Nick Tragianis

1 week ago | doubleclutch.ca | Nick Tragianis |Nathan Leipsig

Look, by now, everyone knows Mazda makes really nice cars. That’s why we’re completely not surprised by the 2025 Mazda CX-70 GT PHEV. It’s the total package—handsome, swanky inside, drives incredibly well, and in this plug-in hybrid form, great on gas for such a big sport-ute. But I have to massage this into about 1,000 words, or my boss—wait, isn’t that me?—will get mad. So, here it goes.

2 weeks ago | doubleclutch.ca | Nick Tragianis

Can you really be best-in-class if you’re the only one in the class? This odd position is where the 2025 Kia EV9 finds itself. It’s the only fully electric three-row SUV that isn’t from a luxury brand, at least for the time being. It’s like winning by default—but is that such a bad thing when the end result is actually quite good? Kia has been committed to electrons for a while now, but they’re really doubling-down now with a flurry of new models under its appropriately named EV lineup.

4 weeks ago | doubleclutch.ca | Nick Tragianis

What is it about Volvo seats? Their chairs have been the gold standard for literal decades. Take a corner with a bit of extra speed, and your butt will stay planted. Drive for hours on end and at one point, you’ll realize how long it’s been since you didn’t fidget and readjust. They seem firm at first, but once you settle in, you can’t go back. They’re absolutely brilliant, the best in the business, even in lower-end models like the C40 Rech—I mean, the 2025 Volvo EC40. But enough about the seats.

1 month ago | doubleclutch.ca | Nick Tragianis

What sporty EV doesn’t do the wallop of insta-torque? What sporty EV doesn’t have launch control? What sporty EV doesn’t do the null-to-sixty run in three-point-whatever seconds? Fast used to be fun and novel, but now, it’s almost a little tiring. That’s why it’s refreshing the 2025 Porsche Macan Electric zeroes-in on something else—feel. I don’t envy the position Porsche probably finds themselves with the Macan Electric.

1 month ago | doubleclutch.ca | Nick Tragianis

Nissan’s original Kicks won us over pretty quickly. It was deceptively roomy, deceptively fun-to-drive, and best of all, it was a bargain. This second-generation 2025 Nissan Kicks follows up by giving us more of literally everything: more space, more power, more all-wheel-drive—and yes, more money, meaning it isn’t quite the runaway value proposition it once was. But from the moment you hop in, you can see where the money went.