Tests and Features

The Mazda3 isn’t good, it’s great! Since it was first introduced 10 years ago, the Mazda3 has been like a magnet to Quebec drivers. The question is, why hasn’t it been as popular throughout the rest of Canada or the U.S.? Maybe it’s our Latin blood, but here in Quebec …

The new Corolla launched a few months ago, and since Akio Toyoda, top dog at the world’s number one automaker, decreed that the brand’s cars had to have panache, Toyota’s stylists have become bolder – to a certain extent. The Furia concept vehicle introduced in Detroit in January 2013 foreshadowed …

Somewhere, out there, there’s a group of drivers lamenting Buick’s transition from the purveyor of pillow-soft suspension tuning into a legitimate modern luxury brand. It would seem that the market researchers at Kia have identified these unique individuals as a target demographic, with the result being the 2014 Kia Cadenza …

After a few tentative years spent testing the subcompact waters in Canada with the A3 hatchback, Audi has elected to dive in head-first. Starting in the 2015 model year, the A3 line-up will drop the hatch but expand to include not only the Audi A3 sedan, but also cabriolet and …

To introduce their newest winter tire, the X-Ice Xi3, Michelin recently held a winter tire test on Ile Ste-Helene in Montreal. The event, open to the press as well as some lucky facebook contest winners, was presented by Carl Nadeau, racing driver, drifting instructor and Michelin Academy chief instructor. For …

This week we're off to Monte Carlo, Monaco, to test drive not just the upcoming 2015 Audi A3 cabriolet, but also its high-powered cousin, the 2015 Audi S3 sedan. 2015 marks the first model year that this sportiest version of the German brand's entry-level sedan will make it to Canadian …

If ever there was a poorly named car, it’s the Chevrolet Spark. Sadly, the EV version of this vehicle is in dire need of some spark of its own. Already available on the Canadian marketplace with a thermal engine, this sub-compact from GM will soon be gliding into showrooms on …