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2012 Dodge Charger

vwaudia4 — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:47:19 +0000

Vehicle: 2012 Dodge Charger SXT Plus RWD with sunroof, adaptive cruise control and back-up camera Price as tested: CDN$41335 Performance: Other than those 2 performance highlighting Hemi engine technologies in R/T and SRT-8, the biggest difference make between the new versus outgoing Charger has to be the availability of the …

2012 Fiat 500 Abarth

vwaudia4 — Mon, 14 May 2012 15:32:32 +0000

Vehicle: 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth with leather sports seats Price as tested: CDN$26570 Performance: When the little 500 first came to the market about a year ago, we loved the car but found missing “something…something”. The Abarth has promised the return of that important ingredient of being a hot hatch. …

2013 Lexus GS350 F-Sport

vwaudia4 — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:55:24 +0000

Vehicle: 2013 Lexus GS350 F-Sport Price as tested: CDN$58950 Performance: Previous GS were underwhelmers of the underwhelmers. Lexus has promised the 4th generation GS will be a contender against its formiddable competitions. Has the new GS350 really able to fulfilled the expectations? Carryover from 3rd generation GS, its the same …

Short test: 2012 BMW 320i

vwaudia4 — Mon, 07 May 2012 15:00:57 +0000

Vehicle: 2012 BMW 320i with Lighting Pkg, Premium Pkg and 8-speed Steptronic Price as tested: CDN$44120 Differing from previous entry-level 3-Series, F30 320i finally has some features deserving a luxury badge. Auto climate control and 8-way power adjustable driver’s seat come standard as expense to stiff competitions. That’s despite the …

2012 Fisker Karma

vwaudia4 — Fri, 04 May 2012 15:16:02 +0000

Vehicle: 2012 Fisker Karma Eco Chic Price as tested: US$116000 Performance: The Fisker Karma. Its big, its bold, it comes with lots of new technologies and its stunning. But is it a good Karma or bad Karma? The Karma is an interesting car, nonetheless. But does its mechanical delivers of …

2013 VW CC

vwaudia4 — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:41:09 +0000

Vehicle: 2013 VW CC Highline V6 4-Motion Price as tested: CDN$48475 Performance: Without proper performance, it won’t be a proper sports coupe. In the case of this affordable 4-door coupe, which are available with 2 hearts of the matters. The base engine is the world-class 2.0TSI with 200hp and 207 …

2012 Jaguar XKR-S Coupe

vwaudia4 — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:10:43 +0000

Vehicle: 2012 Jaguar XKR-S Coupe with Bright Pkg and heated front windshield Price as tested: CDN$143800 Performance: So how does a “S” combined with “R” in a XK come out with? It promises to be a fun ride. When it comes to Jaguar, “R” stands for high-performance variant of an …

2012 Mercedes ML350 Bluetec

vwaudia4 — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:07:35 +0000

Vehicle: 2012 Mercedes ML350 Bluetec with Bi-Xenon headlight pkg, Premium pkg and Sport pkg Price as tested: CDN$67800 Performance: Here in Directshift, we have always been a huge diesel fans. So when its time to test drive the third iteration of Mercedes’s hugely successful M-Class, we decided to take the …

2012 Volvo S60 T6 AWD R-Design

vwaudia4 — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:35:53 +0000

Vehicle: 2012 Volvo S60 T6 AWD R-Design with Driver Support Pkg and Navi system w/premium sound Price as tested: CDN$58865 Performance: Audi has RS, BMW has M and Mercedes has AMG. On the other hand, Swedish sensibility equals Polestar as their performance arm. Our R-Design happens to receive the Polestar …

2013 Infiniti JX35

vwaudia4 — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:01:43 +0000

Vehicle: 2013 Infiniti JX35 with Premium, Driver, Deluxe Touring and Driver Assistance Pkgs Price as tested: CDN$60350 Performance: Infiniti has always been somewhat left field, when it comes to luxury car. Their latest JX promises to be the most mainstream of all of their left fielders. Will soccer mom find …

