Tests and Features

For thousands of people in our country, moose hunting season is a time-honoured tradition. But since hunting means travelling to remote locations, you need a vehicle that can cope with bad roads and get you back home, hopefully, with the game. The Car Guide entrusted a Jeep Grand Cherokee to …

Although the Nissan Leaf is manufactured in small quantities and most models have already been purchased by the time they come off the production line, we were still able to get our hands on one for a week-long test drive. And while we were at it, we decided to have …

Nissan Pathfinder Road Test Ask any avid outdoorsman to show you their favorite piece of gear, and chances are good that the device that’s brought before you will be both old, and well used. Having bought and sold numerous rifles and shotguns as my tastes (and my money) came and …

Believe it or not, I can have fun driving just about anything. So when Nissan informed me that the next vehicle available for testing was their colossal NV2500 HD commercial van, I tried to take an optimistic attitude... I really did. But, walking up the broad white flanks of the …

At Nissan, the Z is most definitely the car with the most prestigious legacy. After all, it comes from a long line of sports cars, including the 240Z launched more than 40 years ago. The 370Z has been in the catalogue since 2009 when it succeeded the 350Z that came …

By putting too much emphasis on affordability, Nissan, creator of such exotic cars as the Cube and the Juke, forgot that a little flash makes all the difference. So here we are, already complaining about the car that, at $11,798, is THE least expensive car on the market. After all, …

Auto manufacturers recognize that minivans have potential. But in an effort to breathe new life into this eminently practical vehicle category, each is using a novel approach. Chrysler, for example, is trying to market the minivan as a vehicle for active men. In their advertising photo, there’s even an athletically …

It sure is entertaining, that Nissan Maxima commercial in which a 370Z is stretched out, gets two more doors and morphs into a Maxima while a voice tells you that the Maxima is really a sedan version of the Z. Right. In my opinion, the Maxima would need a lot …

Among the more impressive new products to come out in recent months, the Nissan LEAF ranks high on the list. My colleague Gabriel Gélinas was one of the first Canadians to take a ride in this electric vehicle. Then, as the Los Angeles Auto Show approached last November, my other …

It’s hard to understand why Nissan is always left in the shadows when it comes to buyers looking to purchase a new vehicle. Sure, some of the cars in their line-up are leaving something to be desired, but for the most part their models are very competitive. And you have …