The 2017 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid became yesterday the second model to receive the annual Green Utility Vehicle of the Year award from the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC). The announcement was made at the opening of the Vancouver International Auto Show. The Toyota RAV4 Hybrid finished ahead of the Mazda CX-9 and the Subaru Forester to win the prestigious ...

I heard this saying just recently and I’ve no idea if it’s an actual thing but once I had an image in my mind, I quickly drew a parallel with the RAV4 Hybrid. For starters, the expression reads worse than it is so, well; don’t read into it too much. Our beloved (?) Queen is a person of some importance, ...

I’m not exactly sure what’s going with Toyota transmissions these days but as I write these lines, I’m already on my next product from the Japanese giant and it’s major flaw is located between the engine and drive wheels. And it’s the same with this Highlander. Toyota’s 3-row large midsize CUV has been a safe bet since it hit the ...

The Chevrolet Equinox, Chevy’s compact SUV, has remained largely unchanged since it was redesigned at the beginning of this decade. That’s an eternity in today’s automotive industry where buyers are always looking for the newest features and technologies. Chevrolet clearly waited too long before offering us a new product, but the good news is that consumers now get plenty of ...

The idea is excellent, but unfortunately it has yet to be introduced on a large scale in North America. Owners of several electric cars in Europe can lease their EV’s battery, which allows them to subsequently upgrade it when a larger capacity battery is introduced. Such is the case with the Renault Zoe, a cousin of the Nissan Leaf, which ...

The 2018 Toyota Sienna is not a completely new generation of the popular Toyota minivan, but it will nevertheless showcase several new features when it is unveiled at the New York Auto Show in a few weeks. To begin with, the new 2018 Sienna is the latest Toyota model to be equipped with the Toyota Safety Sense P safety package ...