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With big screens having made their way into cars, manufacturers are now facing a new challenge. These companies, many of which have been building cars for a very long time, now have to move outside of their mechanical comfort zone and try their hand at computers. As trivial as it …

I was on the long, boring 500 kilometre trip back from Toronto driving my Jeep Grand Cherokee , trying to find a radio station that would come in. In the void, I was searching the radio for entertainment. Then I realized that I had to take my eyes off the …

The Car Guide recently drove the 2017 Genesis G90, the first model fully developed for the new luxury brand Genesis. It certainly won’t be easy for the Korean manufacturer to get a share of the premium-vehicle market, but it will be patient and is determined to succeed at some point.

The Subaru BRZ is a sports car blessed with exceptional handling and perfect balance, but its major shortcoming is a cruel lack of midrange torque from its naturally aspirated, 2.0-litre engine. In the last few years, Subaru often mentioned the possibility of eventually giving the BRZ a turbocharged engine upgrade.

At the recent 2017 Ford Escape media drive, we were introduced to Ford Connect and FordPass, the company’s new connectivity features for owners of new Ford vehicles. Buyers of 2017 Ford cars and trucks equipped with the new SYNC 3 infotainment system—much improved over the previous MyFord Touch, by the …

In my review on the new 2017 Infiniti QX30, I talk about the once ill-fated plan that the Big 3 automakers used to multiply the number of products in their fleets. The reason why it was such a terrible plan to badge-engineer everything was because they used it as a …

A few years ago, Subaru’s advertising campaign was aimed at reminding consumers that they were in fact a Japanese automaker, and not Korean or Chinese, not that there was anything wrong with that… While on that crusade, Subaru made a big decision to behave more like a Japanese automaker. You …

Driving a topless car is an art. Okay, it’s not a terribly complex art, maybe not on par with glass-blowing, but it nonetheless a subtle art that requires preparation. Driving a convertible is very special indeed. Ask anyone who owns one. Once you go topless, you never go back. That …

Saturday morning. It's going to be nice and warm. Sticky, even. Mow the lawn? Yuck! Get groceries? No way! Return books to the library? Are you kidding! If you have some time on your hands, why not take advantage and wash your car. Because tonight, when you take it out …

While hurtling past crumbling cliffs and feasting my eyes on the beauty of the Saint Lawrence River, I can’t help but find a certain irony in the situation: a Mercedes-Benz driving deep into the heart of Quebec. The irony is that the Mercedes-Benz C 300 4MATIC coupes in our convoy …