2008 BMW M3

Crank the new BMW M3 to life and its bassy burble resonates with a meanness that says business. Blip the gas pedal (or the eight individual throttle butterflies to be exact), and the ensuing crescendo might have been inspired by Beethoven’s 1812 overture – it is a siren so purposeful...

2007 Volkswagen GTI

Volkswagen showed the first GTI at the Frankfurt auto show in 1975, a year later it was launched in Europe. Meanwhile, Canada had to wait for the second-generation car and 1984 before finding out what the pocket-rocket (or hot-hatch) phenomenon was all about – before the GTI there...

2007 Nissan Versa

The all-new 2007 Versa holds significant potential for Nissan; as small cars represent about 60% of all new car sales in Canada. It is also the most competitive segment in the industry. The reason for the potential is that it has been a long time since Nissan mounted a meaningful...

2007 Hyundai Entourage

Hyundai has now entered the minivan market with its 2007 Entourage, a full sized minivan with four side doors and a large tailgate. At first glance the Entourage certainly looks like a serious competitor: Clean lines and expensive looking projector style headlamps which are mounted into...

2007 Mercedes Benz SL

Since the mid 1950’s the Mercedes SL has been an iconic benchmark – it started when the original 300 SL “Gullwing” made its world premiere at the New York auto show in 1954. Since then, there have been some memorable models, with the recently introduced 604 horsepower SL65,...

2007 Hyundai Santa Fe

Seven year’s after introducing the Santa Fe, Hyundai is moving on up, to borrow a phrase from a popular television series. Hyundai was faced with a dilemma when it introduced its Tucson compact SUV and so it was back to the drawing board for the 2007 Santa Fe. Since its introduction in...

2007 Mitsubishi Outland...

Mitsubishi Motors has rolled out the all-new 2007 Outlander to compete in the burgeoning field of car-like CUVs available in the marketplace. The 2007 Outlander has been stretched to be 90 mm longer and 50 mm wider than the outgoing model. Designers have made the most of the increased...

2007 GMC Yukon Denali

When General Motors unveiled the 2007 Yukon and the range-topping Denali, it picked the epicenter of public attention on New Years Eve – Times Square. This pattern of attention seeking carries though in the design of the 2007 GMC Yukon Denali, because in today’s hip-hop wannabe...