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.
Volvo’s not walking away from safety as their major brand differentiator. Indeed, this column recently featured the 2012 Volvo S60 T5, giving much attention to Adaptive Cruise Control, the latest in point-and-shoot safety technology. (It’s a safety innovation that saves us from those type-As who still text and drive from … Read More
As Toronto’s weather slowly enters the annual unbearable-cold phase, it’s hard to suppress hopeful thoughts about your cottage on the lake, perfect sunsets on the beach or sailing the open sea on a warm summer’s day. Amplify those visions, beginning this weekend, when Ricoh Coliseum is transformed from sport/concert venue … Read More
I find few vehicles as much fun as a Jeep Wrangler. They’re unique. Imagine driving any other convertible up a defunct (albeit snowless) black diamond ski hill. Not that I took the hardtop roof off — it was December. Its Rubicon Trail rating means it can go nearly anywhere. Just … Read More
Home of the great Canadian auto race, the Grand Prix, Montreal is well-known as Canada’s most racing’est city. In just over a week, the 44th annual Montreal International Auto Show will take place at the Palais des congrès. With three floors of exhibitions from dozens of international manufacturers, black ice currently … Read More
The 2012 Volvo S60 T5 FWD is sexy and lean on the outside. Inside, it pampers the driver first, then all the riders, too. The electro-hydraulic, power-assisted rack-and-pinion steering is so sensitive it practically reads minds. It’s got a gutsy engine. If you like driving, you’ll like driving the 2012 … Read More
