2025 Ford Maverick Lariat Hybrid AWD Price: $51,450 CAD Colour: Desert Sand Perfect you say? Oh yes, yes indeed. I know, bold claim. Allow me to elaborate. I drove the 2023 Ford Maverick Lariat Hybrid a couple of years ago. It was astonishing. The combination of practicality, smallness, utility and incredible fuel economy made for […]
2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz Ultimate Price: $50,499 CAD Colour: Rockwood Green When the Hyundai Santa Cruz debuted for the 2022 model year there was much chatter about whether it was a pickup truck or not. I wrote a review at the time stating clearly it wasn’t. Hyundai themselves said the same thing preferring to qualify
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2025 FRONTIER CREW CAB PRO-4X Price As Tested: $57,398 CAD Colour: Bluestone Pearl For the purposes of this review, I’m going to remove price from the discussion. In a review of the new Nissan Frontier when it came out three years ago, I discussed my thoughts on the pricing of this car and since nothing
2024 Ford Ranger Raptor Price As Tested: $78,665 CAD Colour: Shelter Green I wept when they cancelled the original Ford Ranger. It was like losing a really great dog. Hope was rekindled when they brought the Ranger back, but it was different because it was no longer the small, practical pickup I knew and loved
2024 Ford Ranger Lariat Price: $58,765 CAD Colour: Azure Grey Metallic Tri-Coat I drove the first generation of the new North American Ford Ranger (try to keep up) last year. It left me decidedly underwhelmed. Everything about it felt old and out of date. It was a crushing disappointment given how much I loved the
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2024 Ford F-150 Lightning Flash Ext Range Price (as tested): $89,795 CAD Colour: Avalanche The short answer to the question in the title of this article is no. Not even close. When the option to test the F-150 Lightning Flash came around I signed up immediately. I wanted to see what this value offering full
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2024 Ford F-150 Raptor Price As Tested: $108,975 CAD Colour: Agate Black Metallic I know what you’re thinking, my tumor is back. What else would explain a title like the one above? Bear with me kids because I can explain. In a new car market awash with 6-figure cars the Ford F-150 Raptor is strangely
2024 Ford F-150 King Ranch Price: $99,815 CAD Colour: Star White Metallic Tri-Coat The 2024 Ford F-150 King Ranch is a full-sized hybrid pickup truck. If the inclusion of the word “hybrid” in the name of a Ford pickup makes you want to spit your chewing tobacco all over your front porch in protest take
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2024 Jeep Gladiator Rubicon X Price: $76,883 CAD Colour: High Velocity The Wrangler has always captivated me. I love its rugged good looks, consistent style and commitment to purpose. Jeep then went one further in 2020 and created the Gladiator which is simply a Jeep Wrangler with a pickup bed. This combines the 2 things
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2024 Honda Ridgeline Trailsport Price: $54,290 CAD Colour: Sonic Grey Pearl The manufacture of pickup trucks has largely been the preserve of the big 3 North American automakers. Toyota has long been the lone Japanese carmaker to really make a stir in the pickup market with the likes of the Tacoma. When Toyota made the