CLICK HERE FOR BEHIND THE SCENES AT TESTFEST PART 1 It’s noon on Wednesday. After two-and-a-half days of switching and out of cars, the first round of voting is done. KPMG begins tabulating over 40,000 votes this afternoon. The Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC) has rented the Niagara-on-the-Lake Airport … Read More
No, that headline is not a typo. This week is the 25th annual Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC) Canadian Car of the Year Awards TestFest. Not at all a cryptic title, TestFest entails five days of journalists from across the country testing over 170 new vehicle models in Ontario’s picturesque … Read More
You are a man. You’ve got troubles. You’ve got a bank account. A mortgage. Maybe a wife and kids. Maybe a girlfriend with future plans and meaningful glances. You’ve got a job. Maybe it’s great. Maybe it sucks. You worry about money, about the economy, your future, your house, the … Read More
When it comes to travelling via coupe, three’s a crowd. Flop forward the seat and wriggle into the back through a gap so narrow it’d confound a Cirque du Soleil gymnast, inevitably banging your head in the process and showing off some unsexy butt-crack. Getting out is even worse: either … Read More
Here’s a vehicle with a turning circle of 10.7 metres over a wheelbase of just under 2.5. Its front-drive DOHC 1-4 16V engine emits 181 hp @ 5,500 rpm and 177 ft/lb of torque from 2,000. But that engine is turbocharged and the 2012 Mini Cooper S Coupé has a … Read More
