Vehicle: 2009 Subaru Impreza WRX 265 5-doors
Price as tested: CDN$34895
Performance: When Subaru introduced the current WRX last year, who would have thought they will come out with a more powerful and tigther version of its very likeable performance car.
While all of them are all based on Subaru’s tried-and-true 2.5 liter flat-4 DOHC 16-valve turbocharged engine [...]
Vehicle: 2009 Infiniti M45 Sport
Price as tested: CDN$69800
Performance: There are 2 different powertrains reside underneath M’s bonnet. The base car comes with VQ35DE with 303hp and 268lb/ft of torque. As we have experienced with all M35 that comes standard with ATTETS-AWD, 303hp feels somewhat lacking. However, its the 4.5 liter V8 that is the engine [...]
Vehicle: 2009 Infiniti G37X AWD Sport with Technology Pkg
Price as tested: CDN$51415
Performance: Infiniti vehicles used to have nothing worthy to write home about. Will this ever changed with the introduction of the G37? We will find out after this test drive.
The G37 is basically an upgraded version of the existing G35. As its designation stands, [...]
Vehicle: 2009 Audi A3 2.0T Quattro Sportback S-Tronic with S-Line and Titanium Pkgs
Price as tested: CDN$46400
Performance: The sole powertrains that motivate the A3 are the same lovely 2.0 liter DOHC 16-valve turbocharged engine with direct fuel injection and variable valve timing, or the more powerful 3.2 liter V6 with the same host of advacements. Consider [...]
Vehicle: 2009 Acura TL
Price as tested: CDN$41815
Performance: Beneath TL’s interesting looking body lies a heart of a lion. The new TL is motivated by an exceptional V6, which has 3.5 liters of displacement, along with all the advanced i-VTEC technology combined with SOHC and 24-valves. This engine is anything but. Its not only smooth and [...]
Vehicle: 2009 Mercedes B200 Turbo with Premium Pkg, Sport Pkg, Bi-Xenon headlight Pkg and Entertainment Pkg
Price as tested: CDN$43175
Performance: The B-Class remains available with 2 different powertrains. The base B200 is powered by an uninspiring 2.0 liter DOHC 16-valve 4-cylinder with 134hp and 132 lb/ft of torque. Or you can upgrade to our tester: the [...]
Vehicle: 2009 Lexus IS250 RWD automatic with Sport Pkg
Price as tested: CDN$42950
Performance: The real reason we review the IS series even during this facelift is because Lexus claims its improvements are good enough to dubbed it “all new”. But for us, we want to find out whether IS is enough to challenge its formiddable competitions.
The [...]
Vehicle: 2009 Maserati Gran Turismo S
Price as tested: CDN$136880
Performance: When Gran Turismo first introduced, it was only available with one powertrain. That is an already exceptional 4.2 liter DOHC 32-valve V8 with 405 hp and 339 lb/ft of torque, respectively. Maserati engineers just can’t stop to make a good thing even better. For 2009, GT [...]
Vehicle: 2009 Hyundai Genesis V8 with Technology Pkg
Price as tested: CDN$48995
Performance: Being a high-perfomance sports luxury sedan, its best to have both V6 and V8 as sole engine choices. In Genesis’s case, both of these V6 and V8 are world-class. While the base 3.8 liter DOHC 24-valve V6 with 290hp and 324lb/ft of torque is [...]