Photo courtesy of Mazda Canada Torque steer? What torque steer? I feel as though I can’t write a review about the factory-souped-up MazdaSpeed3 without acknowledging the elephant in the room that is the front wheel drive layout of the monster hatch with a 263-horsepower engine lurking within. There is no doubt that in first gear …
2013 Nissan Juke NISMO review
Photo courtesy of Nissan Canada As Marvel Comics famed superhero team the X-Men have taught us, every once in awhile evolution skips a few steps. This certainly feels the case with the 2013 Nissan Juke NISMO — that’s short for Nissan Motorsports — a small hatch that packs a powerful punch and has the face …
2013 Hyundai Santa Fe XL review
Photo courtesy of Hyundai Canada If the third-generation 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe XL was a person, it would be Barry White. Smooooth. Being only the second Hyundai that I have driven this year, I was again surprised at how much the Korean manufacturer continues to differentiate itself from the masses by giving consumers more for …
2013 Ford Focus ST review
Photo courtesy of Ford of Canada Full-leather Recaro bucket seats; 18-inch aluminum wheels wrapped in high-performance Goodyear Eagle F1 rubber; two-litre 252 horsepower EcoBoost engine mated to a six-speed manual transmission. In a...what? Ford FOCUS?! That’s the kind of incredulity I am usually met with, when I explain to regular car folk that the ST …
2013 Fiat 500 Turbo review
Photo courtesy of the Chrysler Group Whoever said good things come in small packages must have been talking about the Fiat 500 Turbo. By now, everyone is familiar with the little car that has replaced the old New Beetle as the cutest car ever. Admittedly, at first I was a little self-conscious about puttering around …
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