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2019 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 First Drive Review

Carrol Shelby’s legacy is not only alive and well but it’s evolving. The new 2019 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 is pure Shelby but now fully adapted for 21st Century expectations. It’s almost hard to believe that the almighty track-focused Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 had to be tweaked in order to meet customer desires. Yes, my friends, even a Shelby Mustang needs ...

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First road test 2019 Mazda MX-5

Toronto, ON. The story of the Mazda Miata is an unlikely one. A little over forty years ago, someone said that a carmaker should build an inexpensive British-type sports car. Fast forward a decade or so and success was almost instantaneous. At a time, small sports car, convertibles and roadsters especially, were all but dead. There was no reason to ...

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Ford to cut all cars save for two

Ford Logo

This is big news. Ford CEO Jim Hackett said that they will not bring or give the Taurus, Fiesta, Fusion, C-Max and Focus sedans a next generation in North America. While we agree with all but the Fiesta, know that the Mustang will remain. A new addition will be the Chinese-built Focus Active crossover. This is all part of Ford’s “fitness” initiative ...

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The Brief: 2018 Infiniti Q50 Red Sport 400

2018 Infiniti Q50 RedSport

Buy it, de-badge it, kill’em all Funny story where I almost rear-ended someone shortly after I left the lot with the Red Sport…  I knew this thing was quick. I was aware of its 400-horsepower twin-turbo 3.0-litre V6 but I wasn’t expecting that a gentle flirt with the throttle pedal would activate launch-control. Every. Single. Time. Seriously, it’s been a ...

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