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Text / Images: Iain ShanklandLast week we had the opportunity to drive the amazing Genesis Coupe V-6 GT. This week we drive the 4-door version - same engine, but an automatic instead of a manual transmission. So is this a 4-door on steroids or a completely different car altogether? Surprisingly, there seems to be no correlation between the two vehicles - apart from sharing an engine and the name, you'd think these cars weren't even related.First ImpressionsThe Genesis sedan was voted The North A
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01.12.2010
Text / Images: Iain ShanklandLast week we had the opportunity to drive the amazing Genesis Coupe V-6 GT. This week we drive the 4-door version - same engine, but an automatic instead of a manual transmission. So is this a 4-door on
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01.12.2010
Text / Images: Iain Shankland
If you've been reading any of my reviews over the past few months, you might remember that my wife and I are in the middle of a large conundrum: we need a new car to replace her Mazda5, but we have no idea what we wa
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25.08.2010
Text / Images: Iain Shankland
Our summer quest for a new vehicle continues this week with the Kia Soul 4u SX. Although we drove the Soul a short while ago, we decided to re-visit it as a potential purchase after we saw the SX version at the auto show b
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10.08.2010
Text / Images: Iain Shankland
Over the past ten years or so, Hyundai have been proving they are a force to be reckoned with. Many nay-sayers thought Hyundai could never go up against sports cars like the iconic Ford Mustang, Dodge Challenger and
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29.07.2010
Text / Images: Iain Shankland
It's been a couple of years since I last drove a RAV4, but to be honest I don't remember a thing about it... Toyota gave it a redesign with numerous upgrades for the 2009 model year, so I thought I'd give it another go. O
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21.07.2010
Road Test: 2010 Text: Iain Shankland / Images: Iain Shankland / BMW
BMW are going into a whole new territory with the all-new 5 Series Gran Turismo. Instead of the familiar 4-door sedan, they are combining it with a genuine rear hatch to
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13.07.2010
Text / Images: Iain Shankland
It's been a number of years since I last drove a Fusion. For the 2010 model year Ford have re-designed it from the ground up, so it was definitely time to put the new one through its paces. I liked the f
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29.06.2010
Text: Iain Shankland / Images: Acura“The all-new 2010 Acura ZDX is a crossover utility vehicle with the design of a personal sports coupe. With the appearance of a performance coupe and the four-door convenience of a sedan and the utility of a
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22.06.2010
(Summer Car Safety For Man’s Best Friend - Part 2Text & Images: Iain ShanklandYou Wouldn’t Wear A Fur Coat Into A Sauna – So Why Would You Leave Your Dog In A Parked Car?Now that you’ve recently had your eyes opened to dangers of flying dogs in moving cars, (Man’s Best Friend – Shouldn’t He Wear A Seatbelt Too?) I
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11.06.2010
Text: Iain Shankland / Images: AcuraSomething happened this week that has never happened before… usually it takes many months and 30-35 cars before “my new favourite” is replaced by another “new favourite car.” Last w
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02.06.2010
Text & Images: Iain ShanklandEvery day, people all over the world load their dogs into their vehicles. The trip could be short, or long, to the vet or off to the local park for a bit of exercise. People take their dogs everywhere - they visit friends,
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19.05.2010
Text: Iain Shankland / Images: Toyota Unless you've been living under a rock for the past 6 months or so, you already know all about the problems and media-induced panic that has been attached to Toyota v
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05.05.2010
Text: Iain Shankland / Images: Acura/Honda
When I last drove the Acura RL several years ago, I absolutely loved the styling, however, while I liked it, there were too many niggly things that left me somewhat disappointed. With an All-new RL for 2010 I
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13.04.2010
Text: Iain Shankland / Images: Honda
The Honda Crosstour is the first of several new vehicles that will be popping up in the coming months that are all quite similar. There’s the BMW 5 Series Grand Turismo, the Acura ZDX, one from Audi, and a couple of
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09.04.2010
Road Test: 2010 Text: Iain Shankland / Images: Iain Shankland & VolvoIt’s been a while since I’ve driven a Volvo CUV, so when the opportunity came up to take the all-new XC60 for a week I jumped at the chance. I’d eyeballed the
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03.04.2010
Road Test: Text / Images: Iain Shankland
The last time I drove the full-size Dodge Ram, I had a hard time climbing into the cab because it was so far off the ground. Since the Dodge Ram 1500 was completely re-designed for the 2009 model year
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24.03.2010
Road Test: Text / Images: Iain Shankland
It’s been a couple of years since I last drove the Lexus RX hybrid. It was so outstanding my wife and I wanted to trade our first-born for one.. too bad we only had a chinchilla to trade.For the
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18.03.2010
Road Test Text: Iain Shankland / Images: Iain & Gail Shankland (BMW - car pictures)
This week’s road test is actually a holiday test… we spent a week in Germany and what better vehicle could there be to drive around in than a BMW? The road t
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09.03.2010
Road Test: Text / Images: Iain ShanklandThe Toyota Venza appears at a time when we’re inundated by CUV’s (Crossover Utility Vehicles) of all shapes and sizes. So it begs the question: Do w
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04.03.2010
