Once upon a time, the diesel engine looked like it was making a come back. Gone were the days of the 80's where loud clattery diesel engines that spewed black soot from the tailpipe were the norm. Auto manufacturers had been spending a lot of time perfecting them...
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Review: 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LT Trail Boss
Trucks and SUVs have been dominating the sales charts lately. I personally don't understand why. I'm not necessarily opposed to trucks and SUVs I just wholly believe that the majority of owners don't need them. The amount of half-tonnes I see being used to take children to school...
Review: 2019 Audi TT RS
They said we needed something borrowed and something blue. Thanks to Audi Canada, we had killed two birds with one stone on the week of our wedding day.
If you are an avid CarDriven.ca reader (and thank you if you are), you might know that the Mazda MX-5...
Review: 2019 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Black Edition
Even though I admit that I have a perhaps questionable soft spot for Mitsubishis, according to research conducted by Mitsubishi, I’m not necessarily the target of their latest effort. The new Eclipse Cross has been on sale for a year now, but already Mitsubishi is noticing that it’s...
Review: 2019 Mazda3 Sport 6-Speed Manual
I recently drove the redesigned Mazda3 sedan. It was equipped with an automatic transmission and all-wheel drive – the latter being a first for Mazda’s compact offering.
I personally came away quite impressed and described it as premium feeling with a top of class interior. It felt...
Review: 2019 Toyota RAV4 Trail
When I was about ten years old I remember being quite excited because dad was in need of a new car. That meant that I got to tag along while he visited dealer after dealer. In fact, he brought the whole family with him since a family car...
Review: 2019 Volkswagen Jetta GLI
In the automotive industry these days, all you hear is SUVs this and pick-up trucks that. Certain automakers are betting heavily in these segments and it’s getting to the point where you’d think there is no room anymore for the traditional passenger car.
Nuts to that, says Volkswagen....
Review: 2019 Nissan Altima Platinum AWD
While I am certainly not a market analyst, I still find myself questioning the recent move by Ford and GM to ax selected passenger cars in their lineups. In Ford’s case, every single traditional car will be removed from the North American line-up, save for the Mustang. Apparently we are all...
Review: 2019 Ford Expedition Limited
While SUVs may not be at the top of my vehicle preference list, I do somewhat have an appreciation for large, full-size SUVs because the majority of them are still proper SUVs. What’s a proper SUV? It’s one that has a body-on frame, or rides on a truck platform. The common...
Review: 2019 Mazda3 GT AWD
All it took was about a 20 kilometer trip behind the wheel of Mazda’s new compact sedan before I was able to form a rather pointed first impression.
“Well, you’ve certainly matured,” I said to myself after parking in my driveway.
Mazda3’s of the past...