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Anyone who is even the slightest bit practical wouldn’t buy a sports car, a $1.5-millon home or a $5,000 Armani suit. However, with the economic crisis supposedly drawing to an end, luxury goods are selling very well (though perhaps not at the same pace as before). Among these great-for-the-ego-but-hopelessly-useless luxury …

It is often said that European cars – the best ones, anyway – are even more fun to drive in the Old World than they are on our roads. Our contributor Jacques Wong had the chance to drive an Audi A4 Avant during a tour of three European countries last …

When I drove Ford’s Flex last year, I came away with a pretty healthy respect for a car that was intended to do little more than give would-be minivan buyers a slightly cooler option. With seven comfortable seats, and enough attention to detail to satisfy an Olympic figure skating judge, …

Journalists frequently participate in media events all over the world and these events are almost always very well structured and leave little room for adventure. But I must admit that the idea of participating in an expedition to the Arctic Circle at wheel of a Smart is anything but ordinary.

It wouldn’t do much good to recount the script of the 1968 film Bullitt. In a nutshell, it’s the story of a fearless and flawless police officer, Frank Bullitt (Steve McQueen), up against a corrupt politician (Walter Chalmers played by Robert Vaughn) and members of the underworld fighting a gangster …

Little known fact: According to a study by J.D. Power, no off road vehicle satisfies its buyers quite as well as BMW’s diminutive X3. Dubbed a “Sports Activity Vehicle,” the X3, in its current iteration, is something of a sales floor veteran, having debuted a full seven years ago. Although …

It was barely 24 months ago now, in 2008, when the Mitsubishi Outlander finished first in Le Guide de l’auto comparison of no less than eleven compact SUVs. But two years in the auto industry is enough to be left in the dust by new arrivals. As any skier will …

Estoril, Portugal - In the language of BMW, the new 335is coupe and cabriolet mean the return of the "s" designation, which is part of a "Life Cycle Impulse" – basically an update – for the 3 Series. Geared for performance, these two models will be sold exclusively in North …

Estoril, Portugal – The 2011 model year marks the beginning of the sixth generation of the BMW 5 Series that will arrive in Canada in March 2010 with the 535i and 550i models. Since the arrival of the 5 Series in 1972, BMW has sold more than 5.5 million of …

Perhaps one of the most interesting car debuts to come out of 2010 is this: the Ford Transit Connect. Slightly smaller than Dodge’s wildly successful Sprinter van, the Transit is intended to provide commercial buyers with an alternative to the ubiquitous Econoline and Savana vans that small business owners and …