Text & Images: Iain Shankland When my wife first laid her eyes on the Kia Soul at the auto show, right then and there she wanted one. I was intrigued, but not overly thrilled at owning one (I don’t have a vehicle of my own –
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28.02.2010
Text & Images: Iain Shankland
Well it had to happen… sooner or later I had to get a Prius to test drive for a week. I’ve driven all kinds of hybrids over the years, but I’ve always managed to avoid the mother of all pretentious-tree-huggi
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10.02.2010
Text & Images: Iain Shankland
I last drove the Edge back in April of 2007 and I quite liked it. I wasn’t really setting out to request another road test with it, but Ford suggested I give the Edge Sport a try. It had that one thing going for it … the designation &l
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04.02.2010
Text & Images: Iain Shankland
It’s been a year or two since I’ve taken a full-size pickup truck for a road test. With the Ford F-150 being all-new in 2009 and having major improvements over the 2008, I thought it would be a good time to test one. S
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21.01.2010
Road Tes by Iain Shankland / Images: Mitsubishi / Iain Shankland
Sweaty palms, shortness of breath and a racing heartbeat. I didn’t know it yet but I had fallen in love. That was the first few seconds of my experience behind the wheel of the 20
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13.01.2010
Road Test: 2010 by Iain Shankland / Images: Mitsubishi & Iain Shankland
While the base Lancer without the lower body kit and rear wing is no dog, the GTS adds enough looks and pizzazz to make it a far more attractive car. But it’s not just different in the looks department - for 2009 the GTS got a bigger engine and therefore becomes a completely differen
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06.01.2010
Road Test 2010 Text & Images: Iain Shankland
The first time I actually got to see the Flex in person was at the 2008 Canadian International Auto Show. Superstar designer Chip Foose was introducing his version of the Flex along with the Foose F-150
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29.12.2009
Road Test: 2009 Text & Images: Iain ShanklandThe last time I drove a Jeep Wrangler was many years ago – back when they were called either a TJ or a YJ. They were bouncy and a little primitive to say the least. Other adjectives you could use to describe the
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22.12.2009
Road Test by Iain Shankland / Images: Mitsubishi / Gail & Iain Shankland
I first saw the iCar at the Toronto Auto Show in February 2009. At the time the president of Mitsubishi Canada was telling the auto journalist crowd that he was rooting f
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17.12.2009
Road Test Special: Text: Iain Shankland / Images: Iain Shankland & Ford
While Ford was encouraging us to put the Fiesta through its paces, they took the opportunity to showcase a couple of their new safety items. Last week we covered the ingenio
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09.12.2009
Road Test Special by Iain Shankland / Images: Ford
While Ford were encouraging us to put the Fiesta through its paces, they also took the opportunity to demonstrate a couple of their “exciting” new features that when I first heard abou
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02.12.2009
Road Test Text & Images: Iain Shankland
This review is almost a part 2, and more of an up-date - as opposed to a full-blown Road Test. Last week I covered the mid-range Nitro SLT and I loved it. This review is based on the top level R/T which has a bigg
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26.11.2009
Road Test Text Iain Shankland / Images: Iain & Gail Shankland
When I saw the Dodge Nitro at the Toronto International Auto Show a couple of years ago, and I thought it was a great-looking truck in a manly sort of way. I knew right away it would be the kind of
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19.11.2009
Road Test Special by Iain Shankland / Images: Iain & Gail Shankland and Ford
Ford is the only one of the “Big Three” that didn’t declare bankruptcy and they didn’t go crawling to the U.S. and Cana
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12.11.2009
Road Test: Text / Images: Iain Shankland
Toyota trucks have been known worldwide for years as being indestructible. If you’ve ever seen the BBC TV show Top Gear, then you’ll know how much abuse the Toyota can take and still live to drive home. They&
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05.11.2009
We Take the 2009 Toyota Camry Hybrid On A Summer Holiday To Get The AnswerText & Images: Iain Shankland
A couple of years ago I drove a Toyota Camry hybrid on an extended run of a whirl-wind trip from Niagara Falls to the Road America Racetrack in
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29.10.2009
Road Test:Text & Images: Iain ShanklandHaving driven the C30 T5 a couple of years ago and loved it, I couldn’t pass up the unique opportunity to drive another while on a business trip/vacation in California. The manual transmission in the C30 T5 is one of the sweetest and slickest gearboxes available; however, since probably 90% of these car
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22.10.2009
Road Test Text & Images: Iain Shankland
A couple of years ago I had the opportunity to drive the Daytona Charger. It was bright Orange and turned out to be a head-turner for people of all ages – men and women, kids and dogs. When Chrys
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17.10.2009
Transform a Dingy Garage into Dual-Purpose Space - For a Car and a Portrait StudioRecently my wife and I faced the daunting task of finding a more appropriate space to call home for our portrait photography business. Needing to keep overhead to a minim
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16.10.2009
Road Test: 2009 MINI Cooper S ClubmanText & Images: Iain ShanklandHaving grown up in the UK, the Mini has always been an integral part of the roadscape to me. From the familiar and traditional 2-door version to a station wagon (Clubm
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