Tests and Features

Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina – By creating some new niche models, BMW has really built up some momentum to say the least. First, there was the M version of the X5 and X6, and now the Bavarian manufacturer is launching a new variation of the 5 Series called the Gran Turismo, …

February 1989: It cruises in to the Chicago Auto Show like some kind of UFO. No one was expecting it. No rumours about it had been leaked, and no auto paparazzi had released photos of it. It was a small, simple roadster, vaguely reminiscent of the first Lotus Elan from …

They say that technology is advancing at an exponential rate. For every new technological discovery the human race makes pushes the boundaries even further, allowing scientists and other men and women in white coats to push the boundary even further. As such, many of the entertaining myths and mysteries of …

Road Atlanta, Georgia – It wasn’t all that long ago that the directors of BMW’s high-performance vehicle division scoffed at the notion of developing M versions of their SUVs. But it appears that even they can have a change of heart, since the X5 M and X6 M will be …

Since its recent launch, Audi’s little SUV has done nothing but make people happy. First, there are those who can’t buy the Q7 because it’s too expensive and those who want to upgrade to something more versatile than their A4. And of course, there are all the others who don’t …

I love Land Rovers. In fact, I am writing this review on a laptop which has a particularly dashing picture of my own 1973 Land Rover Series III 88” station wagon as the wallpaper. I own no less than three Land Rover articles of clothing, and use a pen from …

While most manufacturers try to pass off their intermediate sedans as full-size vehicles, Ford makes a point of keeping a separate model for each category. They’ve got the Taurus, which is very big, and the Fusion, which is a little less bulky than many of its rivals. And this year, …

The E-Class is the undisputed star at Mercedes this year. After a test drive of the new generation sedan a few weeks ago a test drive of the coupe by my colleague Denis Duquet more recently, I had the pleasure of finishing off the trifecta by taking the first ride …

The technology used to retract a hardtop into the trunk is far from new. In fact, in the 1930s, Peugeot introduced the Eclipse, a model that could do just that. Then, in the fifties, Ford brought this technology back, which Mercedes-Benz has done more recently. But these days, it takes …

The author of In Praise of Folly, Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (Erasmus of Rotterdam to his friends), perhaps said it best when he wrote, “Fortune favours the fool, the audacious and those who are not afraid to say: ‘The die has been cast.’ Wisdom, on the contrary, makes men timid.” This …