Picture Gallery: 2007 Mini Cooper S

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The Mini Cooper S: the epitome of small car fun, with the gusto to match. The movie the Italian Job made the Mini Cooper famous; its sports car-like handling, go kart-like feel and great looks have made it into a success. I’m sure my life is not nearly as interesting as Charlie Croker’s or Stella Bridger’s but I’ll try to put the Mini through its paces just the same. More…

Picture Gallery: 2007 Volvo C30 T5

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Today was one the most hectic days I have had in a while. I was a little distracted when I picked up this week’s car — the Volvo C30; I got in and headed straight to my regular day job without even really taking a close look at the car. I had a few errands to run after work which kept me distracted as well. More…

Picture Gallery: 2007 Porsche Cayman

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Having driven the Targa 4S only a few weeks ago, I had the rare opportunity to come to my own conclusions on the new Cayman platform in comparison to Porsche’s historic 911 architecture this weekend as I spent almost all of it inside the new Cayman. More…

Picture Gallery: 2007 Porsche 911 Targa 4S

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This is my second foray into the lush world of German sports cars, but the first time I get to spend the next 4 days living the life of someone with more money than I can imagine. Loaded up with a good number of the options from the Porsche catalogue, my Targa 4S test model is one extraordinary machine. More…

Picture Gallery: 2007 Subaru Legacy spec.B

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Welcome back from the holidays. I hope all my readers had a good holiday; I certainly did, but it’s time to get back to work, which means another vehicle to testdrive. I’ve been looking forward to testing this week’s vehicle, the Subaru Legacy 2.5GT spec.B. This will be an extended drive as I will be taking it with me to the Detroit auto show this coming weekend. More…

Picture Gallery: 2007 Lexus IS350

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You know, I really enjoy this gig I’ve got going here, especially when I step out of something like the Acura RDX (which was a fantastic little CUV) and into something even more fantastic: the Lexus IS350. Stepping out of the ordinary and into the extraordinary is something I am getting used to and loving. More…

Picture Gallery: 2007 Pontiac G6 Convertible

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I was walking through the greenhouses at Ottawa’s Carleton University, checking out an exotic butterfly exhibit, when it occurred to me that these fragile creatures could have been inspiration for the concept of the hardtop convertible. More…

Picture Gallery: 2007 Volkswagen Jetta GLI

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Shame on me; I have never really been up on my Volkswagen model designations. Of course, I know what a GTI is, but when told I was going to be driving the GLI Jetta this week, I was in the dark as to what exactly the GLI was. I tried looking it up on the VW website to no avail; it still doesn’t exist according to www.vw.ca. To my surprise, I see Laurance Yap’s First Drive on CanadianDriver and realize it is essentially the GTI of the Jetta line-up! More…

2007 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder Photo Gallery

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Well, better late then never, as they say. This week I get to cruise around in the 2007 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder GT-P. Although the weather has turned a little on the nippy side here in Ottawa, I’m sure I’ll manage to enjoy some top down driving throughout the week. More…

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Lamborghini has announced that they may start production of their modern redendition of their legendary Miura. The Miura was unveiled at the Detroit AutoShow early January. Originally it was stated it was a concept only, but a lot of enthusiasm was generated after the unveiling coaxing Lamborghini to look into the possibility of making this car a reality.

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