By Derek McNaughton The gasoline-powered Audi R8 — the mid-engine knife that would carve out a special place in the world of high-performance sports cars and Le Mans racing — will soon be no more. While no one is...
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McLaren’s new high-performance hybrid, the Artura, isn’t just a sculptural stunner. Powerful, agile and technically advanced, this next-gen supercar from the legendary British automaker delivers a next-level experience behind the wheel. “People can’t wait to drive it,” says Adrienne McGrath...
The 2022 Mercedes-Benz EQS has arrived, with notable fanfare. As the first all-electric luxury sedan from Mercedes, this sleek beauty is touted as “the most aerodynamic production car in the world.” Certainly, sparks are flying in the car world, with aficionados enthusing about everything from the...
Mercedes-Benz’s new second-generation GLA has first-rate appeal. Not everyone’s fond of a behemoth on wheels. While legroom and storage space are certainly covetable, too often they come in a cumbersome machine that’s not only unwieldy when rounding corners, it’s a struggle to park in snug...
By Derek McNaughton BMW’s M division is a little like creating monsters from men. Initially set up to facilitate BMW’s racing program, M is what happens when engineers take the ordinary and create the extraordinary, when regular BMWs get more power, better handling and superior braking. Sedans or...
By Derek McNaughton The 2020 Jaguar F-Pace SVR is equally seductive as it is fast Once the epitome of sumptuous design, Jaguar’s cars have not always enjoyed the magic of the marque. Icons like the D-Type of the 1950s or E-Type of the 1960s, or even the XJ6, revealed a penmanship like few...
The 2020 Audi R8 never ceases to amaze me. By Derek McNaughton A V10 engine in a sports car today is almost a dirty word. A V10 is unconventional, old school – not likely to win over any environmentalists. Has Audi not been keeping up with trends, seeing that everyone is going gaga over Tesla and...
Vintage car collector Hassan Moghadam loves nothing more than to share his passion for a good cause Story and photos by Derek McNaughton One of Ottawa’s highly skilled surgeons has a disease—one that afflicts many men his age. And Hassan Moghadam’s symptoms include uncontrollable urges to buy rare...
Top of the line –and one seriously fast SUV By Derek McNaughton Sergio Pininfarina, the Italian designer whose artistry gave shape to the Giulietta Spider, the first mass-produced Alfa Romeo, was no doubt wincing in his grave at hearing about the plans for the first-ever Alfa SUV. In the car world...
Porsche 911 T By Derek McNaughton | Photos by Derek McNaughton In the dead of winter, the promise of spring is a lie. Cold permeates everything so deeply there is no way anything could emerge from winter’s grip. Green leaves, or warmth from the sun, seem but a dream. And, yet here I am...
When two motorcyclists in Black Panther suits pulled up alongside our 2018 Audi RS 5 Coupe at a red light, the sports-car-mocking under their helmets had surely begun.
Highway 417 from Ottawa to Montreal is about as boring as they come. Long straights flanked by fallow farm fields and few trees. Only speed cures the boredom. Luckily, our 2018 BMW M550i XDrive is a very fast car.
