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September 27, 2013

In review: 2014 Jaguar F-Type

I've driven test cars that I've handed back without much regret at the end of the week. I've driven cars that I was sorry to hand back.

And then there was the Jaguar F-Type. Ye gods, I almost cried when I handed over the keys. When I win the lottery, my path will be this: pick up the money, go to the bank, go to the Jaguar dealer. Or maybe I won't even take the time to stop at the bank.

Here's the scoop on why this is my favorite car of the year so far.

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September 22, 2013

What's it like to run Volvo?

Another in my series on people connected with the auto industry: Marc Engelen, president of Volvo Cars of Canada. He's certainly serious about the job, visiting all of the country's dealers in person after he arrived from Belgium. Read all about it in the Toronto Star.

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I didn’t grow up loving cars, but when the bug finally hit, it took me by storm. I make my living writing about them, and I spend much of my spare time playing with them.
I’m a freelance writer and a member of the Automobile Journalists of Canada. My regular outlets include new-car reviews and special-interest articles for National Post and its Driving.ca website; new-car reviews and features for AutoTrader.ca; features for Automotive News Canada; articles on antique cars for Old Autos Newspaper; and articles in the industry trade magazines Collision Management, Fleet Digest and Tire News. You can still find my work at Autos.ca, where I wrote reviews and features, and was the Assistant Editor. For almost three decades, I wrote for the Toronto Star's Wheels section, and also contributed to the newspaper Metro.
But I’m more than just cars: I also write about food and drink, travel, pen collecting, celebrity interviews and pets, among others. My work has appeared in such publications as Sharp For Men, Maclean's, Harrowsmith Country Life, Pen World, Dogs In Canada, Gambit, Where New Orleans, Rural Delivery and Writer’s Journal.