Tests and Features

A fun car doesn’t have to be fast, and a fast car isn’t always fun. Somewhere in between is typically where the sweet spot is – a vehicle that satisfies the guilty pleasures while still delivering performance you can use on a daily basis. The 2013 Fiat 500c Abarth is …

While some people absolutely swear by electric cars, I’ve always had my reservations about them, especially after test driving the Nissan Leaf last year. Sure, we’d all love to be able to stick it to the oil companies and cut our gas budget to zero, but the 100%-electric cars currently …

The Honda CR-Z has been around for a couple of years now, and we still get confusing signals when looking at it. It has a compact, super sporty silhouette that screams tuner car. Furthermore, it’s a two-seater, which should have great appeal with Generation Y youth. It’s so aggressively styled …

When Audi revamped the A6 sedan in 2012, the company also introduced the A7 Sportback, a model they dubbed a five-door coupe. What Audi designers did, in fact, was add a rear hatch and additional storage space to the A6 platform. The resulting long, arcing roofline gave the A7 an …

So, you missed out on your chance to buy one of the 300 Veyron coupés ever built? (They have all been sold.) Don't worry; you can get in line for one of the even smaller number of Grand Sport Vitesse convertibles. Not sure what the deposit on a two point …

Every once in a while, an automobile catches you by surprise. Such was the case with the 2013 Volkswagen Passat TDI, which I had the pleasure of piloting for over 1,000 kilometres of road-trip goodness over the course of the past week. I initially approached the Passat with a wary …

The people in charge of developing the Mazda3 and MX5 have the most stressful job at Mazda. The Mazda3 is the brand’s best selling model while the MX5 is the best-selling sport roadster in automobile history. Eventually, the MX5 will be transformed in a joint project with Alfa Romeo, so …

The Porsche Panamera has been made over for 2014 and is now available in more trim levels. This includes the Executive versions, whose wheelbase has been extended to win over ultra-rich Chinese clients who prefer being driven over actually driving. Next, there’s the brand new E-Hybrid, which becomes the world’s …

Budapest, Hungary- Chimerica. It’s a new word coined by British economics historian Niall Ferguson to describe the symbiotic relationship that now exists between the economies of China and the United States of America, and it applies perfectly to the new third-generation Audi A3 whose mission it is to conquer both …