2012 Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster

vwaudia4 — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:46:54 +0000

Vehicle: 2012 Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster with B&O sound system, AMG CF exterior and interior trims Price as tested: CDN$232500 Performance: Remove the Gullwings, Mercedes has beautify the SLS with its a gorgeous ragtop with only added 40 kg to coupe’s curb weight. Given all the additional stiffness needs to …

Long-term update: 2012 VW Passat TDI Clean Diesel

vwaudia4 — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:51:28 +0000

Vehicle: 2012 VW Passat TDI Clean Diesel Highline with Sport Pkg Price as tested: CDN$40612 Mileage since picked up: 2850km Regular maintenance: 0 Unscheduled repairs: 0 One of the main reasons for buying a VW is its fun-to-drive factor. Many would have thought the Americanized Passat have lost some of …

2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT-8

vwaudia4 — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:07:29 +0000

Vehicle: 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT-8 with Luxury Group and Panoramic sunroof Price as tested: CDN$62985 Performance: When Jeep redesigned their iconic Grand Cherokee last year, we were impressed enough that we chose it over the exceptional VW Touareg and Porsche Cayenne as our “luxury SUV of the year”. So …

2013 Ford Taurus SHO

vwaudia4 — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:21:38 +0000

Vehicle: 2013 Ford Taurus SHO Price as tested: CDN$56895 Performance: When Taurus SHO returned for 2010, the single biggest issue was power. One reason is down to its curb weight, which still haven’t changed much 4338lb. The single biggest changes is the addition of Ford’s delighful Ecoboost twin-turbo V6. With …

Short test: 2012 Honda Fit Sport

vwaudia4 — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:49:42 +0000

Vehicle: 2012 Honda Fit Sport with automatic Price as tested: CDN$19980 When an engineering-driven car company becomes arrogant and complacement, their products usually become aggravate. As we have seen in BMW for the last couple of years, Honda should be add to this sad group lately. On the one hand; …

2012 VW Golf R

vwaudia4 — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:35:53 +0000

Vehicle: 2012 VW Golf R 5-doors Price as tested: CDN$39675 Handling: We Canadian have missed out both Mk4 and Mk5 Golf R32. Thankfully, VW Canada is bringing us a Mk6 Golf R as a compensation. Every great hot hatch has to come with a great dynamic equation. Golf R certainly …

2012 BMW 528i X-Drive

vwaudia4 — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:34:59 +0000

Vehicle: 2012 BMW 528i X-Drive with BMW Apps, Premium Sound, Rear Comfort, Technology and Navi Pkgs Price as tested: CDN$67700 Performance: There are a couple of new things happen with F10 this year. The breathtaking new M5, an unremarkable hybrid version, a new turbocharged 4-cylinder replacing its straight-6 and a …

Long-term update: 2012 Hyundai Accent GLS 5-doors

vwaudia4 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:13:21 +0000

Vehicle: 2012 Hyundai Accent GLS 5-doors Auto Price as tested: CDN$18399 Mileage since picked up: 3500km Regular maintenance: 0 Unscheduled repairs: 0 One of the major attractions of buying a subcompact is its simplicity of engineering. It has lots of advanced technologies packed in a compact package without having all …

2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

vwaudia4 — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:38:52 +0000

Vehicle: 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 with 6-speed automatic Price as tested: CDN$61205 Performance: Is this the best Camaro ever produced? We will have the answer right after this review. Bolt on an Eaton supercharged onto GM’s venerable Big Block Chevy V8, which has 6.2 liters of goodies on your right …

2012 Toyota Prius C

vwaudia4 — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:56:48 +0000

Vehicle: 2012 Toyota Prius C Technology Premium Pkg Price as tested: CDN$25340 Performance: Unlike its bigger brothers, the iconic hatchback and V. The C, or what Toyota dubbed Prius “City” is moved by a smaller 1.5 liter instead of a 1.8 liter 4-cylinder motor when mated with those lithium ion …