Tests and Features

Ah, marketing execs… To humble automobile journalists such as ourselves, it seems as though their main role is to make our lives difficult. Crossovers aren’t really cars, but they aren’t really SUVs or wagons either. To a certain extent, they’re all of the above, but they’re also none of the …

Enthusiasm for sport utility vehicles continues to mount. Whereas sedans once topped demand, now it’s SUVs. They’re trendy, practical and, most importantly, they’re different than what we’re used to driving. While many people find luxury SUVs too expensive for their budgets, compact luxury SUVs are a relatively affordable way for …

How do you get ahead in the mid-size sedan segment? If you're the all-new 2015 Subaru Legacy, you do it by combining trademark standard all-wheel drive - a segment exclusive - with fresh styling and improved fuel efficiency that finally puts you on par with the industry's leading lights. After …

In the 1990s when SUVs became fashionable, “the bigger, the better” was the philosophy adopted by many buyers, regardless of their actual needs. Nowadays, reason has won out and those huge mastodons have, for the most part, made way for much smaller vehicles. Gas prices, of course, have had a …

When it rolls into select Canadian dealerships next fall, the 2015 Kia Soul EV will immediately knock its main competitors out of the endurance race, starting with the Nissan Leaf. Kia’s first all-electric vehicle to come to America is boasting 160 kilometres of range, which is the best we’ve seen …

2012 was a big year for Acura. With a tendency to go overboard, Honda’s luxury brand launched two concept cars, the NSX and the RLX (at the Detroit Motor Show in January and the New York Auto Show in April, respectively). While the NSX knocked everyone’s socks off with its …

How much are you willing to pay for an electric car? That's the crux of the argument when considering the achingly stylish 2014 Cadillac ELR, the latest battery-powered effort from General Motors that builds on the solid bones of the Chevrolet Volt. While the ELR and the Volt might share …