5 of your most-viewed videos — and 5 of our proudest favourites
Before there was Driving, before National Post and all, there was a Driver’s Edge section in your local newspaper. Driving is multi-media now though, ‘ya hear? Management wants videos, and since those don’t typeset to newsprint all that well, we’ve made them available to you here, internauts, on this world-wide web! What a time to be alive.
Recommended Videos
It’s been another vibrant year for video on Driving, our award-winning team of journalists serving up a nutritious diet of consumer-ready car reviews and just a few enthusiast indulgences for good measure. From everyday hybrids to alien curios you’ve perhaps never even heard of, here are five of our most-watched videos from 2024 — plus a bonus five we’re just really pleased with.
2024 Kia Carnival
2024 Toyota RAV4 vs Mazda CX-50
More than just a decision between turbo power and hybrid efficiency, our reviewers dig into the different spirits these like-sized comparos bring to the mainstream crossover market — particularly the Toyota’s hardy utility versus the Mazda’s heftier, more premium cabin impression. Finally, the pair dig into questions of value in new-purchase satisfaction, fuel economy, reputational reliability, and resale. It’s an important matchup, and one that Canadians clearly wanted to hear their verdicts on.
2024 Buick Envista vs Chevrolet Trax
Made in China is a plus here too, for the Trax and Envista at times exceeding the quality and overall impression of many domestically assembled GM products. Better still, their strong value propositions and growing suite of standard safety technologies make these a refreshingly competitive entry from an automaker that doesn’t always impress.
2025 Porsche Panamera Turbo E-Hybrid
Cooler than at-the-wheels twist is this first experience of Porsche’s new ‘Porsche Active Ride’ suspension system which omits traditional anti-roll bars in favour of enormously powerful hydraulic pumps running off that 400-volt system. This allows the car to pitch and roll itself opposite whatever forces the road throws at passengers, minimizing the Gs felt inside for an easy, luxurious ride. Fletcher shows handheld footage of the Panamera riding incredibly steadily across shallow alternating moguls, capping off a truly interesting generational step for the Panamera line.
2024 Toyota Corolla Cross
In this video, our seasoned pro Jil McIntosh runs you through the Corolla Cross, where it fits, and what a thrifty spend will get you. She also frames it up with some perspective from Driving’s comparisons with other segment competitors, squaring up a no-nonsense overview of this important bread-and-butter model.
Honourable mention: 2025 Porsche 992.2 911 Carrera T
Essentially a walnut gear knob with a car (and some silly stickers) filled in around it, the 992.2 T proportions the sportscar formula well, if predictably. That’s certainly what many Porsche folks want — but as this video discusses, so too does that refinement fall short for others.
Our favourite videos of 2024
Writers often joke that it’s the pieces they care the most about that the fewest people read. Though there’s a sad truth to this, we at Driving are lucky to have an audience that just as readily flocks to the special projects we pursue as well.
The Mazda Cosmo is the brand’s breakthrough album
Framed up with an accompanying written article, Seams likens the Cosmo to Supertramp’s Breakfast in America: a landmark work that suddenly bumped a quietly established name onto the world’s radar. In the decades to follow, the Mazda Cosmo laid the groundwork for the rotary-powered RX-7 and RX-8 models that so captured enthusiast imaginations. The Cosmo wasn’t the first Mazda, but it was the first that mattered.
TVR’s outlandish Tuscan wasn’t built for this dimension
Elle called in a number of favours to produce this video, which along with a feature-length article offer a love letter to one of the gnarliest modern classic sports cars of our time. She also brings viewers through many of the strange quirks and curiosities that make this shed-built beast so unique and so special to spend time with. Whatever you think a sports car can be, we promise this shows that those horizons can be expanded.
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Behind the Scenes: Setting up the 2024 Motorama custom car show
Polished chrome, metal fleck, hydraulics, and more Bettie Page than your uncle has enough drool for, there’s a whole lot of metal to appreciate in this video — but also a whole lot of unseen love and labour. From organizers to exhibitors, there’s some perspective from everyone in this must-watch for any local showgoer.
Ineos Grenadier is this generation’s 4×4 salvation
Even more exciting was just how liveable this retro rig proved itself in more than a week of testing. Built in the spirit of the classic Land Rover Defender, the Ineos Grenadier is and drives like an old-school off-road 4×4, but with surprising refinement. That Ineos managed to get a new automotive brand off the ground and tool an all-new design for production at a price competitive with the Lexus GX and more serious Land Rover L663 Defenders is a miracle and a blessing to the off-road community.
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