November 11, 2004: 2001 Honda Odyssey EX. Photos: Honda. Click image to enlarge By Grant Yoxon When Honda set out to replace the Odyssey minivan for the 1999 model year, its goal was not simply to improve what it had, but to build the best engineered minivan in North America. Not only did Honda succeed, but the Canadian-built Odyssey became the standard by which all other minivans would be measured. ... Read Article

October 23, 2004: 1992 Nissan Maxima SE By Jeremy Cato Ed is a 33-year-old accountant and like all good family men he has his Walter Mitty moments. Ed, you see, is a responsible guy with a wife, three kids, a mortgage and a dog. His own kids, by the way, are supplemented by a stream of young neighbors who parade through the house after school and during summer holidays. (You should know that Ed's wife,... Read Article

February 24, 2004: 2004 Nissan Sentra. Click image to enlarge Used Vehicle Review:Nissan Sentra - 2000-2004 By Chris Chase "Nice" isn't a word used to describe something that stands out in a crowd, which is why it's the perfect word to describe the 2001-2004 Nissan Sentra. Introduced in 2000 as a 2001 model, this was the fifth generation of Nissan bearing the Sentra nameplate, which has existed si... Read Article

February 19, 2004: 1990 Subaru Legacy AWD In late 1989, when I first set eyes on the car that would eventually replace the Subaru Loyale, I said to myself, "This 1990 Legacy can't be a Subaru. It's so normal, so suburban. There's nothing oddball or quirky about this car at all. Obviously, it can't be a Subaru. Must be a Toyota, or a Honda or a Mazda or a Nissan or...or something, anything but a Subaru." By J... Read Article

February 19, 2004: 1994 Pontiac Sunbird By Jeremy Cato The Pontiac Sunbird and its Chevrolet twin the Cavalier were first introduced in 1982 and together they've been top sellers in Canada and the U.S. for the better part of two decades. Why? Reasonable pricing and easy availability have been two key reasons, for in other areas neither of these models from 1990-94 were as technically sophisticated and... Read Article

February 18, 2004: Nissan Sentra By Jeremy Cato They're kind of boxy and bland looking, though, not offensive in any way. Still, if you want a generally reliable, affordable and fuel efficient older grocery getter, a Nissan Sentra from the early 1990s is a good bet. Nissan revised the Sentra for the 1991 model year (another remake came in 1995), offering a lineup of two- and four-door sedans. These cars... Read Article

February 17, 2004: 1994 Mazda Protégé DX Looking for an older and affordable a small sedan, a second car, maybe a runabout for the teenage kids? Something not too powerful, but pretty reliable and roomy, perhaps? Put the Mazda Protégé of 1990-94 on your shopping list. This model was introduced in 1990 as the four-door sedan version of Mazda's 323 hatchback. Both were redesig... Read Article

September 20, 2003: 2002 Volkswagen Passat GLS 4Motion wagon. Click image to enlarge By Jeremy Cato For Volkswagen, Syncro became 4Motion in 2000. The term Syncro, which referred to all-wheel drive VWs in the past, turned out to be a cold, obscure word that failed to click with customers. The word 4Motion was invented as a more warm and fuzzy way to describe all-wheel drive. Interestingly, the 4Motion an... Read Article

July 23, 2003: Volvo S80 (2004 2.5 AWD model shown). Photo: G. Yoxon. Click image to enlarge By Bob McHugh Without a doubt, the best looking Volvo sedan ever, the S80 was a major styling shift for the Swedish auto maker. A luxury-class sports sedan the S80 is designed to compete with the likes of the BMW 5 Series, Mercedes-Benz E-Class and Audi A6. And a canny car shopper can pick up a good used 1999 ... Read Article

July 22, 2003: 1989 Volkswagen Cabriolet By Bob McHugh Summer is the worst time of the year to buy a convertible, if you're looking for a bargain. The weather is hot, the convertible tops are down, and just about everybody is envious of that carefree, hair blowing in the wind, cool dude behind the wheel. The convertible version of VW's successor to the Beetle, known in North America as the R... Read Article

July 12, 2003: 1992 Mercury Topaz LTS Let's not go so far as to call the Topaz a gem of a used car, but this older Mercury runabout won't raise the temperature of your budgetary discussions, either. Puns aside, The Topaz - and its Ford twin, the Tempo - were Ford's mainstream compact entries from 1984 until the Mercury Mystique and Ford Contour arrived as replacements for the 1995 model year. They ra... Read Article

July 2, 2003: 2003 Toyota Prius. Click image to enlarge By Jeremy Cato Here's what I said about the first-generation Toyota Prius back in 1999: "The Toyota Camry may be the best-selling car in North America, but it is the Toyota Prius (Pree-us) that defines the company in that it is a typically efficient Toyota solution to a variety of vexing automotive problems." Oh, so true. Next month Toyota wi... Read Article

March 20, 2003: by Bob McHugh 2000 Ford Focus. Click image to enlarge An imaginative design that was also very practical, the year 2000 Ford Focus was a trend-setting small car - for a new millennium. Its taller-than-average body has raised seating that takes advantage of new-found inner space. This also makes getting in and out of a Focus easier than most and the "Control Blade" rear suspension offers ... Read Article