Test Drives

If you find my headline a little desperate, that’s because the car you see here, the 2018 Volkswagen Golf Alltrack, is under serious threat. People aren’t buying cars anymore. The phenomenon has become so major that some carmakers, such as Ford, have given up on selling automobiles altogether. Within the …

It seems like electric vehicles have been scratching the surface of normalcy for quite a while now. Unfortunately, up until very recently, they have been too pricey or too ugly to consider for most buyers. That seems to be finally changing for good and cars like the Hyundai Ioniq are …

With the ever-growing proportions of the BMW 3 Series, BMW purists surely appreciated the introduction of a smaller model which gets back to the basics of a compact, rear-drive car with a powerful engine. Of course, I’m referring to the 1 Series which was introduced in Canada back in 2008.

The 2018 Hyundai Sonata received a mild update this year, improving on an already solid offering from the Korean manufacturer. Gone are the days when Korean cars were considered inferior to the Japanese and this vehicle should be on anyone’s test-drive list. Hyundai still hasn’t managed to pass the midsize …

How many cool cars have your heard of overseas that never seem to make it to North America? There are tons, actually—too many to go through. Those darn Europeans and Japanese often keep the best ones for themselves, but occasionally, one makes it across the pond to our shores much …

When General Motors launched its quartet of midsize SUVs back in 2007 and 2008, namely the Chevrolet Traverse, the GMC Acadia , the Buick Enclave and the short-lived Saturn Outlook , it shook things up in the segment by maximising interior space in a—relatively—small package. They were big on the …

The Toyota Corolla is one of the highest-selling vehicles of all time. It enjoys foolproof name recognition and a well-deserved aura of bulletproof reliability. It’s because of these facts that Canadians continue to buy the car in droves. For fiscal year 2017, the Corolla was the eighth most popular vehicle …

Volvo’s assault on bland-looking vehicles hits the compact SUV segment with the release of the all-new 2018 XC60. The brand’s resurgence since 2015 has been nothing short of astounding as we see new model after new model receiving critical acclaim. In fact, the XC60 was just awarded the North American …

It’s no secret now that the intrinsically styled Volvo S90/V90 is one of the most beautiful cars currently on the road. As a matter of fact, we handed Volvo’s flagship sedan and wagon the 2018 Best Design of the Year award here at The Car Guide , and here we …

In a quest to lower the average age of its clientele, Cadillac replaced its big, cushy sedans by sleeker, sportier and more sophisticated models such as the ATS and the CTS. They’re even available in hot-rod trim to battle the German performance cars, but lining up an adversary for each …