Tests and Features

This year, Audi is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its TDI diesel engine, the first to include a turbocharger and direct injection on a diesel engine. During the 1970s oil crisis, Audi engineers wanted to develop a mill that would be more fuel-efficient so that they could respond to market …

Audi, the Ingolstadt-based automaker, has just released its first rechargeable hybrid in Europe. The Audi A3 e-tron will then makes its way to Canada by the summer of 2015. We travelled to Vienna, Austria, to meet this newcomer, which balances seemingly irreconcilable priorities: efficiency and driving pleasure. The A3 e-tron …

Enthusiasm for sport utility vehicles continues to mount. Whereas sedans once topped demand, now it’s SUVs. They’re trendy, practical and, most importantly, they’re different than what we’re used to driving. While many people find luxury SUVs too expensive for their budgets, compact luxury SUVs are a relatively affordable way for …

Not everyone can afford a Ferrari or Lamborghini, but we can all afford to dream! That’s why the Car Guide ranks the best Grand Turismos (GTs) and Sports Performance Cars every year. We’ve lumped together two very exclusive categories of vehicles: GTs and Sports Performance cars. GTs are very powerful, …

You know what’s funny? There are 19 models in this category, most of which cost upwards of $100,000, while there are just 10 in the significantly more affordable sub-compact group! First place on the podium goes to Porsche, a brand that has put all of its eggs in one basket …

A heterogeneous category if there ever was one, the segment for sedans and coupes between $50,000 and $100,000 certainly isn’t dull. Eternal rivals the 2014 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution and the 2014 Subaru WRX STI are pitted against the 2014 Audi A5, 2014 A6, 2014 A7 and even the 2014 Mercedes-Benz …

One of the elementary laws of physics states that energy can never be destroyed, only transformed. It is with this in mind that I lament the passing of the Audi A3 hatchback – slated to eventually return to North America in plug-in hybrid form at some future date – while …

The Car Guide is currently enjoying an extended test drive of the Audi Q5 TDI. One of this SUV’s defining characteristics is its fuel economy: just 7.3 L/100 km on the highway, as proven in one of the photos shown here. And its engine purrs at less than 1,800 rpm …

It’s no secret: There are a lot of people out there who would rather drive a smaller car with better equipment than a more bare-bones vehicle from the next category up. Recognizing the potential of this market, manufacturers—and especially luxury car brands—responded accordingly. That’s how the luxury compact segment was …