Charlevoix, QC – Not intent on resting on their laurels after earning 2015 Canadian Utility Vehicle of the Year accolades with the F-150, Ford invited a flight of journalists to test their trucks in conditions more extreme than anything anyone—save Ford’s engineering team—had seen before. It was central Quebec, it was snowy, and it was -15 degrees outside. Up to this point, we’d really only driven them in the sub-Saharan heat (OK, that’s a bit ...

Built in Mexico and for sale in Canada and not the US, the 2015 Chevrolet Trax arrived in 2014 as Chevy’s entrant into what has become a quickly growing class in the urban utility vehicle (UUV). Really, Chevrolet was a bit ahead of its time with the, with manufacturers like Mazda, Fiat and even Mercedes-Benz jumping on the bandwagon since. Looking like a Chevy Sonic hatch on stilts (the Trax is only a few millimeters ...

As if the latest Jeep Cherokee wasn’t outlandish enough on the styling front, Jeep has gone the extra mile with eh Trailhawk edition, a vehicle whose big off-road tires, higher ride height and plastic cladding would put many aftermarket conversions to shame. And you know what? It works. It works precisely because the new Cherokee, with its narrow DRLs, low-mounted headlamps and steampunk take on the classic Jeep 7-slat grille looks so alien in the ...

Detroit, MI — You can just hear it now: Ram, in response to the recently-unveiled Ford F-150 Raptor: “So you’ve got a new sports truck, eh? Oh, and it’s powered by a V6? Well ours has a Hemi.”   Actually, the 2015 Ram 1500 Rebel can be had with either a Pentastar V6 or said Hemi, but just look at it: wouldn’t you get the Hemi if you had something like that? For starters, the ...

Highlighted by a new “Platinum” trim level, the Explorer—the bestselling SUV in North America for the last 25 years—arrives a more luxurious, well-equipped and stylish vehicle than before. Well, that last one–“stylish”—depends on where you’re sitting. There’s no doubt that the last Explorer was distinctive in its own right, perhaps even more so than it is now. The crazy lights, grille with optional body coloured inserts and rounded lines have given way to a more ...