Nokian zLINE A/S: Nokian makes an all-season tire?

Nokian zLINE tyres

It’s terrible for me to admit that I was not aware that Nokian, one of the world’s oldest tire makers, produces and sells an all-season tire, sorry, tyre. To find out if I was alone or had been living under a rock for too long, I asked a number of industry people including some tire guys about it. Although all ...

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Quick Review: 2018 MINI Countryman S E

Big price, medium fun, small returns I’ve shown lots of tough love for recent MINI products and I think it was and still is warranted. The moment MINI returned to Canada more than 15 years ago, I was enthralled, and excited. My first “new” MINI experiences were incredible but that quickly changed. The first Countryman I reviewed was a manual ...

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Toyota unveils all-new 2019 Corolla Hatchback

2019 Toyota Corolla Hatchback

Announced today, the new 2019 Toyota Corolla Hatchback that we will see for the first time next week at the New York International Auto Show means the end of the Corolla IM, and by the same token the association that still existed with Scion which disappeared in 2016. The Corolla IM, previously the Scion IM, was added to the Corolla ...

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Top-line Caddy CT6 gets V-Sport treatment

Cadillac CT6 V

Don’t you just love the current horsepower war the car business is in right now? Mark our words, we are living in what might be the final golden-era of the petro-burning automobile. With this in mind, Cadillac’s just revealed their latest V-Sport-trimmed car. For those not in the know, V-Sport is like BMW’s M-Performance cars or Mercedes’ AMG light versions. ...

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