Test Drives

The amount of technology handed down by military applications is downright astonishing. Owing everything from the jet engine to atomic power to the internet to our own violent tendencies, it’s quite ironic to consider that one thing so often associated with suburban life could have come out of the fires …

Lincoln, Ford’s prestige brand, won’t pull off the score of the century with the marketing of its MKT. Many are even wondering why Lincoln created a vehicle mid-way between the mini-van and the wagon. The original idea was a good one since it appears that the mini-van in its current …

Here in British Columbia, one of the best things a Vancouverite can do is to get themselves out of Vancouver. Be it north or east, two hours time is all it really takes to remove yourself from the condensed urban sprawl, with another two hours being sufficient to remove yourself …

It isn’t working. It just isn’t working, this mini-van/wagon that likes to think of itself as something else altogether, but it just can’t escape. And on top of that, it features the most numbing ride of any car in the line. The Mercedes R-Class doesn’t find many takers, at least …

Vancouver is a terrible place to put a city. Sandwiched between the Coastal Mountain Ranges and Pacific Ocean, it may have proven an oceanfront paradise in decades past, but has become a city under compression in recent years. Inviting Canadians from the frozen east and new immigrants from points west, …

Brooklyn, New York – After the Nissan Leaf and the Mistubishi I-Miev, now it’s the Smart’s turn to go electric. And we got to try this vehicle in the streets of Brooklyn. The Electric Drive will be available in limited quantities this fall and, if all goes well, it should …

When it comes to the automotive marketplace, there exists no brand with the untarnished cachet of that from Solihull, England. Rolls Royce has found a competitor in the Mercedes-funded Maybach brand, BMW’s once-dominant M-division competes daily with products bearing badges from AMG, Quattro, and V, and even Ford’s Mustang, the …

Officially, the Korean brand Kia has been operating in Canada for more than ten years and there have been nothing but changes since! Over time, their products have evolved a great deal, to the point of disrupting the sales of some well established and reputed Japanese brands. From the 2000 …

While the Car Guide is gearing up to celebrate 45 years in 2011, Nissan also has cause to celebrate as the Z turns 40. In fact, the Datsun 240Z rolled into North America on October 22, 1969, much to the delight of sport coupe fans. This car was acclaimed as …

Since its spectacular debut in 1989, this Mazda has been very popular. What’s more, after all the improvements, makeovers and modifications, the engineers have always been faithful to the original version, refusing to make it too big, too powerful or too expensive. They were true to the basic concept of …