Tests and Features

For a lot of people, myself included, a car’s style and driving pleasure are much more important that its practical aspects. This is proved by the fact that, despite having two young kids, I owned a MINI Cooper for four years. That’s right, I managed to chauffeur my kids around …

Introduced in 1998, the Dodge Durango quickly won hearts in a time when the classic SUV market was in its prime. People loved its style, performances, and the fact that it could seat seven passengers. Like many other vehicles in its category, the Durango was hit hard by changing times, …

For years, people have been saying that crossovers will soon outnumber minivans. Yes, crossovers are gaining ground, but in Canada they are still very, very far behind the Dodge Grand Caravan and the Mazda5. Not only that, but other large minivans, such as the more exclusive Honda Odyssey and Toyota …

As an automotive journalist, you’re often called upon to voice your verdict upon the current car market by everyone from editors to friends. Be it at a backyard barbecue or whilst pounding away at a keyboard, everyone wants to know what you’d recommend. But, we human beings being the critical …

As a journalist, I have the distinct pleasure of putting a different new vehicle in my driveway every week. Sharing the space with my various classic cars and motorcycles, these new vehicles often stick out by virtue of their shiny paint and reliable nature, and thus engender a plethora of …

Back in 2007 when they unveiled the Journey at the Frankfurt Auto Show, Chrysler had high hopes for the model, which was supposed to garner as much attention as the MagicWagon minivan did in the early 80s. People even went as far as saying that the Journey was going to …

My wife and I are the kind of folks that recoil at the thought of having a minivan parked in the driveway. It’s not the vehicle’s image that turns me off; it’s the absence of any semblance of driving pleasure or style. While some people have created a false necessity …

Every day, another happy car shopper leaves a dealership contented with their purchase, contentedly conducting their Civic, Corolla, or similar economy car safely down the road. So very responsible, their small displacement motors run on nothing but water, while their tailpipes emit unicorns and pixie dust. With pleasant interiors and …

It was completely by chance that we came to do a head to head comparison between these two cars. My colleague Sylvain Raymond was putting the Caliber SRT4 through its paces at the same time as I was turning heads behind the wheel of the new Challenger SRT8. Moreover, we …

Say what you will about Ford, but you have to admit that the manufacturer has managed to keep the Mustang, the only model to survive the Muscle Car Era, alive. With sales still impressive, it is no wonder that Chrysler and GM decided two years ago to bring back their …