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I’d be wasting my time trying to tell you that compact SUVs are extremely popular right now. We just have to look around on the highway to realize that they surround us, and they’ll probably be a lot of Toyota RAV4s among those. Launched in 1994, the RAV4 really doesn’t …

Article produced by the PMCtire.com team If there is only one versatile tire that can meet all drivers’ needs in winter, you don’t have to read the following lines, but unfortunately, such tire has not yet been invented. However, you can still evaluate some criteria that will help you make …

With a few notable exceptions (Terminator 2, anyone?), sequels rarely have the same impact as the original on which they are based. The same can be said in the automotive world, where platform-sharing can lead to several vehicles built on the same bones, with varying degrees of success. Fiat has …

Does your father, mother, friend, lover, husband, wife, cousin, mistress, son, daughter, neighbour, brother, sister, employee, boss, great-uncle or little old aunt like cars? This Christmas, why not get them a pair of tickets to the Montreal International Auto Show ? First of all, the price is very affordable. Tickets …

What luck for Canada, as one of only three running Bentley Bentayga SUVs in the world is in Montreal right now, at Decarie Motors, where Montrealers have admired prestige cars and trucks since 1946. The Bentayga was presented to the media today, during an event that was as flamboyant as …

Twenty-four hours before its official launch at the Los Angeles Auto Show, I had the opportunity to briefly drive a camouflaged prototype of the new Mazda CX-9. The test was very short, about 50 km mainly on highway 405 and down Mulholland Drive, but it nevertheless allowed me to appreciate …

Italian automaker Ferrari made a bold move by introducing the California, a car with a more docile character and aimed at buyers seeking something racy, but that’s better suited for everyday driving than the brand’s other products. The California not only became the most affordable Ferrari, but also the only …

Any mechanism is more fragile in winter, and I'm not just talking about the human body, which finds the going tougher when the thermometer dips below freezing. I’m talking about the mechanisms in the family car. Think about a crankshaft, a set of pistons and assorted pumps beset with frigid …

This week, Car Guide is travelling to sunny California to drive the all-new 2016 Chevrolet Malibu. The Malibu has had an interesting history in the last few years: the eight generation of the midsize sedan was launched in 2013, and received its ''mid-cycle refresh'' only 18 months later. Now, we …

The Car Guide is heading to Germany and Austria to get a first crack at the Mercedes-Benz GLS large SUV, better known as the GL. In the last months, Mercedes has been modifying the nameplates of its models and the GL-Class was the last one with its “old” name. As …