Prius plug-in hybrid ready for Prime time

The 2018 Prius Prime ($32,900 base) is a brilliant example of what Toyota does best: mix known and proven technology with decades of diligent and careful car-building expertise, stir in a little cleverness, and through a little alchemy and much hard work create an incredibly refined vehicle that is likely to shoulder on, trouble-free, for …

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Tesla Model 3 video review: the car, the company and its controversial CEO

This was supposed to be an entry-level, affordable model. At $72,700?

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2019 RDX review: Acura, once more with feeling

Acura first began touting “precision crafted performance” some 30 years ago, and ever since it’s been a slog to convince the buying public that Acuras are more than re-badged Hondas. Truth is, when I think of Acura, my mind goes to Sisyphus, pushing that boulder up and up muttering “we’re not Hondas,” only to have …

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Is this how it ends for Tesla?

Is this how it ends for Tesla, the corporate collapse triggered by a desperate and foolish tweet from an increasingly erratic, perhaps even unhinged CEO who surely must now recognize the impossible task – no tasks – ahead? Events in the Tesla saga are moving Ludicrously fast. When CEO Elon Musk Tweeted out his apparent …

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Past, present, future: Ford Mustang GT, Tesla Model 3

In just the last week, I have driven the past, present and future of the auto industry. Two cars tell the story, Ford’s Mustang GT and Tesla’s latest, the Model 3. The Mustang GT, is a rip-roaring, $62,438 (as-tested) throwback in canary yellow with black racing stripes and a loud 5.0-litre V-8 sure to terrify …

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