Test Drives

Don’t mess with success. Even in the fast-moving compact SUV segment, where new competitors arise from marketing meetings on a seemingly monthly basis to be introduced as yet another family-friendly blob on stilts, it's a risky move to make too many changes to a model that has been a stronger …

While automakers try their best to create utility vehicles that offer a car-like drive, Subaru goes the other way by selling a car that rides like an SUV. In the thin market segment of high-riding wagons, the Japanese brand is raking in good profits with its Outback, even if their …

Nowadays, there are a lot of vehicles trying to portray themselves as off-roaders: from the Jeep Renegade to the Volvo XC70, the Beetle Dune and a large throng of pseudo-SUVs, it seems like every single crossover wants to offer the image of freedom and adventure that comes with some real …

There's something to be said for daily transportation that never asks you to give it a second thought. The 2016 Subaru Forester takes on the most thankless of roles in the automotive industry - that of affordable family hauler - and it puts in a performance worthy of a best …

As good as the previous-generation gas-only Hyundai Sonata was, the Hybrid model simply couldn't match it. Somehow, the decision to plug an electric motor in place of the torque converter in the four-cylinder Sonata's six-speed autobox created a sedan that was less than the sum of its parts: the Hyundai …

It's not always easy to get people to try something new, and in the auto industry there are a few time-honoured strategies designed to ease people out of their comfort zone. The 2015 Ford Mustang EcoBoost convertible goes with the tried-and-true premise of promising two things that at first seem …

It's been a year since the 2016 Subaru WRX STI received its most recent redesign, but unlike its less-endowed WRX platform-mate it's no longer operating in a class of one. Whereas the base WRX faces no real direct competitors at its price point, the introduction of the Volkswagen Golf R …

If you’re looking for a Volkswagen sports car in the $30,000 range, look no further than the GTI. This enhanced version of the Golf is powered by a 2.0-litre turbocharged engine that develops 210 horsepower that's sent to the front wheels. Both fun and practical, it’s considered the champion of …

There's an old auto industry saying: performance sells, but luxury keeps butts in seats. Actually I just made that up, but I didn't pull it out of thin air. While the image of a fast, hard-driving sports car is thrilling enough to get people to visit dealerships, very few individuals …

If you were to line up the range of luxury sedans offered at the 2015 Porsche Panamera GTS' $129,400 price point side-by-side, you would quickly discover that one of these things was not like the others. Like the queen bee of a foreign colony that has somehow tricked the hive …