This week we are reviewing the 2021 Subaru Forester Sport. Our vehicle was assembled at the Ōta plant in Japan and has an MSRP of $37,908 CAD. Fun Factor: 6 Can it Family: 9 Fuel-Friendly: 7 HWY-warrior: 7 Karaoke-Friendly: 5 Baby-Friendly: 7 City Cruising: 6 The Forester's boxy shape is almost a trademark for Subaru. While this 5th generation is not as square-shaped as past Forester's, it remains the vehicle of choice when affordability & practicality are in question. It's p

This week we are reviewing the Mazda CX-30 GS. Our vehicle was assembled at the Salamanca plant in Mexico and has an MSRP of $30550.00 CAD. Fun Factor: 8 Can it Family: 7 Fuel-Friendly: 6 HWY-warrior: 7 Karaoke-Friendly: 6 Baby-Friendly: 7 City Cruising: 6 Mazda has hit a sweet spot with the CX-30 as it fits small families better than other vehicles in its segment. It has some of Mazda's Sporty attributes while providing more passenger and trunk space. We wondered if the adde

This week we are reviewing the Acura RDX A-Spec. Our vehicle was assembled at the East Liberty plant in Ohio and has an MSRP of 51290.00 CAD. Fun Factor: 7 Can it Family: 8 Fuel-Friendly: 5 HWY-warrior: 7 Karaoke-Friendly: 6 Baby-Friendly: 9 City Cruising: 5 The Acura RDX has a dual personality depending on the dynamic mode you select. You can either have a relaxing vehicle almost to the point that it lacks excitement, then with the flip of a switch, it wakes up and becomes s

This week we are reviewing the BMW M235 Gran Coupé. Our vehicle was assembled at the Leipzig plant in Germany and has an approximate MSRP of 58845.00 CAD / 65116.00 Euro. Fun Factor: 8 Can it Family: 8 Fuel-Friendly: 7 HWY-warrior: 10 Karaoke-Friendly: 8 Baby-Friendly: 8 City Cruising: 8 We've tested the M235GC quite extensively over 2 weeks in Germany and Austria. We picked it up in Munich from BMW's Press and fleet service just off the Autobahn; we could had the joy of driv

This week we are reviewing the KIA Forte 5 GT. Our vehicle was assembled at the Pesquería Plant plant in Mexico and has an MSRP of 31755.00 CAD. Fun Factor: 7 Can it Family: 8 Fuel-Friendly: 7 HWY-warrior: 7 Karaoke-Friendly: 7 Baby-Friendly: 7 City Cruising: 6 The Forte 5 GT has big shoes to fill as it goes against a large number of hatches such as the VW GTI, the Honda Civic Sport and even the Elantra GT. While the entries above don't compete directly in size with the Forte

Here's an overview of the 2021 GMC Yukon AT4. Our vehicle was assembled at the Arlington plant in Texas and has a starting MSRP of 57398.00 CAD. Fun Factor: 5 Can it Family: 10 Fuel-Friendly: 6 HWY-warrior: 9 Karaoke-Friendly: 5 Baby-Friendly: 9 City Cruising: 5 We'll give you a glimpse of the 2021 GMC Yukon AT4 equipped with 5.3L V8 and our first impressions of it during a Montreal-Ottawa road trip we took. Let us start with what makes this new 2021 Yukon great; the magnetic

This week we are reviewing the 2020 Nissan Leaf Plus. Our vehicle was assembled at the Nissan Tennessee in the United States and has an MSRP of $55148.00 CAD. Fun Factor: 8 Can it Family: 7 Fuel-Friendly: 10 HWY-warrior: 4 Karaoke Friendly: 5 Baby-friendly: 7 City Cruising: 9 We tested the Nissan Leaf extensively, in the city, on the HWY, and on some of the most beautiful back roads Québec has to offer. The “Route des Navigateurs” is where we enjoyed the Nissan Leaf the most.

This week we are reviewing the 2020 RAM 1500 Rebel. Our vehicle was assembled at the Sterling heights assembly plant in Michigan and has an MSRP of $78740.00 CAD. Fun Factor: 8 Can it Family: 6 Off-Road: 8 Fuel-Friendly: 7 HWY-warrior: 8 Karaoke Friendly: 6 Baby-friendly: 4 City Cruising: 3 The first impression when we got into our Rebel equipped with the ECO Diesel was the range with one fuel tank some 1060km with one tank! In disbelief, we said to ourselves this was mighty

This week we are reviewing the 2020 Chevy Silverado 1500 in the High-Country trim. Our vehicle was assembled at the Fort Wayne, Indiana plant and has an MSRP of $79948.00 CAD. Fun Factor: 7 Can it Family: 7 Fuel-Friendly: 7 HWY-warrior: 9 Karaoke-Friendly: 5 Baby-Friendly: 5 City Cruising: 3 We are reviewing the Chevy Silverado; it is essentially the brother of the GMC Sierra we wrote about a couple of weeks ago. Typically, the Sierra is known for being the more luxurious on

