It’s more than slightly unfair to compare Nissan’s 2022 Sentra 2.0 SR Midnight Edition to Hyundai’s Elantra N-Line, but I’m doing it anyway. Get over it. What we have here is a pair of racy-looking compact sedans with loads of safety gear and even more attitude. One is far, far more serious than the other, …
Grocery-Getter for the Gearhead: Mazda CX-3
You can pick up Mazda’s cute and useful little CX-3 crossover for as little as $22,050 (plus fees and taxes), or you can take the big jump to something like the test ride I’ve just visited – the $31,800 all-wheel drive (AWD) Platinum Quartz Metallic GT at a 50% premium over the front-drive base model …
Volvo XC40 Recharge Aging Well in a Growing Field of Rivals
When launched in 2021, the XC40 Recharge was a harbinger of Volvo’s future as a first pure battery electric automaker. The XC40 was a first from Volvo and things on the EV front have moved fast ever since. J.D. Power & Associates includes 47 electric vehicles (EVs) in the new 2022 Electric Vehicle Consideration Study, …
On the road in the electrifying, and electrified, Hyundai Ioniq 5
From Vancouver, B.C. east to Manning Park in the Cascades, the 220 km drive can be done in less than three hours, though realistically you should plan for four and be comfortable with five if you’re in an EV (electric vehicle). That’s because the smart choice is to charge up in Hope, B.C. Just in …
For 2022, Honda does a Civic comeback and retains the crown
The title of Canada’s best-selling car is not as impressive nor as valuable as it was a quarter century ago, when Honda’s Civic first took the crown – a tiara this stolid compact of numerous trim levels and body styles (sedan, hatchback) has worn for the duration. For 2022, Honda has given the Civic a …