About a year ago, when General Motors launched the Chevy Camaro in the middle of the biggest crisis in the company’s history, and in a very poor overall economy, one may not have been surprised to see such a niche product, a car which does not exactly fit into the current…

For 2010, the Porsche 911 Turbo has been redesigned to ensure that it is armed with the equipment to compete with the swollen ranks of high performance offerings that are now vying for the attention of wealthy enthusiasts. The car’s overall styling has been updated, but the big news is under the hood…

General Motors is clearly positioning the Cadillac CTS line against the luxury sedans from Europe’s top auto makers, who have all long embraced the station wagon as the best solution to the need for extra space without getting into larger, less efficient vehicles. Ironically, in the last decade…

Over the last several years, Ford has been essentially a truck company, with cars like the Mustang and Fusion available, too. The B- and C-class small car segments have not had a big Ford presence, the most-recent Focus compact not being the most stylish or modern…

There has been some discussion as to just what to call the new Honda Accord Crosstour. Some, including Honda, call it a CUV, as in crossover. Others think it is nothing more than an Accord hatchback or station wagon, neither being a description…

n the last issue, we left off in the village of Gletsch, a small cluster of inns and residences sandwiched beneath two breathtaking valley walls, one containing the Grimsel pass we had just come off, the other with the intimidating sight of the Furka Pass…

The MyKey system is a new technology that Ford developed to allow parents of teenagers to encourage them to drive safely. The system can be programmed by the parent through the vehicle message centre. When the key is inserted into the ignition, the system reads the transponder chip in the…

What do you get when you mix a Carrera GT with a Boxster Spyder, a hybrid and Porsche’s race-winning RS Spyder? One of the coolest concepts we’ve ever laid eyes on. After unveiling a hybrid version of its 911 GT3 race car, Porsche offered up this tasty beauty at the Geneva Auto Show…

The year was 1980 and Finnish rally driver Hannu Mikkola was sitting on the starting line of the Janner Rally in Austria, at the wheel of a car that would change the face of both motorsport and the performance car – the Audi Quattro. This was the first time an AWD car would be associated with a motorsport event…

Some of the transporters and support vehicles that carried and supported those racing cars of the same period have fetched some staggering sums of money also. One in particular that comes to mind is a derelict 1966 Fiat cab overused by the Ferrari racing team for 15 years…