This week we are reviewing the 2020 BMW X1. Our vehicle was assembled at the Regensburg plant in Germany and has an MSRP of $51990.00 CAD. Fun Factor: 7 Can it Family: 6 Fuel-Friendly: 7 HWY-warrior: 7 Karaoke-Friendly: 6 Baby-Friendly: 7 City Cruising: 6 When BMW moved away from its RWD chassis in 2015 on its X1 Sports Activity Vehicle (SAV), it was quite controversial as they were moving towards a vehicle based on a FWD platform shared with MINI. While the original X1 felt

This week we are reviewing the 2020 MINI Cooper S 60th anniversary. Our vehicle was assembled at the Oxfort plant in England and has an MSRP of $35,690 CAD. Fun Factor: 8 Can it Family: 5 Fuel-Friendly: 7 HWY-warrior: 9 Karaoke Friendly: 7 Baby-friendly: 4 City Cruising: 8 When we started testing the MINI Cooper, the first comments we received on social media were skeptical of how we would be able to manage this little 3-door coupe as a family car… Little did they know that w

This week we are reviewing the 2019 VW Arteon in R-Line. Our vehicle was assembled at the Emden plant in Germany and has an MSRP of $53085 CAD Fun Factor: 6 Can it Family: 7 Fuel-Friendly: 6 HWY-warrior: 8 Karaoke Friendly: 7 Baby-friendly: 7 City Cruising: 7 Design-wise, the Arteon looks sporty and has a refreshing new design coming from VW. Must we say that it is quite daring almost if compared to the rest of their North American line up? VW didn't choose the name Arteon na

This week we are reviewing the 2020 Subaru Ascent in the Premier trim. Our vehicle was assembled at the Lafayette plant in the Indiana and has an MSRP of $50995.00 CAD Fun Factor: 7 Can it Family: 9 Fuel-Friendly: 7 HWY-warrior: 7 Karaoke Friendly: 7 Baby-friendly: 8 City Cruising: 6 The Subaru Ascent has been one of the surprises for us this year; from the outside, it doesn't look like much, especially in that crystal black silica colour we drove. Once the doors opened, and

This week we are reviewing the 2020 Cadillac XT6 in Sport trim. Our vehicle was assembled at the Springhill plant in Tennessee and has an MSRP of 81,823.00 CAD. Fun Factor: 6 Can it Family: 9 Fuel-Friendly: 5 HWY-warrior: 7 Karaoke Friendly: 6 Baby-friendly: 7 City Cruising: 5 The XT6 is a brand-new model for Cadillac; it fills the spot in their lineup under the Escalade and above the XT5. At first glance we wished it had more of an American flair when it came to its presence

This week we are reviewing the 2019 VW Golf R. Our vehicle was assembled at the iconic Wolfsburg plant in Germany. Our test vehicle has an MSRP of $45610.00 CAD Fun Factor: 10 Can it Family: 7 Fuel-Friendly: 6 HWY-warrior: 9 Karaoke Friendly: 7 Baby-friendly: 7 City Cruising: 7 Now that we've driven almost every variant of the Golf, the GTI, the GTE and the TDI, the only one we had not experienced was the Golf R. We had high expectations when we tested the GTI this summer. St

This week we are reviewing the 2020 Mazda 3 Sport in GT trim with AWD. Our vehicle was assembled at the Hōfu plant in Japan, where it's assembled alongside the CX-3 and the Mazda 2 destined for the international market. Our test vehicle has an MSRP of 31500.00 CAD Fun Factor: 7 Can it Family: 7 Fuel-Friendly: 6 HWY-warrior: 8 Karaoke Friendly: 7 Baby-friendly: 7 City Cruising: 7 Let's address the looks of Mazda 3 Sport as everyone seems to hesitate on some of the new styling

This week we are reviewing the 2019 Honda Clarity in Touring trim. Our vehicle was assembled at the Honda Saitama plant in Japan and has an MSRP of 46760.00 CAD Fun Factor: 5 Can it Family: 7 Fuel-Friendly: 9 HWY-warrior: 6 Karaoke Friendly: 7 Baby-friendly: 7 City Cruising: 10 The Honda Clarity is the 4th plug-in hybrid vehicle we've tested this year, and it’s the model that boasts the biggest battery; 17 kWh to be exact and has the longest range for a PHEV at this time with

This week we are reviewing the 2019 Honda HR-V in the Touring trim. Our vehicle was assembled at the Honda Manufacturing plant in the beautiful colonial city of Celaya, Mexico and has an MSRP of $34,720.00 CAD Fun Factor: 5 Can it Family: 6 Fuel-Friendly: 7 HWY-warrior: 6 Karaoke Friendly: 6 Baby-friendly: 6 City Cruising: 8 This week we review the Honda HR-V in touring trim. It must be one of the more versatile vehicles we've tested this year with its roomy interior. The HR-

This week we are reviewing the 2019 Honda Passport in the Touring trim. Our vehicle was assembled at the Honda Manufacturing plant in Lincoln, Alabama and has an MSRP of $53347 CAD. Fun Factor: 4 Can it Family: 8 Fuel-Friendly: 6 HWY-warrior: 7 Karaoke Friendly: 6 Baby-friendly: 8 City Cruising: 5 The Honda Passport isn't a new nameplate for Honda; however, it's the first time the Passport is built and engineered by Honda. The first and second-generation from 1993 to 2002 wer