Hyundai Elantra N-Line: jazzing up the commuter car

The cheapo economy car, the budget-friendly grocery-getter and the everyday affordable runabout – all but gone, gone, gone like the White Pages. Nissan no longer sells the $9,995 Micra, and along with its departure went the slow-motion-racing Micra Cup series. The Versa is toast, too. Toyota used to sell a thrifty little tin can called …

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Lexus ES 360 Black Line: warm greetings from the Dark Ages

I’ve just learned that Millennials think you are “living in the Dark Ages” if you use cash, talk on the phone (versus texting), wear skinny jeans or eat dairy. To which I’d add, drive a Lexus. No, Lexus did not specifically turn up on the U.K.’s Love Energy Savings survey referred to here. But I …

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Road test: 2021 Hyundai Santa Fe tops its class

Over the past half decade, Canadians have gone a bit cold on Hyundai’s Santa Fe SUV (sport-utility vehicle). Sales have been sliding, while just the opposite has been happening with the compact Hyundai Tucson. Why? Confusion and price. Hyundai, in baffling bit of decision-making, chose to turn the Santa Fe into two vehicles, the midsize …

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2021 Kia Niro EV: under-promise, over-deliver

It was the range number that startled me. No, not the posted 385 km driving range, but the readout in an instrument cluster stuffed with all sorts of information: 453 km. Apparently, the Natural Resources Canada certified range number of 385 km is just an estimate. Your actual range may vary, depending on driving style, …

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Is the reinvented 2022 Mitsubishi Outlander a rival of Land Rover’s Discovery Sport?

You may not think, “Oh, that’s like the Land Rover Discovery Sport,” when I point to the Mitsubishi Outlander. But someone does – and that someone works at Mitsubishi with a bunch of other someones who describe the Discovery Sport as their “robust, dynamic, prestigious” stretch goal in terms of a rival model. Mere mortals …

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