Lui's Knob Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 What are some of the best car review/research sites out there? Preferably for the Canadian market/stats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapefruits Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 http://www.autos.ca/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armada Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Top Gear > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offensive Threat Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Most automobiles sold in Canada are identical to ones in the US and there are far more sites down there. Edmunds.com is a good one. Or buy Consumer Reports's annual new car review. They also have a great used car review with ratings listing durability issues, recalls and problem spots on every year of every make going back 7 or 8 years if you arent buying new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.DirtyDangles Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 What are some of the best car review/research sites out there? Preferably for the Canadian market/stats? There is only one ! Largest owner reviewed auto data base in the world http://www.carsurvey.org/ this is surprisingly good as well http://home.autos.msn.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.DirtyDangles Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Most automobiles sold in Canada are identical to ones in the US and there are far more sites down there. Edmunds.com is a good one. Or buy Consumer Reports's annual new car review. They also have a great used car review with ratings listing durability issues, recalls and problem spots on every year of every make going back 7 or 8 years if you arent buying new. Just recently yes now that build practices are so similar from country to country, but it is actually not he case at all. Canadian transport laws are quite different from the US an we have real winters lol. A Toyota truck for example sold in Texas built for the US market is vastly different from a Canadian one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Top Gear > Is an entertaining show, but I would never take their reviews seriously, because they aren't serious. Any show that has caravan (travel trailer) races is not to be taken literally. www.msnautos.com is good. I've found digging around on youtube not too bad. Because on youtube you see the vehicles in motion. And when a reviewer talks about a poor visibility on a car/truck you can see what they mean. All reviews have to be taken with a grain of salt. For example they were reviewing a Nissan Frontier and Toyota Tacoma. They kept going on and on about how plastic and outdated the controls were on the Tacoma. Yet the Frontier which is just as bad the other reviewer just fluffed over it. Multiple sources, be it websites, etc. then check on youtube. Then go and look over them in person. trader.ca has Canadian reviews. A lot of dealerships will provide factory info. But be careful. I've seen vehicles advertised 70000km then you look at the close up of the tachometer and it's listed in miles (clearly someone brought it up from the US). Or they'll have an automatic transmission listed and when you look at the vehicle it's a stick. One other thing stay away from the smaller lease company/used car lots in New West. Always have a car checked by a mechanic before you buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainly Mattias Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 if you're researching with the intent to buy, go to the Kelley Blue Book http://www.kbb.com/. i like the 5 year cost to own stat, amongst the other stats and expert and customer reviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hornet Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 auto123.com is pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offensive Threat Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Just recently yes now that build practices are so similar from country to country, but it is actually not he case at all. Canadian transport laws are quite different from the US an we have real winters lol. A Toyota truck for example sold in Texas built for the US market is vastly different from a Canadian one. Cars and trucks built for Canada and the US are virtually identical. If you read a review of a US model the Canadian model will score the same. Very very small things can and will be different. 'vastly" different is an ignorant statement. Want to buy a car in the US and import it into Canada? Do you have to do a lot to make it legal? No, Usually just daytime running lights and metric odometer and speedometer labels need to be added, sometimes a EIS needs to be added if its one of very few models where it isnt standard equipment in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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