2006 Jeep Commander get...

The 2006 Jeep Commander has received a thumbs up from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for frontal impact crash protection. The U.S. agency gave the Chrysler Group product a five-star rating, which is the highest pass mark assessed to vehicles. It’s the 11th new...

2006 Honda Civic named ...

The 2006 Honda Civic was named by the North American International Auto Show Car of the Year.  A panel of International Auto journalists have voted the Honda Civic, the 2006 NAIAS Car of the Year. The Civic had been competing against the Ford Fusion and the Pontiac Solstice.  The Honda...

2010 Porsche Panamera r...

Porsche really knows how to throw a launch party! Just as important, they know where. Porsche’s 2010 Panamera made its debut at Holt Renfrew’s ritzy flagship store on Bloor Street West in Toronto, on October 14, 2009. A phalanx of black-clad, big shoulder-types ensured that beyond...

2009 Ford Fusion spy sh...

The boys from Ford decided to head down the highway at the tail end of the 2008 Detroit Auto Show with a test mule of what appears to be the next Ford Fusion. The camo paint job certainly attracted more attention than if they had left the car uncovered in the slightly snowy day.

2010 Audi A3 TDI Clean ...

Over the past few years I’ve made a habit (or perhaps a tradition) of driving an Audi from the Toronto area to the annual North American International Auto Show, held in Detroit. I made the requisite phone calls well in advance of this year’s drive to ensure I would have a ...

2010 Honda CR-Z Sport H...

Honda has taken the wraps off the 2009 CR-Z Concept car at the 41st Tokyo Motor Show. While the vehicle displayed at the show is the second concept version of the hybrid coupe, the production version that will be introduced to Canada and the U.S. in the second half of 2010. The final...

2008 Ford Focus

The Ford Focus has been the oldest design in the compact car segment for some time now. When Ford decided a few years ago not to bring over the then-new European Focus that had met with wide acclaim, there were some questions raised. But of course, the world knew about the company’s...

2009 Mercedes Benz SLK

Having sold almost a half-million SLKs to date, Mercedes-Benz is revamping the second-generation car to keep it current. In all there are 650 new parts, the bulk of which, new look aside, key on the comfort and dynamic sides of the car’s split personality. As the first of the current...