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A refreshed 2021 Mini Countryman should hit Canada this summer
Matthew Guy Purists tut-tutted into their English breakfast tea when Mini first introduced the Countryman, an all-wheel-drive vehicle that stretches the definition of the word “mini.” Still, it permitted the brand to play in the ...
Speed in the time of COVID: What do road stats reveal about changing road behaviours
LORRAINE SOMMERFELD The COVID lockdown is revealing some interesting changes on our roads. Between March 23 and April 27 of 2019, there were approximately 5,537 speeding charges laid by Toronto Police Services. For the same stretch of time this ...
You know the upside of diesel, but here's the rub
Brian Turner No question, diesel engines are making a comeback. Improved emission controls, performance, and smoothness have increased their popularity in light trucks, SUVs, and passenger cars. Truck and SUV owners appreciate the almost endless ...
11 cars and trucks that changed their segments
MATTHEW GUY The term “game-changer” gets thrown around far too often in the automotive industry, so that’s the last you’ll find it in this story. Still, we need to settle on some sort of word for this list of vehicles that ...
It's tire changing time, cover all your bases
Brian Turner Driving.ca Yes, we are smack dab in the middle of tire changeover season, and yes, if you already have four serviceable rubbers, switching from winter to summer boots is arguably non-essential during our current pandemic. That ...
Toyota Tundra TRD Pro is strong and comfortable
JIL MCINTOSH The 5.7L has been under the Tundra’s hood since 2007 and should give you rock-solid reliability. But it hasn’t been updated with higher-tech fuel-saving technologies, and the Tundra is thirsty. — Jil ...
A nuclear powered car and 9 other car innovations that never caught on
JIL MCINTOSH Right from the very beginning, the auto industry turned the impossible into reality. A vehicle that could move by itself — could it get any better than that? Of course it did, and most of the innovations were good ideas, but ...
Lamborghini's Huracan Evo loses its top for Spyder version
ALEX REID After a two-month shutdown wrought by the coronavirus pandemic, Lamborghini is back up and running, and is ready to reveal its next masterpiece, the Huracan EVO RWD Spyder. The Spyder takes everything great about the rear-wheel-drive ...
5 must-have aftermarket truck accessories
MATTHEW GUY Some items have been naturally paired with each other since approximately the dawn of time. Bacon and eggs. Whole goods and Birkenstocks. Government agencies and endless plodding. And, as most of rural Canada knows, trucks and ...
2020 Kia Forte5 GT Limited — a world-beating five-door hatch
ANDREW MCCREDIE Spending a week behind the wheel of the all-new, third-gen Kia Forte5 had me thinking about Adam Sandler. Like the Korean automaker, when you think of the comedian-turned-actor you’re not really thinking of him as one of the ...