Brendan McAleer Lucky seven. Seventh heaven. Seven-up. Call it what you will, the number seven is the charm for the venerable Volkswagen GTI, now approaching its thirtieth year in continual production. The new car is lighter, nimbler, faster. The seventh-generation Golf hits the Canadian market sometime late next year. As a bit … Read More
If you haven’t seen the Ron Howard 1970s Formula One biopic Rush yet, stop what you’re doing and go buy yourself a ticket right now. Yes, yes, I know it’s a bit weird to see Thor playing a racecar driver, but trust me, this is a movie you don’t want … Read More
Meet Bruce. Bruce is not interested in Pina Coladas or long walks in the rain. Bruce likes speed. Huge, continent-conquering, vision-blurring, atmosphere-shredding speed. He menaces from the curbside, swathed in matte-grey paint like an apocalyptic rendering escaped from the laptop of some deranged digital artist. Of course, BMW doesn’t call … Read More
There is but one correct response to the images of Acura’s new NSX flinging itself around the racetrack at Mid-Ohio: yay! Acura’s back! Don’t get me wrong, the squid-faced TL SH-AWD is still a pretty good driver’s car, and has been for the past few years (and few other companies … Read More
In many ways, this machine is deeply, comprehensively, wilfully stupid. Let me break it down for you: this is a Jeep wearing semi-slick road-tires, an off-road machine you can’t really take off-road, all suited-up for the track and with a 470hp, 6.4L V8 crammed in the nose. The fuel economy … Read More
