Video: 2011 Subaru WRX STI Sedan

Tommi Mäkinen is mackin’ it hard in this video, released to today by Subaru’s parent company Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. The vid is part of an advanced R&D project carried out at the world-famous the Nürburgring racetrack in Germany, using a 2011 model year Subaru WRX STI four-door sedan test mule.

His time (7’55″00) is [...]

Tested: 2010 Mercedes-Benz B200 Turbo

“When I picture a Mercedes-Benz in my head, the original SLR gullwing, iconic G-wagon and classic SEL saloons usually dominate the space between.

Now, the B200 Turbo is no SLS AMG; and, for the price of a SLR McLaren, you could have at least a dozen fully-loaded versions in which to scoot around your compound.

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Canuck Car of the Year

The first round of voting is over and there are winners and losers. Here’s a video of me thrashing around the Ste. Catharines Niagara District Airport runway test track in the one of the winners:

They’re not all this crazy and “TestFest” is not all fun and games!

Seventy of Canada’s top automotive [...]

Dubbing it in the QC

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Last week I was in freezing c-c-c-c-o-old Quebec to test drive the new 2010 VW Golf family. And, after driving up north to Ste. Jovite in a three-door 2.5-litre gas powered model and the new 2-litre turbo clean diesel wagon with DSG auto and tush warming, it was time for some fun and fast laps [...]

Bumblebee Camaro SS Pics

2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS

And, unfortunately, I had to return it earlier today

I’ll always remember my week with Bumblebee. Seems everywhere we went–and we’re talking almost 1,000 kilometres, including a scoot from Toronto to Detroit and back–people gawked, stared, pointed, made comments and asked all kinds of questions.

To be expected I guess, driving around in [...]

Tested: 2010 MAZDASPEED3

Recently, I had the opportunity to test drive the 2010 Mazdaspeed3 on the “funtastic” Driver Development Track at Mosport International Raceway not far from my home in Southern Ontario. The morning that day was wet, very, very wet but the car hung in there like a champ for a few lapping sessions and road test [...]

To hell with the green hell!!

To commemorate another successful blog update, I have to share perhaps my all-time favourite Top Gear clip… That so happens to be Sabine Schmitz running a 10’08″49 on the Nordshcleife in a Ford Transit van. “I must be crazy!” LOLzZ!

An oldie but super goodie!!! Watch it!

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Tested: 2010 Chevrolet Camaro 2LT

2010 Chevrolet Camaro

“…Beneath the car’s killer looks is a fully modern rear-drive chassis developed Down Under. It’s the same one used on the Aussie-built Holden Commodore, with modifications to make it longer and stiffer. Not only is the smaller powerplant smooth and powerful, the overall ride and handling of the vehicle exceeded the [...]

Tested: 2009 Nissan 370Z

2009 Nissan 370Z

“…Just before reaching the (Las Vegas) city limit, a black 3 Series BMW that had been in the rear view for some time pulls up next to my graphite silver Z, looks over and gives a thumbs-up. His lips clearly read “nice car.”

The dozen miles of scenic road in Red [...]