The Ford Motor Company has managed to weather the economic storm better than many of its rivals largely due to its strong product line and proven reliability. The company has also benefited from tapping into its European catalogue, blessing our...

With flights booked and intended itineraries getting longer each day, plans for our much awaited Summer holidays were taking shape nicely. This was to be an opportunity for the kids to visit with aunts, uncles and their Toronto-based...

Toyota trucks have long been a staple of the Toyota brand. For decades, they have been the truck of choice for both off-roaders and outdoor weekend warriors. To find a used Toyota truck at a fair price is a near impossible feat...

The Land Rover brand is best known for producing sport utility vehicles that offer incredible off-road abilities and iconic styling, but in the case of the Land Rover Range Rover Sport - the company’s most athletic model...

Three years ago, the then-’new’ Outlander was shown off in television commercials sliding into Canadian showrooms sideways. You may remember it; the SUV covered in mud, having just competed in some off-road race, skids to a stop in a Mitsubishi showroom and splatters mud...

The mid-life upgrade of Mazda’s CX7 fits nicely with the interests of most Canadians, particularly at this moment in time. First there is the addition of a new base engine which is always of interest to fuel conscious Canadians. And while this new smallish 2010 SUV already offered decent fuel economy...

Muskoka in November is an ideal location for running a 4Runner; particularly if it’s the 2010 Toyota 4Runner – now the fifth generation of this franchise. With as much dirt as pavement in this Northern Ontario location the area offers a decent mix of driving surfaces; while mud bogging and rock picking is just a left off most roads...

BMW’s in-house tuning division has finally caved to customer pressure and set its team of engineers to work on its X5 and X6 utility vehicles in an effort to counter performance offerings available from main rivals...

Off-roading in Canada involves snow, rocks and mud – not always in that order – but anyone who takes their truck off-road here in the Great White North knows about all three. And you and I both know that the hard sand and dry creek beds of any desert are traction dreams compared to what we run through.

For 2010, Dodge has released its next generation of Heavy Duty pickup trucks along with an announcement that the “Ram” is to become its own brand. As of next year, Dodge will sell only cars and the expanded truck line will only be known as the Ram brand. This move could signal the spin-off of the