May 17, 2007: Maybe Saturn was hoping for bigger things when it introduced its first SUV in 2002. Just as this General Motors division hoped that its original compact cars would steal sales from import competitors in the early 1990s, ... Read Article

May 10, 2007: 2005 Mercedes-Benz C230. Click image to enlarge By Chris Chase Discuss this story in the forum at CarTalkCanada The first Mercedes to wear a C-Class badge appeared in 1993, when it replaced the 190 sedan as the company's least expensive model. Dubbed the W202 according to Mercedes' internal platform naming convention, this first C-Class quickly became one of the brand's best-selling... Read Article

May 3, 2007: 2003 GMC Sonoma. Click image to enlarge By Chris Chase Discuss this story in the forum at CarTalkCanada Find this vehicle in Autos’s Classified AdsFind this vehicle in Autos’s Classified Ads Looking for a little springtime pick-me-up? While springtime often awakens the desire for a sports car, homeowners with landscaping on their minds might find an inexpensive used pickup truc... Read Article

April 26, 2007: 2006 Dodge Sprinter. Click image to enlarge By Chris Chase; photos by Grant Yoxon Discuss this story in the forum at CarTalkCanada Find this vehicle in Autos’s Classified Ads What's bigger than a breadbox? If you'd been a guest on the "What's My Line" television show in the 1950s, you likely would have been asked that question. But around here, the better question might be: what ... Read Article

April 18, 2007: 2005 Infiniti G35; photo by Jil McIntosh. Click image to enlarge By Chris Chase Discuss this story in the forum at CarTalkCanada Find this vehicle in Autos’s Classified Ads Fast, reliable and cheap: pick two. For car enthusiasts, this formula is like the number 42 in Douglas Adams' "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". Where that number represents the answer to a ques... Read Article

April 12, 2007: 2003 Saturn Ion sedan. Click image to enlarge By Chris Chase Discuss this story in the forum at CarTalkCanada Find this vehicle in Autos’s Classified Ads General Motors launched its Saturn division in the early 1990s in an attempt to, uh, run rings around the imported models that dominated the compact car market at the time. But after two long generations, the only rings visibl... Read Article

April 5, 2007: 2002 Land Rover Freelander SE. Click image to enlarge By Chris Chase Discuss this story in the forum at CarTalkCanada Of all the car companies to bring out a "cute-ute", Land Rover did just that in 2002 when it launched the Freelander here - about four years after it debuted overseas. Perhaps cute isn't quite the word here, though. While it was smaller and less-powerful th... Read Article

March 22, 2007: 2004 Porsche Cayenne S. Click image to enlarge Review by Chris Chase; photos by Grant Yoxon Discuss this story in the forum at CarTalkCanada Find this vehicle in Autos’s Classified Ads There's no doubt that sport utilities have caused their share of controversy, mainly among those who value fuel efficiency and environmental friendliness above all else in a vehicle. The Porsche Ca... Read Article

March 8, 2007: Mitsubishi seems to be a company on the move these days, as it brings out redesigned and much-improved versions of the vehicles in its current lineup. One of these is the Outlander: for 2007, it gets a new standard V6 en... Read Article

March 1, 2007: 2002 Jaguar XJR. Click image to enlarge By Chris Chase Discuss this story in the forum at CarTalkCanada Find this vehicle in Autos’s Classified Ads Jaguar's XJ sedan is one of the British marques' most recognizable cars, with styling that hasn't changed much in almost three decades. That's a good thing, though, as the XJ is widely considered to be one of the loveliest luxury seda... Read Article

February 22, 2007: 2003 Subaru Forester; photo by Laurance Yap. Click image to enlarge By Chris Chase; photos by Laurance Yap and Grant Yoxon Discuss this story in the forum at CarTalkCanada Find this vehicle in Autos’s Classified Ads Finding that one 'do-it-all' car is tough. Pick a fun car, and it'll have a tiny back seat and no trunk, while that practical choice offers no driving satisfaction wh... Read Article

February 17, 2007: 1994 Mazda MX-6 LS By Jeremy Cato Too bad about the Mazda MX-6 Mystere. When it was last re-invented for the 1993 model year it became one of the more elegant coupes of the decade. Yet flagging sales doomed it to the land of discontinued models. But if you're in the used market looking for a stylish two-door with good performance and above average reliability, the MX-6 is worth a lo... Read Article

February 4, 2007: You could say 2005 was a "big" year for Chrysler. That was the model year that saw the return of rear-wheel drive to the automaker's car line-up, in the form of the Dodge Magnum wagon and its sedan-bodied platform mates,... Read Article