cars
New from the ground up, the 2013 Cadillac ATS ought to make a big dent in its class. The compact luxury sedan is the biggest luxury segment. Cadillac needs to make an impression here. Yesterday was ATS’s official press launch in Canada. To celebrate we did hot laps at the … Read More
It’s been almost five years since MTV’s Pimp My Ride wrapped, bringing an end to gull-wing doors painted in all shades of metallic purple and putting a serious damper on Southern California’s headrest-mounted PlayStation industry. In 2012, the novelty of a mobile arcade equipped with million-watt subwoofers has largely subsided. … Read More
When I was a kid, Darth Vader was a total badass: six-foot eight of Force-choking menace in a shiny black helmet. Come 1999’s Phantom Menace and suddenly he’s an adorable tow-headed tyke with an interest in robotics. Then he develops a crush on Natalie Portman (who hasn’t?), goes all emo … Read More
In 1953, General Motors pulled the wraps off a pure white confection of fibreglass and chrome; a two-door, two-seat convertible roadster that was pretty as a pin-up and, unfortunately, a total slug. Not to worry: a few years later they’d shoe-horn in a small-block Chevy V8 and there was no … Read More
The ‘90s: the heyday of the Japanese Supercar. The Acura NSX was a reliable Ferrari, the Supra Twin-Turbo was a Nipponese muscle car, and then there was the undisputed driver’s choice: the twin-turbocharged, rotary-powered third-generation Mazda RX-7. A tendency to burn oil like a two-stroke lawn mower might cause the … Read More
