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Monday, February 25, 2013 New on Autos.ca COMPARISON TEST: COMPACT LUXURY CROSSOVER SUVS  The wagon is dead. Long live the crossover. Face it, wagon fans, crossover utility vehicles (CUV) – the trendy term now applied to ever-more-car-like SUVs – has essentially found the middle ground between stigmatized, slow-selling yet practical wagons and overweight, needlessly rugged but still practical SUVs. Manufacturers love them, marketers love them, and consumers love them. Crossovers are not the beastly 4×4 machines of yesteryear, but rather refined, all-season vehicles, flexibly practical, reasonably efficient while still fun and engaging, and appealing to the bourgeois masses. Not surprising then that luxury brands are flocking to them as the segment du jour.  PREVIEW: 2014 CHEVROLET CRUZE CLEAN TURBO DIESEL  TEST DRIVE: 2013 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF TDI HIGHLINE 5-DOOR  FIRST DRIVE: 2013 BUICK ENCORE  QUICK SPIN: 2013 BMW X3 XDRIVE28i  TEST DRIVE: 2013 TOYOTA TACOMA 4×4 DOUBLECAB V6 TEST DRIVE: 2013 MITSUBISHI LANCER GT AWC  Autos.ca Insight AUTOS.CA INSIGHT: ROAD TRIP: 2013 HONDA CIVIC, VANCOUVER TO PORTLAND  AUTOS.CA INSIGHT: TEST DRIVE: 2013 NISSAN MURANO LE PLATINUM  AUTOS.CA INSIGHT: TEST DRIVE: 2013 AUDI Q5 HYBRID  AUTOS.CA INSIGHT: TEST DRIVE: 2013 FORD C-MAX HYBRID SEL	IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK Top headlines on autos.ca this week included: Volkswagen XL1 shows you what 1 L/100 km looks like  Audi RS Q3 – This is it!  Volvo updates sedan and SUV range for 2014  COMING UP FIRST DRIVE: 2014 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF  MONDAY Test Drive: 2013 Toyota Avalon Limited, by Michel Deslauriers  The Monday Rant: I Can't See Clearly Now, by Simon Hill TUESDAY Test Drive: 2013 Porsche Boxter S, by Brendan McAleer Test Drive: 2013 Cadillac ATS 2.T, by Tom Sedens  Preview: 2014 Fiat 500L, by Lesley Wimbush  WEDNESDAY Comparison Test: Cadillac ATS 2.0T vs BMW 328ix, by Tom Sedens  Test Drive: 2013 GMC Acadia, by Peter Bleakney  Day-By-Day Review: 2013 Cadillac ATS 3.6, by James Bergeron  THURSDAY Test Drive: 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee, by Greg Wilson  Test Drive: 2013 Kia Optima, by Justin Pritchard  Preview: 2014 Toyota Tundra, by Justin Pritchard  --> FRIDAY  First Drive: 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee, by Paul Williams  Quick Spin: 2013 Mercedes-Benz B 250, by Mike Schlee  Preview: 2014 Infiniti Q50, by Paul Willimas  AUTOS.CA ONLINE COMMUNITIES Join Our Facebook Page  For Daily Automotive Questions, Discussions and Trivia  Join Our Online Forums  Discuss All Things Automotive With Fellow Enthusiasts
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