(Photo courtesy Michelle Siu/AJAC)

I was in Niagara on the Lake during the last week of October, along with other auto journalists from across Canada, to drive some of the new vehicles on offer for the 2012 model year. The event is called Testfest, and through it, the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC) will eventually choose a 2012 Canadian Car of the Year and Utility Vehicle of the Year from a field of 56 entrants. Click here to read my Autos.ca piece on the best vehicles in 11 categories, and which of those I think are candidates for the overall awards, which will be announced next February, at the Toronto auto show.