March 18, 2001: 1999 Corvette Coupe. Click image to enlarge By Jeremy Cato Chevrolet took the wraps off a kinder, more gentle Corvette for the 1997 model year. Also one much better built, more powerful and as comfortable as any sports car able to go from 0-100 km an hour in less than five seconds. Back in January of 1997, when Corvette chief engineer Dave Hill took the wraps off this new Corvette, ... Read Article

March 18, 2001: 2001 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP Special EditionClick image to enlarge By Jeremy Cato The re-made 1997 Grand Prix started Pontiac back down the road to recapturing the essence of what it was in the '60s and '70s. It was a welcome correction. Pontiac took a horribly wrong turn in the '80s, transforming the once sexy and powerful Grand Prix into a boxy people-hauler focused more on fuel ec... Read Article

March 18, 2001: 2001 Chevrolet VentureClick image to enlarge By Jeremy Cato No doubt about it, for the 1997 model year General Motors (finally) became a serious player in the kidmobile game. Unfortunately, it took the General twelve years to figure out that minivan owners want pure practicality and functionality. So for '97, gone was the dust-buster nose of GM's previous minivans. The latter's shape... Read Article

March 18, 2001: 2000 Nissan Frontier Desert RunnerClick image to enlarge By Jeremy Cato Nissan made a small mistake when the time came to launch the new Frontier compact pickup as a 1998 replacement for the previous Hardbody: that year there was no V6 engine available. The following year, the V6 (170 horsepower) arrived for the 1999 model year and Nissan has been on something of a power binge ever si... Read Article

March 18, 2001: 1999 Oldsmobile Alero Coupe. Click image to enlarge By Jeremy Cato When it arrived in the fall of 1998, the 1999 Oldsmobile Alero was clearly the best affordable car from General Motors Corporation in a generation. The Alero, which replaced the underachieving Achieva in the Olds lineup, has since launch day come in both coupe and sedan from. As such, this too-often overlooked model is ve... Read Article

February 24, 2001: The Corollas that Toyota made from 1993-1997 have proven to be excellent little commuter cars, but initially they weren't good enough for Toyota. You can see this for yourself. Scan the Buyer's Alerts and you'll come a... Read Article

February 20, 2001: 2001 Toyota Camry, Click image to enlarge By Bob McHugh A redesigned 2002 Toyota Camry has just arrived in Toyota showrooms, so it's a good time to do a used car review of the recently retired generation. The Camry first entered the Canadian market back in 1983 and is considered by some as the "Maytag" of the auto industry. The appliance inference is probably unfair, but there's no do... Read Article

February 20, 2001: 2001 Toyota 4RunnerClick image to enlarge Toyota first introduced the 4Runner sport-utility vehicle back in 1984, but in those days it really was little more than pickup truck with a covered back seat and just two front doors. Through the years, Toyota has made plenty of running improvements -independent front suspension in '86, a new 3.0-litre V6 in '88 - but the full-scale major re-m... Read Article

February 19, 2001: 1999 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS Coupe, Photo courtesy home.att.net/~jebaru/. Click image to enlarge By Jeremy Cato Subaru's Impreza 2.5RS rally-inspired all-wheel-drive coupe arrived in 1998, standing out with its flashy gold wheels, ground effects, hood scoop, vents and big rear wing. The 2.5RS coupe continued until 2001 and during that time it did its job in helping rebuild Subaru's image. S... Read Article

February 19, 2001: 2000 Saturn SW2. Click image to enlarge By Bob McHugh Saturn is an autonomous and relatively new division of General Motors, established in 1991. A unique small car design, a no-dicker pricing strategy and a heavy emphasis on customer service were key elements of the new Saturn business philosophy. In Canada, Saturn's are sold through GM's import oriented Saturn, Saab Isuzu dealershi... Read Article

February 19, 2001: 1999 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am convertibleClick image to enlarge On a scale of 1-10, the raw performance of the most recent Pontiac Firebird has to be worth at least a 9.0 or better. Unfortunately, on the quality front, the Firebird (and its Chevrolet sibling, the Camaro) only gets a 6.5, maybe worse. So, folks, we're talking about a fast, fun-to-drive two-door coupe and convertible... Read Article

February 18, 2001: 1999 Nissan Quest. Click image to enlarge. Those looking for a nifty-in-traffic used minivan should put the Nissan Quest on their shopping list. Launched in 1993 and substantially improved for the 1999 model year, the Quest has a wheelbase of 2,850 millimetres, or 112.2 inches. That means it's not big enough to rule the minivan realm -- not when judged on size alone against such rival... Read Article

February 18, 2001: 1998 Nissan Altima GXEClick image to enlarge By Jeremy Cato The all-new 2002 Nissan Altima is hitting showrooms as we speak. Among the many changes is an available 240-horsepower V6 engine. Wow, that's a load of power for a family car of this sort. Certainly that's more jump than the 150 horsepower available with the 1998 Altima. That year Nissan launched a re-made, second-generation Al... Read Article