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Brian Drives Cars

Brian Drives Cars

Written by: Brian Makse Bleav
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Brian Makse is an automotive expert with an insatiable passion for driving and motorsports. A racer and racing team owner, he's driven racetracks worldwide and now shares his knowledge and experiences through popular automotive videos on his YouTube channel. With decades of racing insights and countless miles behind the wheel of everything from supercars to SUVs, Brian brings an adventurous and helpful voice to his new car reviews, driving tips, and racing tales – drawing on his deep expertise and enthusiasm for automotive excellence to inform and entertain auto lovers around the world.Brian Makse
Episodes
  • The Land Cruiser's Old Job Went to the 2026 Toyota 4Runner TRD Pro

    The Land Cruiser's Old Job Went to the 2026 Toyota 4Runner TRD Pro
    Oct 18 2026

    Toyota builds a TRD Pro Tacoma, Tundra, Sequoia and 4Runner. The Land Cruiser doesn't get one.

    If that was deliberate, the 2026 4Runner TRD Pro inherited the Land Cruiser's old job, at Land Cruiser money.

    So it went to the dirt course at Oro Station, at speeds the Land Cruiser's twenty inch street tires were never chosen for.

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  • Mazda Built The Turbo Miata You Wanted. You Were Wrong.

    Mazda Built The Turbo Miata You Wanted. You Were Wrong.
    Oct 17 2026

    For years the internet begged Mazda for a factory turbo Miata. In 2004 it got one. 178 hp, a Bosch limited slip and two model years on sale.

    Then the same people bought the naturally aspirated NB instead. And they had a point.

    A stock Mazda Canada heritage car, driven on the right roads, plus what twenty years of owners know about the stock ECU and the parts that are drying up.

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  • 2027 MINI Cooper C vs the 2002 Original: 25 Years, Same Price

    2027 MINI Cooper C vs the 2002 Original: 25 Years, Same Price
    Oct 11 2026

    A 2002 MINI Cooper cost $16,850. Adjusted for inflation that's $31,380, and a 2027 MINI Cooper C starts at $30,850.

    MINI Canada lent me #1 of 500, the first new MINI on Canadian soil, to see what else 25 years changed.

    The price stood still. The question is whether the way it drives made the trip.

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