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It’s that time of the year again when trusted U.S. magazine Consumer Reports publishes its annual auto reliability rankings. These rankings are based on data collected on more than 300,000 vehicles as reported by their owners, covering the 2000-2024 model years as well as some early 2025 models. Twenty potential …

During a recent visit to the BMW Performance Center in Greenville, South Carolina, we got the opportunity to drive a number of new vehicles including the 2025 BMW X3 and M5 both on the road and the track. The company also allowed us to take a sneak peek at the …

Fully electric SUVs are nice, but they’re not what every driver needs. For a lot of people, a plug-in hybrid SUV makes more sense. There’s a large-capacity battery that enables dozens of kilometres of pure electric driving and a good old combustion engine to eliminate range anxiety on long trips …

The number of makes and models offering manual transmissions keeps shrinking due to poor sales, new emission regulations, incompatibilities with various driver assistance features and the increasing array of electric and hybrid vehicles, among other things. The 2025 model year will see the Jeep Gladiator, Volkswagen Golf GTI and Golf …

Munich, Germany— If you dig the new 2025 BMW M5 , surely you’ve read our first-drive review of the sedan a couple of weeks ago. Today, we’ll focus on the M5 Touring, which we also got to drive on its home soil. Remember, the wagon will be sold in Canada …

Munich, Germany— For the 40th anniversary of the M5 , and for the first time in BMW M history, the sedan and Touring (wagon) body styles are both launching at the same time. The former enters its seventh generation, with no interruptions between them, while the latter is just beginning …

Looking for a spacious, sporty and refined electric sedan at a reasonable price? Your options right now essentially come down to the Tesla Model 3 , Hyundai IONIQ 6 , Polestar 2 and BMW i4 . These four cars come from four very different brands and there’s a huge $35,000 …

The next generation of the BMW 3 Series , expected to debut in 2026, will take a page from the larger 5 Series and 7 Series and offer both gasoline and electric variants. The key difference is that the latter will be based on the new Neue Klasse platform, first …

During a recent visit to the BMW Performance Center in Greenville, South Carolina, we got the opportunity to drive a number of new vehicles including the 2025 BMW X3 and M5 both on the road and the track. The company also allowed us to take a sneak peek at the …

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump this week threatened to impose a 25-percent tariff on all Canadian and Mexican imports as soon as he returns to the White House on January 20, 2025 – a move that essentially aims to put pressure on the two neighbouring countries to strengthen the borders and …

Fully electric SUVs are nice, but they’re not what every driver needs. For a lot of people, a plug-in hybrid SUV makes more sense. There’s a large-capacity battery that enables dozens of kilometres of pure electric driving and a good old combustion engine to eliminate range anxiety on long trips …

While it may seem like today’s drivers are not as loyal to a brand as they used to be, perennial brand loyalty leaders including Toyota, Honda and Lexus have each been able to grow their respective shares amid stagnation experienced by other car brands. That’s according to J.D. Power’s 2024 …

The BMW X5 has been one of the most popular midsize luxury vehicles in North America since the first unit rolled off the line in Spartanburg, South Carolina on September 1, 1999. In fact, nearly 3 million X5s have been sold over the past 25 years. To mark this milestone, …

BMW said Thursday it aimed to mass produce its first hydrogen-powered car in 2028, using fuel-cell technology jointly developed with Toyota . Hydrogen has long been touted as an alternative to the combustion engine as countries tighten their climate targets, but it remains a niche technology plagued by high costs …

A number of popular models from German automaker BMW have just been hit with a recall due to a fire risk. Over 78,000 units are affected in Canada alone. We’re talking about the 2014-2016 2 Series and 4 Series , 2012-2016 3 Series , 5 Series and Z4 , 2012-2015 …