Tests and Features

During the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games, people from around the world came together in beautiful Vancouver to celebrate culture and sport – and yes, even cars. Respecting the pure spirit of the Games – and of course taking advantage of the world spotlight – several automobile manufacturers brought their …

At the 2007 Detroit Auto Show, Chevrolet unveiled the Volt, a new kind of hybrid car. Indeed, after noticing that most people travel no more than 65 km (40 miles) per day, mainly to go to work and back, the brass at Chevrolet conceived an electric car that could be …

When I turned 16, I wanted nothing more than a proper, honest-to-goodness muscle car. But, having last been produced decades earlier, they weren’t exactly populous in the municipality of Richmond, BC. Flipping through the local Buy & Sell would reveal just a few examples of decent muscle cars, and the …

The Chevrolet Camaro is one of the most spectacular cars for sale this year. In fact, GM has just revamped this legendary model, adapting it to modern preferences. And contrary to what some people say, this vehicle was not brought back to save what used to be the world’s number-one …

While the Ford Mustang has always been very popular and Chrysler was about to launch its superb Dodge Challenger a few years ago, the engineers and designers at GM had to bust their humps to find a fast and economical alternative. It wasn’t enough to simply pull out the previously …

General Motors’ experience with Hybrid drivetrains has been, in a word, interesting. While the modern two-mode hybrid system found in the full-size SUV and truck line is easily equal to or better than every hybrid system on the market today, the General’s first attempt at marrying electric motors with gasoline …

Unwisely, GM has all too often gotten caught up in the game of offering three or four similar models sold under different banners. Case in point, the recent Uplander/Montana SV6/Relay/Teraza foursome of minivans, turned out to be a miserable failure. Despite repeating this mistake over and over again, this year …

It probably isn’t the best time to introduce the Camaro on the market as the current economic situation isn’t exactly putting people in the mood to celebrate. But isn’t it nice to focus on a product and not on the economic climate? After hearing all the buzz about this new …

There are innumerable ideas on how to quell the coming fuel crisis; some feel we need to explore new hydrogen technologies, some think gas/electric hybrids are the way to go, and some realize that automotive fuel consumption is a proverbial drop in an oily bucket as compared to international shipping, …

When GM began introducing their new flotilla of mid-size SUVs, the manner in which they began to release the oh-so-similar looking lineup confused a great many critics. With the GMC Acadia and Saturn Outlook rolled out as the first two to break cover, with the Buick Enclave coming shortly after, …