From tires to tech, rust to road trips, here is all your latest automotive news and expert car buying, maintenance, and driving advice. Whether you’re hitting the road in the hottest wheels or just trying to keep your clunker street legal, we’ve got you covered.
Damn the prevailing public mood of this he-cession. Though it’ll be a soothing tonic for low spirits, the beautiful and impractical convertible BMW Z4 sDrive 30i is a tough purchase to justify nowadays. “Sometimes a car isn’t just a car.” It’s light, powerful, pretty and, to accommodate all six cylinders … Read More
If you’re an SUV guy (myself, I love small cars) put the XC 60 T6 AWD on your test-drive list – especially if you or your girlfriend has ADHD. It’s powerful, luxurious and spacious, but what truly sets it apart is the XC 60’s safety intelligence. Genuine innovation Volvo shares … Read More
So you tested the Audi TT and you really liked it, but it felt a bit conspicuous and you couldn’t justify so obvious a vanity purchase. Try the considerably more conservative looking A3 2.0T. A little bullet, it drives like the TT: It performs like a rock star, but dresses … Read More
What would happen if we removed all the traffic lights, lines, laws, speed limits and sidewalks from our inner cities? Chaos? Quite the opposite: the number of serious collisions and traffic fatalities would plummet. Really. Consider the theory of Shared Space. It reasons that when there are fewer rules there … Read More
What, with our dog and the frequent trips up north, my wife and I have never regretted purchasing our 2004 Escape. But now I’m a little envious. With little jump in cost, there’s been bags of innovation in the 2009 Escape Hybrid – starting with the obvious. No, I’m not … Read More
