Test Drives

There are, in this country, many people that discount the practicality of the modern SUV. Pointing out their apparently unnecessary size and oftentimes relatively exorbitant fuel economy, these pious Prius proponents too easily turn their noses up at anything possessing of a tall ride height and off-road tires. And they’re …

There’s something about Infiniti’s EX35. Perhaps it’s the crossover’s affable, approachable nature or perhaps it’s the ultra-practical size and layout, but whatever it is, the EX35 is quite simply one of the best vehicles I’ve ever driven. Perhaps a bit of backstory is in order. Raised into a family that …

Should you ever have the good fortune of visiting one of the major manufacturers’ development facilities, you’re eye will no doubt wander over the various hulking forms hiding beneath shapeless sheets. Cast about like discarded toys, they can be found nearly everywhere; parked in neat lines outside nondescript hanger bays, …

It sounds like the world’s largest sportbike; an exercise in mimicry from the reverse-flow turbocharged V8. With the familiar lights of the George Massey tunnel flashing across the sculpted hood at an impossible pace as the blood red BMW surges forward, surfing a wave of auditory ferocity. And all of …

Subaru, the Japanese automaker, has revamped its two intermediate models, the Legacy and the Outback, for 2010. Both versions have good sales figures, but neither quite lives up the competition’s updated models given that this category has seen innovation after innovation as manufacturers continue to improve their products. Two vocations …

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, …

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 …