Distance: 967kmDate: 26-27 May, 2023Location: Ontario Up front: BMW makes really sturdy tactile buttons that are satisfying to click and don’t rattle around. Unfortunately, this generation 3-series only has one of those—it’s the steering wheel heater button. The other steering wheel buttons are shiny and reflect too much sunlight, the Read more…
Distance: 2kmLocation: TorontoDate: May 17, 2023 Up front: If you’ve driven any contemporary Ford sedan or crossover like the Escape, the centre console will feel familiar with a rotary dial shifter and a large touchscreen. Admittedly, this tester brought in by a Ford rep has faulty screen software causing lettering Read more…
Distance: 827 kmLocation: Ontario, New YorkDate: April 21-22, 2023 Up front: Whoever bought this car just went through the online checkout and accepted all the stock options—stock rims, stock glossy fake wood panels, and stock interior and exterior colours. It doesn’t feel as luxurious as the competing Mercedes-Benz GLC, but Read more…
Distance: 763kmLocation: SaskatchewanDate: April 6-9, 2023 Up front: I’ve already driven the fully-loaded trim level of the sportier 300S, but this model year is special. After the old Chrysler 300 was discontinued in 1971, it was brought back from the dead in 2004, only to have 2023 become its final Read more…
Distance: 1,082 kmLocation: OntarioDate: 24-25 February, 2023 Up front: I drove the version with a fully-loaded interior equipped with real leather seats, the premium plus package, and 64-color LED interior lighting. This was far from the first Mercedes-Benz product I’ve driven, so I knew exactly what to expect and where Read more…
Distance: 89km Location: Vancouver Date: June 2, 2018 Up front: I’ve been in plenty of same-generation Corollas and I can say that I’d rather drive the Corolla than whatever this is. The little gear shifter on the centre control stack is hard to reach, the seats are terrible, and everything Read more…
Distance: 228km Location: Vancouver Date: July 7, 2018 Up front: The first model year of the drastically updated classic Smart by Mercedes-Benz has more room in the passenger compartment. Elbows no longer bump into each other, the gear shifter is no longer too close to my body, and the windscreen Read more…
Distance: 151km Location: Vancouver, Squamish Date: June 23, 2018 Up front: A hatchback is a hatchback is a hatchback no matter how many features you add onto it. It’s got hatchback space up front, a hatchback layout in the back, and a hatchback shape on the outside. The GLA is Read more…
Distance: 2,008km Location: Switzerland, Italy Date: June 2-7, 2020 Up front: The space and layout of the front row is comparable to the BMW 3-series, it’s in the back where sacrifices are made. The layout is easy to understand and I appreciate the physical gear stick, but the tiptronic transmission Read more…
Distance: 806km Location: Malaysia Date: August 11-16, 2018 Up front: There’s no denying that the BMW X1 is just a glorified 3-series hatchback and its cheapness starts in the front row seats. The leather, though real, feels more mid-grain than top-grain, the second cup holder is tacked on as an Read more…