Archive for January, 2010
Posted on January 31st, 2010 by by vwaudia4
Vehicle: 2010 Land Rover LR4 with HSE Luxury Pkg (7-seater) and Heavy Duty Pkg
Price as tested: CDN$73560
Performance: The new LR-V8 is sourced from its sister company, Jaguar’s AJ-V8, as both Jaguar and Land Rover are under the India’s Tata umberlla. That isn’t come as a surprise as sharing engine is the way of saving costs [...]
Posted on January 24th, 2010 by by vwaudia4
Vehicle: 2010 Subaru Outback 2.5i Limited Package
Price as tested: CDN$35795
Performance: Starting on 4th generation of Legacy, the only wagon bodystyle available is the Outback. Regular Legacy wagon is no longer available as Subaru thinks it doesn’t have enough demand to justify its existence in the marketplace. The subject of our test drive is the new [...]
Posted on January 18th, 2010 by by vwaudia4
Vehicle: 2010 Porsche Panamera Turbo with 18-way adapative sports seats with memory pkg and Park Assist
Price as tested: CDN$158810
Performance: When it comes to building performance car, Porsche is no stranger to anyone else. The Panamera, however, is Porsche’s first foray into the Porsche sedan segment. A great performance sedan has to begin with a great [...]
Posted on January 15th, 2010 by by vwaudia4
Vehicle: 2010 VW Jetta Wolfsberg edition with 6-speed DSG and rear side airbags
Price as tested: CDN$27275
When VW redesigned the Golf for 2010, its platform stablemate Jetta continues to sail with the outgoing Mk5 platform. Jetta’s latest Wolfsberg is the latest addition to VW’s best-selling car in North America.
Back in 2008, we gave Jetta GLI “Best [...]
Posted on January 11th, 2010 by by vwaudia4
Vehicle: 2010 Ford Transit Connect XLT Wagon with rear parking sensors
Price as tested: CDN$30049
Interior: Since Ford’s Transit Connect is a different kind of cargo mover, instead of reviewing what are the nuts and bolts of its performance. We begin our review with Transit’s cargo space.
With all the seats fold down, Transit’s completely flat cargo space [...]
Posted on January 8th, 2010 by by vwaudia4
Vehicle: 2010 Chevrolet Malibu LS
Price as tested: CDN$25345
Total mileage of the entire test: 650km
Fuel economy: 9 liters per 100km (70% city/30% urban cycle)
If there is one GM product that is able to challenge the best of Japanese’s domination in the mid-size segment, Malibu is definitely the one. Chevrolet has made no bones that everything else [...]
Posted on January 4th, 2010 by by vwaudia4
Vehicle: 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour EX-L 4WD Navi
Price as tested: CDN$40450
Performance: Considering the Crosstour weights at 2 tons, it doesn’t come as a surprise its lack of a 4-cylinder available. That’s despite the fact that Honda’s 2.4 liter i-VTEC 4-cylinder has more than enough to move Crosstour off adequately with 200 ponies. With the only [...]