Canadian Auto Review

The Crown Signia carries over into 2026 without any changes, maintaining its hybrid-only powertrain and $60,000 price tag. It’s a wagon-shaped, premium alternative to the perennially popular RAV4, using higher-quality materials and offering better cabin refinement and road isolation. Think of it as a replacement for the Venza, but we still wish Toyota had used the actual Crow...

Chic styling, compact proportions, and a catalogue of refreshing pastel colours make the Volvo EX30 one of the most exciting electric vehicles on the road, especially with the new Cross Country treatment. A more rugged, outdoor-focused model, Cross Country costs $2,000 more and raises the ride height of the EX30 by 19 mm with black plastic cladding around the wheel arches, fr...

Have you spotted any camouflaged, taped-up, manufacturer-plated Chinese vehicles on the road yet? We certainly have. Jaecoo, Exeed, and BYD may not be household names in Canada, but they soon will be after our government slashed tariffs on Chinese-made EVs to a reasonable level. But it won’t be these foreign badges that you will catch on the roads first; it will be one much m...

The new Nissan Sentra is both an easy and a difficult recommendation. On the one hand, this SR Premium in Energetic Ember paint gives that instant sports car impression with a low-sloping hood, deep V-shaped grill, thick lip spoiler, and single exhaust protruding like it’s ready to scrape some knees. It stands out better than the relatively anodyne Toyota Corolla and Mazda3, ...

Sailing discreetly in the shadows, the Infiniti QX80 has always been a quiet choice in the domain of large, body-on-frame, eight-seater SUVs. Outshone in popularity by the Cadillac Escalade, Lincoln Navigator, and Range Rover, Infiniti’s largest lacks the brand cache that fuels the adolescent’s pipedream into a grown-up pursuit, but it advantageously undercuts the competition...