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The Car Guide is heading to Calgary in order to slip behind the wheel of the new 2017 Ford Escape. Although it hasn’t been thoroughly redesigned, it has received a bunch of updates and improvements in order to maintain its envious position as the best-selling compact SUV in Canada last …

The GTI is 40 years old, just like me. What could be better than to celebrate this important anniversary by launching the most powerful, fastest version of the mythical sport compact hatchback? Here’s the answer. By heading to the beautiful Land of Carinthia, Austria, to visit one of the most …

We’re off to San Antonio, Texas, to test drive the new 2017 Honda Ridgeline. Unveiled earlier this year, the 2017 Ridgeline is taking a different marketing approach that breaks from the traditional pickup sales pitch. When an automaker launches a new pickup, they usually play the muscle and macho cards.

The Car Guide is en route to Vosges, France to test the new Audi SQ7 TDI, the most powerful of the Q7 family of SUVs. It’s equipped with a 4.0-litre turbodiesel mill that churns out 435 horsepower and a whopping 664 lb.-ft. of torque. With these figures, it’s the most …

The Car Guide is on its way to China to cover the 2016 Auto China show. This year, the event is held in Beijing, alternating between the capital during even years and the cosmopolitan city of Shanghai during uneven years. China has become the number one global market for many …

This week, The Car Guide will be headed to Nashville, otherwise known as Music City U.S.A, for the first drive program of the 2016 Chevrolet Cruze. We won't have a chance to check out the Grand Ole Opry or the Country Music Hall of Fame, but we will get a …

The Car Guide is in Portugal to test the new high-performance Pirelli P Zero tires. It’s all happening at the Estoril Circuit located near Lisbon where Formula 1 races took place from 1984 to 1996. Built in 1972, the circuit is 4.35 kilometres long and includes 13 corners, two of …

The Car Guide will be travelling to the French Riviera in order to drive top-down in the all-new Mercedes-Benz S-Class Cabriolet as well as the Mercedes-Benz SLC. After the S-Class sedan redesign in 2014 and the addition of the S-Class Coupe last year, which replaced the CL-Class, the German manufacturer …

The Car Guide is heading to Spain for a first drive of the new Porsche 718 Boxster. My colleague Jacques Deshaies attended the technical presentation of this model in Marseilles a few weeks ago, where he rode as a passenger aboard a 718 Boxster driven by one of the brand’s …

The Car Guide is on its way to Germany for a first test of the new Audi A4 Allroad quattro, engineered and built on the new MLB platform that obviously also underpins the recently introduced Audi A4. From a styling standpoint, the Allroad variant keeps its traditional plastic fender flares …