A tour.
Toyota Venza: unapologetic hybrid wagon
I have just finished with a $50,000 Toyota Venza. It’s quite an upscale 2021 hybrid wagon with a surprisingly modest three year/60,000 km warranty (a similar Kia Sorento hybrid comes with five years/100,000 km); projector LED headlamps and a full-width LED light bar at the rear; a temporary spare tire; safety gear from here to …
There’s a bit of genius in Toyota’s RAV4
Toyota Canada will sell about 60,000 RAV4 compact crossovers this year, and Canadians would buy another 20,000 or so if the big Japanese automaker could push more of these rigs down the line. Chip shortage. You might have heard about it. It’s crimping supply. The RAV hits home with Canadians because it’s the quintessential Canadian …
Apple Car for 2025? Seems a good bet
Buried within Citi analyst Jim Suva’s latest report on Apple Inc. is this throwaway line with massive implications: “Apple Car is on the horizon in 2025.” 2025? In the car business, 2025 is less than one product cycle away. It’s a blip of time in an industry that renews models every 4-7 years. If Apple …
January 21, 2022 | Commentary, First on the Grid Like Comments (0) |
Want a fancy new EV in 2022? Disappointment lurks
The announced parade of new, pure battery-electric vehicles coming to market in 2022 is long and impressive, from Rivian’s R1S SUV to the way-cool Kia EV6, Ford’s F-150 Lightning, Cadillac’s Lyriq, and perhaps even the Fisker Ocean, not to mention the Lexus RZ 450e and the intriguing apology for short-sightedness called the Toyota BZ4X. That’s …
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