First Drives

Start the engine. Press firmly on the brake pedal. Shift into Drive. Activate the Sport Chrono Plus button. Press the accelerator all the way down. Wait until the Launch Control Activated message appears on the dashboard. Hold the steering wheel tightly. Release the brake pedal abruptly. What happens next will …

The Toyota Corolla was introduced in 1966 and since then more than 40 million have been sold around the world. Throughout the decades the Corolla name has become synonymous with reliability, efficiency and value, if not for engaging driving dynamics. It’s the car you use to get the groceries, to …

Canada is currently enjoying a small car renaissance, as companies big and small have poured hundreds of millions of development dollars into their entry-level platforms. The result is a glut of excellent choices for buyers on a budget, making it an excellent time to be shopping for a compact or …

How do you convince your significant other to allow you to spend more than $200,000 on a high performance automobile? Why, by pointing out all of its practical and useful qualities, of course! Take the 2014 Aston Martin Rapide S, for example. Although its slippery shape suggests a two-door GT …

There was once a time when the sports car world could have been evenly divided between those who preferred the drama and bombast of the muscle-bound Chevrolet Corvette and those who instead satisfied their thirst for high speed at the more elegant fountain of the Porsche 911. The all-new 2014 …

The new Mercedes-Benz S-Class is equipped with twenty-odd electronic driving aides with acronyms that would put NASA engineers to shame an – not to mention the fact that it has about a hundred electric motors. It’s no accident that it’s able to “see” a 360-degree view of its surroundings using …

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 …

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 …