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1 week ago | 
autotrader.ca | Chris D’Alessandro
Because prices have climbed so high for the 2005/2006 Ford GT, people tend to forget that not only was the car priced initially somewhere in between a Porsche 911 Turbo and Lamborghini Gallardo, but it was so undesirable and such a sales flop that Ford was forced to cease production. Despite Ford producing over 4,000 GTs from 2004 to 2006, it only managed to sell a smidge over 3,200 by the end of 2006.
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2 weeks ago | 
autotrader.ca | Chris D’Alessandro
Even as the hype train continues to roll on for the modern, mid-engine C8 Corvette, prices remain strong for the previous-generation C7 models. Perhaps because the C7 was the last front-engine Corvette. Perhaps because it was a performance juggernaut. Perhaps because Chevrolet got the styling so bang-on. For whatever reason, C7 owners are not so easily parted from their ‘Vettes.
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1 month ago | 
autotrader.ca | Chris D’Alessandro
I’ve driven through the Rocky Mountains in a -30C snowstorm. I’ve road tripped clean across the country. I’ve sent a pickup truck soaring off a motocross jump at the bottom of an abandoned rock quarry. I’ve hit 250 km/h on the Autobahn. But nothing compares to the stress of navigating the streets of Toronto in a sports car. The ever-looming cyclists in your blindspot. The landmine-like potholes. The stretches of warped pavement that make downhill ski moguls seem perfectly level.
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1 month ago | 
autotrader.ca | Chris D’Alessandro
I make no bones about my preference for Mustangs. To be a car enthusiast, I think you have to at least appreciate the Mustang. Not giving the Mustang its due is like being a music enthusiast and dismissing The Beatles. It’s pretentious contrarianism in its purest form. But I’m willing to admit that I do more than just acknowledge and appreciate the Mustang as a nameplate. I’m a fan and an owner multiple times over. And I am permanently, irreversibly biased towards them.
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1 month ago | 
mykawartha.com | Chris D’Alessandro
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1 month ago | 
thespec.com | Chris D’Alessandro
The Lamborghini Urus SE I am testing comes with a sticker price just under $430,000. Wondering if Lamborghini can objectively justify that price tag? Of course it can’t. For that money, you could buy two fully loaded Porsche Cayenne Turbos — a vehicle with which the Urus shares both a platform and a number of fundamental components.
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1 month ago | 
hamiltonnews.com | Chris D’Alessandro
The Lamborghini Urus SE I am testing comes with a sticker price just under $430,000. Wondering if Lamborghini can objectively justify that price tag? Of course it can’t. For that money, you could buy two fully loaded Porsche Cayenne Turbos — a vehicle with which the Urus shares both a platform and a number of fundamental components.
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2 months ago | 
autotrader.ca | Chris D’Alessandro
Fantasy car shopping can be dangerous. Sure, it’s all in good fun to scroll through lists of the most desirable models and do the mental gymnastics of how you might be able to own something most consider out of reach. The danger comes in when something that was previously thought to be unobtainable starts to drop into a price range that feels scarily obtainable. European luxury cars and exotics can depreciate to the point where you could seriously consider purchasing one.
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Mar 24, 2025 | 
autotrader.ca | Chris D’Alessandro
I’ve never really liked Mercedes. And not just in a way where I can acknowledge that perhaps my personal tastes don’t align with the brand aesthetics or positioning where others’ might. To me, being a Mercedes fan is like wanting to be a Bond villain or rooting against the Harlem Globetrotters. I just can’t fathom how somebody could have that little self awareness — how somebody could possess a desire for the world to see them that way.
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Mar 17, 2025 | 
autotrader.ca | Chris D’Alessandro
One of the most eye-roll-inducing, trite opinions in car culture is the proclamation that cars peaked at a certain era. Ask anyone under 40, and they’ll tell you that cars peaked in the ‘90s. Never mind the ever-melting plastic interiors, annoying cassette decks, backwards electrical wiring (remember when a burnt-out taillight would set off your ABS light?), fogged headlights, and paper-thin paint.
