Category: Drive

Slow but sure, RAV4 Hybrid fills a need

For 2020, the all-wheel-drive Toyota RAV4 Hybrid is offered in four variations and comes in three trim levels. Power is delivered by a 2.5-litre Atkinson cycle four-cylinder engine mated to Toyota’s hybrid Synergy electric drive train

Reading Time: 4 minutes As you would expect from any Toyota, the 2020 RAV4 Hybrid is very driver-accessible and immensely driveable

Bike riders need to learn to share the road

Traffic in Vancouver is bad enough as it is – the worst in Canada, in fact. And giving a bunch of hardcore cyclists free rein and rerouting car traffic through quiet neighbourhoods to accommodate them isn’t helping

Reading Time: 3 minutes Just because you ride a bike, that doesn’t put you on the side of the angels or make you better than the rest of us

Toyota Prius still leads the hybrid pack

Toyota is on top of its game when it comes to hybrid technology and the Prius’s overwhelming success should be all the proof you need. Available with front-wheel or all-wheel-drive, the 2020 iteration of the Prius develops some 120 horsepower and uses a continuously variable transmission (CVT). It delivers a combined fuel economy of around 4.5 litres/100 km

Reading Time: 4 minutes This car is all about practicality and common sense. Toyota is on top of its game when it comes to hybrid technology

The two-wheel war of words: Harley or not

The Friday the 13th motorcycle rally at Port Dover, Ont. Wherever bikers get together, an inevitable them-versus-us vibe arises. Either you’re a Harley-Davidson rider or you’re not. And the two groups definitely don’t mix well.

Reading Time: 4 minutes Show up at a Harley gathering with your Yamaha or Kawasaki and you can definitely expect the cold shoulder

Gone but definitely not forgotten: Mazda RX-7

A 1993 Mazda RX-7: its Wankel-inspired rotary engine pumps out enormous amounts of power with comparatively small displacement. It originally came in five colours, including this, “competition yellow mica.” Behind the wheel, the car’s performance is intoxicating

Reading Time: 4 minutes It offers hell-for-leather performance, yet idles like a purring cat at stoplights and is perfectly civilized on the highway

Hyundai Palisade makes no wrong turns

Available in six trim levels, the 2020 Hyundai Palisade is powered by a 3.8-litre V6 engine that’s good for some 290 horsepower. It’s mated to an eight-speed automatic transmission only, and you can get the Palisade with either front or all-wheel-drive

Reading Time: 4 minutes The 2020 version does exactly what it’s supposed to do. It’s comfortable, roomy, powerful, easy to drive and pleasant to look at

Indian Motorcycle reborn, again

Indian Motorcycle’s Scout Sixty develops 78 horsepower. For a bike that weighs in at some 245 kg (540 pounds), that gives it decent performance. It’s comparable to Harley-Davidson’s Sportster model but infinitely better looking. With a starting price of around $11,000, this one is a serious rival to the Sportster

Reading Time: 4 minutes Polaris now has control of the classic name and is manufacturing a seven-model lineup. There are dealers across Canada