if …

You need only string together a few laps around a circuit like the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve, near Faro, Portugal, to realize that the new Audi R8 V10 Plus has developed into a serious rival for the established exoticars. Muscle Its naturally aspirated 5.2-litre V10 now produces 602 horsepower, matching …

In many ways, the 2015 Audi RS 5 represents the last of a very specific breed of high performance car. I'm not saying that German luxury sports coupes are about to do the Cretaceous-Tertiary shuffle off of this mortal coil. Far from it. Instead, I'm talking about the philosophy that …

When the new 2006 Audi Q7 rolls into showrooms next December, it will become the brand’s most technologically advanced vehicle —light-years ahead of their full-size sedans. It won’t just raise the bar for entertainment and connectivity systems, it will almost be able to drive itself! The adaptive cruise control has …