By Kevin Harrison
Possibly the most interesting segment within the auto industry is the half-tonne pick-up truck segment. Not only is it interesting because it is significant (half-tonne pick ups make consistently make up four of the top ten selling vehicles in Canada each month), but because the combinations within the...
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Monthly Archives: September 2015
Diesel-Gate: Why Volkswagen’s Deceit On Emissions Testing Is a Big Deal
By Kevin Harrison
By now you've likely heard that Volkswagen has been rigging some of their diesel powered engines in order to pass stricter emissions testing which is mandated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the U.S and Environment Canada here at home.
Volkswagen has admitted that around 11 million of...
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Test Drive: 2015 Nissan Murano SL AWD
By Kevin Harrison
I met one of my neighbours at the community mail boxes that are now standard across the country. He lives up the street from me and I drive by his house every day to get to my humble abode.
"How's the Infiniti treating you these days?" I asked, genuinely...
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Test Drive: 2015 Land Rover Discovery Sport HSE Luxury
By Robert Nichols
I spent last week in the lap of luxury, as I drove about with a feeling of superiority in a 2015 Discovery Sport HSE Luxury model.
Finished in Fuji white the handsome SUV is both elegant and understated. From a distance the Discovery looks like just another SUV; the...
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Test Drive: 2016 Subaru WRX
By Kevin Harrison
I don't often name cars. In fact, there have only been two cars that I have given names to and they are my personal vehicle which is affectionately named Beyonce and the surprisingly good 2015 Hyundai Genesis which earned the nickname 'Jenny' when I tested her...
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Test Drive: 2015 Lexus NX 300h
By Kevin Harrison
It could be said that Lexus is responsible for all the luxury badged SUV/CUV's we see on the roads these days. Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing is another issue altogether, but Lexus did take a bit of a gamble back in 1997 by introducing...
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Test Drive: 2016 Kia Sorento SX Turbo
By Kevin Harrison
I have a friend who works for General Motors. As we sat in traffic in the 2016 Kia Sorento Turbo, he mercifully halted our politically charged conversation in order to declare something:
"You know, I think this might be better than the [Chevrolet] Equinox," he said quietly, staring ahead,...
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