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5. Restored Corvette has rock and roll roots and a troubled past
Rick Thompson’s 1964 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray is as fast as a bullet from a .38 Special.
Rick Thompson’s Corvette is pretty much a celebrity where he lives.
Clayton Seams, Driving
4. Offbeat used cars you can buy right now for under $5,000
Drive on the wild side with these offbeat Kijiji offerings.
3. 10 extinct automotive features (and 5 that need to stay dead)
The five best and worst features that we don’t have anymore.
Who misses headlight wipers?
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2. Five new car trends we can do without
High belt lines, clumsy touchscreens, useless fog lights: Do we really need these?
1. Five great Canadian roads you need to drive one day
We can’t all have the Stelvio pass in our backyard, but Canada is full of great driving roads.
New road tests:
Road test: 2014 Chevrolet Impala LTZ
Powerful and stylish 10th-gen Impala tips its hat to the past, but carves out its own identity
First drive: 2015 Subaru WRX and WRX STI
Once again, Subaru has built a boring-looking, slightly ugly car that’s pretty much the same as the compact it’s based on. This is very good news.
2015 Subaru WRX
Handout, Subaru
Road test: 2014 Mini Cooper
Are three cylinders superior to four? Growly, punchy Mini Cooper proves smaller can be better.
Road test: 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT Plus
Spacious and powerful Grand Caravan is still the best pick in the shrinking minivan market.
Dear John: First-time buyer needs sub-$20,000 city car
Smart, Scion and Fiat all have viable options for small and frugal city driving.
Road test: 2014 Cadillac ATS
Sharp-looking sedan feels balanced and well-planted in daily driving and on the track.
Road test: 2014 Range Rover Supercharged
Despite the current economic conditions and outrageous fuel prices, there always seems to be a market for large, luxury sport utility vehicles in North America.
Road test: 2014 Lexus RX 350 F Sport
It’s not the fastest, flashiest or newest, but this trusty SUV is a reliable luxury performer.
Other miscellaneous items of interest:
- This YouTube video shows you what it feels like to be behind the wheel of the million-dollar LaFerrari. It basically looks like a point-of-view video from a GoPro strapped to a very lucky driver’s face:
- Road & Track profiles American artist Dennis Hoyt, who makes incredible wood carvings of race cars.
- Jalopnik has a pretty interesting post on the 10 most controversial cars of all time. I’m not sure I agree with some of their picks, but it’s an interesting read nonetheless.
