Taken atop the Honda RV.

What is Test Fest?

Test Fest – over seventy of Canada’s top automotive writers meet to evaluate hundreds of new model vehicles over a four-day period.

 

Their purpose? Based on back-to-back comparative testing, select the “best new” vehicles in several categories as well as an overall Canadian Car of the Year and Truck of the Year. The testing program includes “real world” driving on public roads — where you, the consumer, drives.

 

Daily updates are provided that include photographs, interviews and editorial.

 

At the end of ‘TestFest’, the comparative test data generated by the journalist experts is posted to this web site for your use as a resource buying guide. -from the website.

I tested 3 cars.

Subaru BRZ

Dodge Dart

Mercedes-Benz B250

I videod throughout the day, will edit this weekend.

‘Test Fest’ and ‘Car of the Year’ are hosted by AJAC – Auto Journalist Association of Canada. It’s Canada’s best auto journalists gathered together, AJAC is serious.  I’m not a member (yet), and was there during ‘Open Media Afternoon’, so I didn’t think I’d be attending the award ceremony.  But I lucked out!  But I didn’t have a change of clothes.

Here’s me before walking into a sea of cocktail attire. Remember, I’m the new kid.

There are 11 awards in total.

There’s not yet a list online of all the winners; go to my editor Joe’s Twitter, it’s all there.

The other acronym to know is COTY – Car of the Year.

Obviously Honda took one home, and YES Maki!

It looks good on you Ford, and Christine!

Congratulations GM, and Neil!  You were so pumped, it was awesome.

Then, dinner and the ‘29th Annual Automotive Journalism Awards‘.

Great seeing familiar faces, and same to the new ones I met!  Thanks for being welcoming to the new guy.

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