3-day long-term test drive: Toyota Prius Special Edition Premium
Price as tested: CDN$32530
Total mileage through the test: 400km
The Prius has always been considered as the high water mark of all what all hybrids are judged. I have driven Prius a couple of times in the last couple of years, however, this is the only time that [...]
Vehicle: 2009 Subaru Forester 2.5XT Limited
Price as tested: CDN$34895
Performance: As with its predecessor, the new Forester is powered by both a turbo and normally aspirated horizontally opposed 4-cylinder engines. Both engines feature DOHC, 16-valve. On the normally aspirated version, it features an intelligent active valvelift system while turbocharged version just use a standard type. While [...]
Vehicle: 2008 BMW M3 Coupe with Executive Pkg, M Drive Pkg and high gloss shadow line
Price as tested: CDN$81695
Performance: After a decade with the lengendary straight-6 powertrain in E36 and E46 generations of M3s, BMW decided its time to opt for V8 to challenge the best compact supersedans which have the similar powertrain layout. The [...]
Vehicle: 2008 BMW X6 xDrive35i with Rear Climate Pkg, Premium Sound Pkg, Sport Pkg, Activity Pkg, Premium Pkg and Technology Pkg
Price as tested: CDN$75900
Performance: Because of X6’s performance sport utility “coupe” status, BMW has to offer it 2 different twin-turbo engines to match its billing. But during the initial launch, BMW only introduces the [...]
Vehicle: 2009 Acura TSX Premium with automatic
Price as tested: CDN$39225
Performance: Before Acura introduces the 2.2 liter i-DTEC diesel engine sometimes next year, TSX is currently powered by one engine. Its the same 2.4 liter 4-cylinder 16-valve DOHC i-VTEC that has been widely praised in the outgoing model. Even though the hp has been dropped from [...]