Useful, reliable, affordable and overwrought: 2021 Toyota C-HR

Toyota Canada’s little C-HR is a modest but not cheap four-door hatchback designed for city-dwellers. It has a base price below $24,000, which can easily climb above $30,000 when loaded. If you finance the Premium version for 48 months, nothing down and at 1.99%, you’re looking a $768.67/month, all in. That’s just a hint above …

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Mercedes-Benz A35 AMG: only serious drivers need apply

From the driver’s seat, you can best take in an eye-grabbing triumph of style and function that sets the Mercedes-Benz A35 AMG sports sedan apart from so many of its rivals. We are looking at a long, sleek digital panel that combines the instrument cluster and the touchscreen multimedia display. A single stretch of glass …

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Should you buy the 2022 Nissan Pathfinder? Not if fuel economy matters most

The reworked 2022 Nissan Pathfinder SUV (sport-utility vehicle), beefed up and aimed squarely at Ford’s Explorer and, to a lesser extent, Toyota’s Highlander, is a big improvement over the lacklustre and aged Pathfinder it replaces. But should you buy it? Not if you want a full-size gasoline-electric hybrid SUV that mitigates the pain of exploding …

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2021 Alfa Romeo Giulia: the passion of the car

Let me ask you a few questions as we dive into the 2021 Alfa Romeo Giulia: Do you crave cars “Engineered for Victory?” Do you believe “Beauty is Not Enough?” Are you convinced that “Competition breeds Excellence?” If the answer is “yes” to any or all of these questions, then you are the target of …

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2021 Toyota Highlander Hybrid: luxurious, efficient

For years now, Toyota Motor has pushed the idea that it’s future is electrified. And by electrified, Toyota primarily is referring to its gasoline-electric hybrid offerings. True, Toyota does offer plug-in hybrids and they’re very, very good for what they are — though range-limited in the neighborhood of around 60 km. The RAV4 Prime, for …

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