Canadians have gone crazy for small utility wagons – Canadians like Mac Stephen, a University of Calgary pre-law major who recently leased one of the newest and very best of the mini SUVs (sport-utility vehicles), the Mazda CX-3. “I love it; it’s perfect for me,” he says, who has embraced the looks, the space inside …
Road test: Honda fixes the Pilot’s many flaws
Honda faces a massive hurdle with the reinvented 2016 Pilot. The problem: a used Pilot is an excellent alternative. The truth is, if you want a pre-owned SUV, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a better value than a decade-old Pilot. As Consumer Reports notes, if you have a $10,000 budget, a second-generation Pilot (2009-2015) Pilot …
2016 Kia Sorento: not too big, not too small, and Kia hopes that’s just right for you
Kia is hoping the 2016 Sorento fits the bill for family types for whom the five-passenger Ford Escapes and Nissan Rogues of the world are too small. They also think the Sorento will appeal to buyers who think seven-passenger rigs like the Hyundai Santa Fe XLs and Honda Pilots are too big. So the Sorento …
Mercedes-Benz the truck company delivers a very good GLC
Mercedes-Benz has turned itself into a truck brand with the sort of commitment Tom Brady has made to football excellence and Justin Bieber has made to total insolence. The latest Mercedes SUV (sport-utility vehicle), the GLC, is a perfect example. The GLC, the replacement for the former GLK, is the middle child in a lineup …
2016 Toyota Tundra begs one question: why do Toyota, Nissan and Honda even bother with big or even semi-big trucks?
Last year 324,222 Canadians bought a large pickup, virtually all of them from a Detroit-based automaker. Why, you might ask, do Nissan and Toyota even try to compete with the likes of FCA’s Ram pickup, the Ford F-Series and General Motors’s twins, the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra? I mean, Nissan is currently doing somersaults …