Driving

LET'S face it: no one with a car-loving bone in their body ever woke up one day and said, "I can't wait to get a minivan!" Rather the opposite, I'm afraid.

DURING last week's all-British Whistler to Vancouver run, I had occasion to have a good look at a pristine, low-slung, long-nosed two-seater roadster in a very pretty shade of blue: a Morgan.

IT'S a housing development now, a knot of quiet residential streets with names like Mulberry, Maplewood and Chickadee. Large, detached single-family homes sit cheek-by-jowl, their driveways cluttered with compact sedans and crossovers.

THE quiet little town of Squamish has many attractions: rock climbing, kite surfing and parasailing, hiking, sailing, fishing - pretty much any of the outdoor activities featured in the MEC catalogue. It's a little slice of Beautiful B.C.

IF you are planning on watching Ron Howard's upcoming 1970s Formula One biopic Rush then you're probably best off not reading this column.

WHEN a new model of car or truck is launched, manufacturers work hard to generate excitement.

A biweekly roundup of automotive news, good, bad and just plain weird: Auto manufacturers yuk it up over April Fools Ah, April 1, the most obnoxious day of the year.

LAST weekend I was out on the roads, breaking the law. So were you. So was your neighbour. Everybody speeds.

A biweekly round-up of automotive news, good, bad and just plain weird: Details of all-new Mercedes-Benz S-Class leak out In the 40 odd years since it first took to the roads, Mercedes-Benz's flagship executive sedan has been first in class for class

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