This review of Volvo’s S60 sedan will necessarily begin with a look at the model designations currently in use. We drove a 2022 S60 B5 R-Design AWD model, in December 2022, when one expects the 2023 models to have been available for sale. The reason this is worth discussing here… Continue reading
The Range Rover has been around for over five decades, and the model pioneered the luxury SUV genre about four decades ago. In all that time, this iconic British rig has stayed true to the formula, and today, is in the position to command a very high price in the… Continue reading
Shortly after World War Two, the Land Rover Defender was introduced as an off-road-capable work vehicle, and it continued in much of its original form until it was discontinued in 2016, after Land Rover had stopped selling it in North America in 1997. Of course, Land Rover continued to build… Continue reading
For the first time since 2019, the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada held its annual EcoRun, a driving event featuring a variety of eco-friendly vehicles on a three-day tour, this year in South-Central Ontario, and sponsored by the Canadian Fuels Association, Electric Mobility Canada, and FLO EV Charging. These new… Continue reading
The compact crossover market has been a hot one for years, and it is no surprise that in the world of Electric Vehicles, that popularity continues to be the case. Volvo’s XC40 model is available both as a full gas-engine model – for now – with no electrification, or as… Continue reading
When you are introducing your first electrified vehicle and you are one of the last in the industry to do so, you had better make it one that will get noticed in the market, one that is visibly different. Such is what Mazda has done with its new MX-30. Aimed,… Continue reading
The push for electrification of vehicles marches on, with most models now available at least as a hybrid, if not as a full electric. There are even some that you might not expect, like EV pickups, and on that list, one might also add the Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, the off-roader… Continue reading
A vehicle that can do lots of things well has to be the most important design goal of a mainstream manufacturer. The more things it is good at, the more it will be in demand. It might surprise you to know that a hybrid SUV is one of the market’s… Continue reading
Time was, you could find station wagons all over suburbia, with all the manufacturers having models for every taste and budget. Well, you know what has happened in the last 30 years, and there are only a few manufacturers selling them now in North America, most of them the European… Continue reading
The electrification of BMW’s line-up continues unabated, with the new i4 sedan being launched this year, but that doesn’t mean that pure internal combustion and hybrid models are not a big part of the offerings in each of the car lines. That is certainly the case in the iconic 3-Series,… Continue reading
With its historically large technical know-how in building big cars, it only makes sense for Lincoln to transfer some of that prowess into the hot cross-over segment, and the 2021 Aviator is exactly that. While a smaller form factor compared its bigger sibling (Navigator), it still offers 3-row passenger seating… Continue reading
There is no denying that 2021 Genesis GV80 has got the flex to take on the German dominated luxury cross-over segment. Boasting premium qualities inside and out, the 7-seater high profile hauler also has a lot of meat under the hood with a twin-turbo 3.5 liter V6 producing a whopping… Continue reading
The luxury mid-size segment continues its strong economic momentum and what you will find from the 2021 Mercedes GLC 300 specifically, is eccentric performance. It doesn’t pack as big of a punch as the higher performance models such as the AMG GLC 63 flagship, but instead the 2021 GLC 300… Continue reading