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Article produced by the PMCTire.com team To help you choose a tire model that suits your vehicle and driving style in the summer season, the PMCtire.com team evaluated almost all the summer and all-season tires available on the Canadian market. The top ten best summer and all-season tires have been …

If you were born between 1961 and 1980, you’re part of Generation X. That puts you in the 35 to 53 age group, which tends to have a little extra spending cash. Automakers love gen-Xers and want to treat them to all kinds of little pleasures. Maybe that’s why there …

Article produced by the PMCTire.com team All-Season Tire Evaluations - 2015 Edition Here’s how we rated all-season tires developed specifically for cars, sedans and crossovers. The all-season tires that we evaluated are designed to offer good traction on dry, damp or wet pavement, excellent durability and safe handling. Higher overall …

When Cadillac tags a V onto the end of one of its models, you know it’s going to be hot. And fast. The latest Cadillac to be adorned with this letter is the ATS-V, and www.carguideweb.com contributor Costa Mouzouris is on his way to Austin, Texas, to drive this twin-turbocharged, …

Article produced by the PMCTire.com team All-Season Tire Evaluations - 2015 Edition Here’s how we rated all-season performance tires developed specifically for cars, sedans and crossovers. These tires have sporty tread designs and are versatile in all seasons. They offer average durability and are not recommended in deep snow or …

Article produced by the PMCTire.com team Summer Tire Evaluations - 2015 Edition The performance summer tire category includes tires designed for sport driving for cars, sedans and crossovers. These tires feature a sporty tread design and offer great grip on corners. But they’re not as durable as all-season tires. Like …

The sub-compact SUV segment is booming. The Mazda CX-3, Honda HR-V and Jeep Renegade recently joined the category, which was already populated by the MINI Countryman, Nissan Juke, Kia Soul, Subaru XV Crosstrek and Chevrolet Trax. This week, the Car Guide will be testing the Fiat 500X, the most recent …

There are two common luxury strategies out there in the automotive world. The first is that you can try to one-up an established class leader by amplifying the specific characteristics that make that particular model so popular, in effect creating a steroidal clone of another brand's product. Or, you can …

When the Chevrolet division launched this compact SUV a little more than two years ago, there was no shortage of naysayers. Back then, it wasn't sold in the United States and being a Canadian exclusive isn’t always an accurate gauge of success. The American manufacturer was, in some respects, blazing …