Tests and Features

MALIBU, California – The current SUV fad is somewhat questionable. Carmakers, who constantly seek increasing sales figures, seem to be releasing a new one each year of different sizes and price points. You’ve got your compacts, your subcompacts, your luxury ones, and even some SUV coupes now. With so much …

MALIBU, California – The cars that will have the hardest time adapting to our electrified future will undoubtedly be the American muscle cars. We admire these rudimentary machines for their charming character embodied in their V8 engines. Any performance enthusiast will tell you, nothing compares the instant torque and sound …

This week, we’ll be live in Malibu, California for the first drives of the 2018 Ford Mustang and the 2018 Ford Expedition. Indeed, it’s going to be a big week at The Car Guide ! 2018 Mustang The Mustang isn’t entirely new for 2018, but Ford is still promising a …

It’s Halloween and the dead are walking the Earth. The automobile industry is often closer to this grim and macabre notion than you might think. Are you ready for a true story? Ever since he was very young, Patrick Danis has loved T-Buckets, two-seat Ford Model T replicas with immense, …

CALABOGIE, Ontario – I confess, my job makes people envious. I’m expected to drive a whole bunch of different vehicles so I can give my opinion on them. And frankly, being paid to do that is a dream come true. However, when I’m asked to cover one of the most …

Model year 2018 sees the F-150 undergo a few cosmetic and mechanical changes, but the big news is that North America's best-selling vehicle will finally be available with a diesel engine. Sure, we haven't test driven it yet, but that doesn't mean that the event we attended last week to …

Distracted and impaired driving are two of the biggest hot topics on the roads today. According to the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), distracted driving was the number one cause of deaths on Ontario roadways in 2016, even though stiffer fines have been set. The fines and demerit points vary across …

For a half-century, Ford has dominated the pickup truck segment, especially when you divide General Motors divisions of Chevrolet and GMC. Recently, stiff competition from Ram and the General Motors' twins has created an arm's race to build the most powerful, lightest, comfortable and technologically-sound pickup truck to the benefit …