Tests and Features

Around these parts, no one would be surprised to open the dictionary to the word "winter" and find a picture of a Subaru next to it. An overstatement? Perhaps, but not as much as you may think. For Canadians, Subaru and winter go hand in hand. Over the years, the …

A brief, daylong interlude in Majorca, Spain, promised to be a welcome break from the frigid grip of winter in Canada. The fleeting journey to the Balearic Islands was made even sweeter because I was going to test drive a convertible roadster, which is always a treat, especially when the …

It's hard to be a product planner in the automotive industry these days, as just when you think you've got a particular niche all figured out a Korean company comes along and eats your lunch. It's hard not to see the 2015 Kia Sedona as anything but a game-changer, a …

The 2015 Volkswagen Golf R isn't just the most powerful version of the popular compact hatchback to be loosed on Canadian streets, but it's also the most refined. Depending on your point of view, this is either a good or a bad thing: gone is the rawness of Golf R's …

Does anybody know where Skelleftea is? It’s in northern Sweden, and many manufacturers go there in the winter to test their upcoming vehicles' winter characteristics. It’s also where Porsche asked us to visit to test-drive their 2015 Cayenne GTS and Turbo S. We can expect some pretty bad weather, and …

There’s something reassuring about BMW’s commitment to building open-top automobiles. Despite the relatively insignificant percentage of the overall market that convertible sales represent, it’s been more than two decades since a model year went by without at least one attractive and fun sun-loving model in the German brand’s line-up. The …

It's a busy time of the year for carguideweb.com , and our contributor Costa Mouzouris is on his way to Mallorca, Spain to drive the all-new Audi TT and TTS Roadsters. The weather is promising to be nicer than the Canadian deep freeze we are now experiencing, giving our intrepid …

The wait is over. Direct from Barcelona, Spain, behold our first impressions of the world’s most anticipated sports car: the Mazda MX-5. Exclusive to The Car Guide, the program included test driving a rare prototype of Mazda’s new Roadster and the MX-5. The first is powered by a 1.5-litre four-cylinder …

There exists a small sliver of the automotive market that absolutely always wants to be driving the fastest, most powerful version of whatever vehicle strikes their fancy. Be it a rocket-powered school bus or a rider mower outfitted with a turbocharger, these devotees to benchmarks like torque, top speed, and …

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but in the luxury world it’s also the hardest trick to pull off. This makes it doubly impressive that the 2015 Infiniti QX80 manages to elbow its way past its Lincoln Navigator progenitor and nestle up just under the Cadillac Escalade in the …