AutoGuide Now For The Week of April 27

Sami Haj-Assaad
by Sami Haj-Assaad

Pony cars and crossovers mark our week of testing. See what we’re up to in AutoGuide Now.

2016 Mazda CX-3Mike Schlee, Road Test Editor: “This week I am off to Scottsdale, Ariz. to test Mazda’s latest crossover, the subcompact CX-3. Will it continue the current trend of great vehicles coming out of Mazda?”

2015 Ford Mustang V6 and EcoBoost: “Ever since the Ecoboost Mustang came to be, many have questioned why there is still a V6 option. To find out, we are comparing a 2015 Mustang Ecoboost up against the 2015 Mustang V6. Which is the better budget performer?”

2016 Honda PilotColum Wood, Editor in Chief: “I’ll be traveling to Cincinnati this week to drive Honda’s next-generation three-row crossover. The new Pilot trades its chiseled features for a physique that’s more Christina Hendrix – without the sex appeal. Designed for families it’s got every conceivable convenience and safety feature plus a transmission with 9 gears. Some say it looks like a jacked-up Odyssey. And they’re not wrong. I keep thinking I’ll trade in my wife’s Mazda5 for an Odyssey. So can this Pilot win me over?”

2015 GMC CanyonStephen Elmer, News Editor: “Our time with the GMC Canyon continues and this week we’re getting some performance numbers. Exactly how fast will this truck run from 0 to 60 MPH? We hooked up a data recorder to get the stats on both the V6 and four-cylinder version of the truck, to chart the differences. If you’re interested in all our our thoughts on the new GMC Canyon, you can read the whole series right here.”

Sami Haj-Assaad
Sami Haj-Assaad

Sami has an unquenchable thirst for car knowledge and has been at AutoGuide for the past six years. He has a degree in journalism and media studies from the University of Guelph-Humber in Toronto and has won multiple journalism awards from the Automotive Journalist Association of Canada. Sami is also on the jury for the World Car Awards.

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