Most Canadians won't know this, but we were first to get the Chevy Trax. It arrived here in December of 2012 as a 2013 model, and immediately became the bestselling subcompact SUV in Canada with 7,013 units sold throughout the 2013 calendar year. Our friends to the south couldn't access it until December of 2014, two years later, after which it immediately jumped up to second place with 63,030 sales throughout calendar year 2015, only beaten by the bestselling Buick Encore.
Yes, it's impressive to think that General Motors, an automaker once associated with large as a barge American iron, isn't just outselling the imports and domestics alike in the fast-growing subcompact SUV segment, but downright slaughtering all competitors with last year's Trax and Encore sales combining for 130,579 units in the U.S. compared to just 60,946 for the next bestselling Jeep Renegade (even if you include seven months of new Fiat 500X sales, which shares the Renegades platform, the total only climbs Read Full Story
News & Reviews- Month: April 2016
2016 Rolls-Royce Wraith Road Test Review
I've been writing about automobiles for the past two decades, and part of the turf of being an auto writer is to field questions from the masses about the cars I've driven over the years. Be it at a bar, networking function or other social gathering, the question of "How much is too much?" always arises when I speak about driving an uber luxury car.
"I would never pay $300,000 for an automobile," some will say, or in the case of the Bugatti Veyron, a cool $2 million. Folks really flipped on that one.
But here's the reality people – in today's industry, you pretty much get what you pay for. The Bugatti Veyron is a sixteen-cylinder, four turbo, four wastegate, 1,001 horsepower supercar. Is it worth $2 mil? If I were of serious means I'd probably do a Floyd Mayweather and buy several.
In the "reality" price zone, Lexus' cars are among my favourites. They are reliable, luxurious and hold their value like a gold coin. But put one on a racetrack with a BMW, Read Full Story
"I would never pay $300,000 for an automobile," some will say, or in the case of the Bugatti Veyron, a cool $2 million. Folks really flipped on that one.
But here's the reality people – in today's industry, you pretty much get what you pay for. The Bugatti Veyron is a sixteen-cylinder, four turbo, four wastegate, 1,001 horsepower supercar. Is it worth $2 mil? If I were of serious means I'd probably do a Floyd Mayweather and buy several.
In the "reality" price zone, Lexus' cars are among my favourites. They are reliable, luxurious and hold their value like a gold coin. But put one on a racetrack with a BMW, Read Full Story
2016 Lincoln MKX 2.7 EcoBoost V6 AWD Reserve Road Test Review
If you want to know what a given luxury brand's best-selling vehicle is, more often than not it's their mid-size five-passenger crossover SUV, if they have one. It doesn't matter whether we're talking about Lexus, Cadillac, Porsche or no doubt Maserati when it's new Levante soon arrives on the market, and it has certainly been true for Lincoln and its MKX. That is until the MKC hit town.
The MKC is Lincoln's very competent compact crossover SUV based on the already excellent Ford Escape. Last year the MKC edged the MKX out to claim top spot in the luxury brand's pecking order with 2,970 delivered across Canada compared to 2,900 for the larger CUV, but this will likely settle back to status quo now that the all-new MKX is here and pent-up demand for a smaller Lincoln CUV is fulfilled. In fact, we've already seen signs of normalization with the MKX back in the lead after the first two months of 2016, with 433 down the road compared to 309 for the newer model.
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The MKC is Lincoln's very competent compact crossover SUV based on the already excellent Ford Escape. Last year the MKC edged the MKX out to claim top spot in the luxury brand's pecking order with 2,970 delivered across Canada compared to 2,900 for the larger CUV, but this will likely settle back to status quo now that the all-new MKX is here and pent-up demand for a smaller Lincoln CUV is fulfilled. In fact, we've already seen signs of normalization with the MKX back in the lead after the first two months of 2016, with 433 down the road compared to 309 for the newer model.
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