Driving

The latest member of the 2018 Hyundai Elantra family can be ordered wild or mild, with something for everybody.

The Chrysler Imperial name was first used on a 1924 Chrysler made by the Maxwell Motor Corp. the year before Walter P. Chrysler turned Maxwell into Chrysler Corp. The Imperial always represented something special in Chryslers.

Volkswagen has quietly introduced the 2018 e-Golf — the “e” signifying that it is the long-awaited electric-powered version of the popular Golf — its first all-electric vehicle in Canada.

It should have been the realization of the classic American Dream — a lower middle-class immigrant’s son from a tough Detroit neighbourhood puts himself through technical college while helping support the family.

Canadians love the practicality of tall wagons and small SUVs. With some of the most expensive gas prices on the continent, we on the West Coast also like fuel-efficient vehicles.

The Daimler name goes back to the dawn of automotive history, when Germans Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler introduced what were recognized as the first true internal-combustion engine automobiles in 1886.

The dictionary defines audacity as boldness, courage and guts. All those attributes — and more — describe the new 2017 Honda Civic Type R. When I first laid eyes on the actual car, I was skeptical.

The long wait is over for Volkswagen fans with the introduction of the second-generation 2018 Tiguan in the hot compact-SUV market segment.

Germany’s Bayerische Flugzeur-Werke was founded in 1916 to manufacture aircraft engines, represented in its distinctive blue, white and black badge inspired by a spinning propeller.

Although the fabled British Bentley name is now part of the Volkswagen group, most of its life was with Rolls-Royce (now owned by BMW). It was a kind of understated Rolls, virtually the same in most cases, but with a Bentley badge and grille.