The Western Star

Test-driving a vehicle is a critical part of the buying process. And while you may be familiar with the basics, there are a number of things you can do to save time and streamline the process. Here’s how to hack your way to a better ...

Q: I have a 2007 Hyundai Elantra with 163,000 km. It is well maintained with no aftermarket add ons. The radio is rarely used but I recently realized that if the rear-window defrost system is turned on when the radio is on, the radio goes to ...

Like us humans, vehicles benefit nicely from an occasional bath. That’s especially true in winter where many vulnerable parts of our rides are exposed to a corrosive and abrasive spray of salt, sand and water that gets into everything. This ...

We’ll go back to the 2010-2014 generation of the popular Hyundai Sonata for this used vehicle guide. This variant of Hyundai’s elemental family sedan is now two full generations old, but is still commonly shopped out as a used-car buy ...

Much of Canada has now experienced numerous winter cold-snaps, which sees the demand for remote starter installation surge. We’re humans, after all. And, as such, we like being warm. But not all remote starters are the same and neither is ...

Whether you are a first-time winter driver or have racked up hundreds of thousands of kilometres at the wheel in slippery conditions, sometime in the coming weeks you will likely have a sphincter moment, that first panicky realization that you have ...

By my estimation, the Hyundai Kona had a very sudden launch in Sudbury, Ont., where I live. ...

Another year, another auto show season. ...

The Lexus ES has been around for almost 30 years. The last remake occurred with the 2013 model, so it was getting long in the tooth. For 2019, Lexus has given the ES a total makeover. The new ES350 and companion 300h hybrid, have a new look inside ...

One of the tricky tasks facing drivers in winter occurs when we encounter heavy slush, or, similarly, trying to get out of ruts or trails left by prec ...