September 7, 2006: 2005 Lexus ES330; photo by Bob McHugh. Click image to enlarge By Chris Chase Discuss this story in the forum at CarTalkCanada Find this vehicle in Autos’s Classified Ads The Toyota Camry commands respect for a lot of reasons: it's reliable, roomy and refined, to name a few. But the last thing anyone will ever mistake a Camry for is a luxury car, even in top-line, leather-trimmed XLE ... Read Article

August 31, 2006: 2003 Ford Expedition. Click image to enlarge By Chris Chase Discuss this story in the forum at CarTalkCanada Find this vehicle in Autos’s Classified Ads Like its major competitors, DaimlerChrysler and General Motors, Ford's been building sport utility vehicles (SUVs) since well before anyone had heard that now-ubiquitous term. Chevy's Blazer nameplate survived until quite recently; D... Read Article

August 24, 2006: 2002 Lexus LS430. 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 As recently as the early 1980s, it was inconceivable to many people that a Japanese automaker could ever produce a true luxury car. Indeed, there were many other segments too, such as the sport sedan market that th... Read Article

August 10, 2006: 2003 Mazdaspeed Protege. Click image to enlarge Article by Chris Chase; Photos by Laurance Yap Discuss this story in the forum at CarTalkCanada Find this vehicle in Autos’s Classified Ads Click image to enlarge Mazda has a history, albeit a fairly short one, of selling hopped-up versions of otherwise mainstream cars. The earliest in recent memory were the turbocharged versions... Read Article

August 3, 2006: 2003 Nissan Xterra. Click image to enlarge By Chris Chase Discuss this story in the forum at CarTalkCanada Find this vehicle in Autos’s Classified Ads These days, Nissan is working hard at making a name for themselves as a builder of tough trucks, and if the company's newest generation of brash brutes has proven a little lacking in the reliability department, at least they still look... Read Article

July 27, 2006: 2006 Buick Rendezvous. Click image to enlarge By Chris Chase Discuss this story in the forum at CarTalkCanada Find this vehicle in Autos’s Classified Ads Perhaps "Rendezvous" was an apt name for Buick's new-for-2002 crossover SUV. After all, it looked like the result of a "rendezvous" between a minivan and an SUV that had done a little, uh, "platform sharing." Of course, ... Read Article

July 20, 2006: BMW Z3 M Roadster. Click image to enlarge By Chris Chase In Brit-pop Band Oasis' 1994 tune, Supersonic, singer Liam Gallagher asked, "Can I ride with you in your 'bee-emm-double-you'?" Were it not for the fact that the song was written two years too early, he could have been singing about the BMW Z3 roadster, introduced in 1996. Really, we suppose he could have been singing about any... Read Article

July 13, 2006: 2002 Suzuki Esteem wagon. Click image to enlarge By Chris Chase Discuss this story in the forum at CarTalkCanada Find this vehicle in Autos’s Classified Ads Despite Suzuki's long history - the company has existed since 1909 - it's only been known as a builder of motor vehicles since the early 1950s, when it sold its first motorcycle (though that term is used loosely here, as the 1952... Read Article

July 12, 2006: 1999 Ford F-150 XLT. Click image to enlarge By Chris Chase Discuss this story in the forum at CarTalkCanada Find this vehicle in Autos’s Classified Ads Whatever happened to real trucks? You know, the ones with the utilitarian interiors and simple drive-trains that were built to take a beating and run forever? Sometime in the mid-90s, the definition of 'truck' changed when buyers who ne... Read Article

July 6, 2006: 2003 Pontiac Bonneville. Click image to enlarge By Chris Chase Discuss this story in the forum at CarTalkCanada Find this vehicle in Autos’s Classified Ads The Bonneville name has a long history within Pontiac, first appearing as the name of the 1954 Bonneville Special concept car. In 1957, the nameplate went into production as a high-performance convertible version of the Star Chief... Read Article

June 29, 2006: 2002 Chrysler Concorde. Click image to enlarge By Chris Chase Discuss this story in the forum at CarTalkCanada Find this vehicle in Autos’s Classified Ads When Chrysler's LH sedans - the Chrysler Intrepid, LHS and Concorde and the Eagle Vision - went on sale in 1993 and 1994, they were some of the few cars from Chrysler that weren't derived in some way from the K-Car. The large LH ... Read Article

June 22, 2006: 1993 Toyota Supra. Click image to enlarge By Chris Chase Discuss this story in the forum at CarTalkCanada Find this vehicle in Autos’s Classified Ads Toyota's history as a builder of high-performance cars is a pretty short one. There was the 2000GT in the 60s, the Celica (which was discontinued last year) and the nifty mid-engined MR2. What's interesting about sporty Toyotas, thoug... Read Article

June 15, 2006: 2003 Jaguar XK8 Convertible. Click image to enlarge By Chris Chase Discuss this story in the forum at CarTalkCanada Find this vehicle in Autos’s Classified Ads The late 1980s was an interesting time for fans of smaller European marques like Volvo, Saab and Jaguar. In an effort to expand their respective market shares, General Motors and Ford went on a shopping spree, scooping up th... Read Article