2011 Toyota Venza
Apparently, station wagons are not cool. And "crossovers" are becoming too commonplace.
So what do you call a new vehicle that's based on an existing sedan and has most of the characteristics...
2011 Buick LaCrosse
Sometimes silence isn't golden.
Why isn't Buick doing more to advertise the 2010 LaCrosse? By rights, this car should be puttin' a hurtin' on the Lexus ES350 - known for years as...
2011 Volkswagen Golf
It's easy to like the VW Golf.
On the one hand, it's an economy car - with an available turbo-diesel engine that can return more than 40 mpg on the highway (better...
2011 Ford Mustang
In the '80s (and through the early '90s) Ford's 5.0 "high output" V-8 led the latter-day muscle car resurgence. Then around 1994, Ford dropped its hugely popular (and long-serving) five-liter OHV...
2010 MazdaSpeed3
John DeLorean - the father of the Pontiac GTO - is credited with having invented the muscle car concept. Take an affordable/budget-oriented "normal" car, shoot it up with the automotive equivalent...
2011 Honda CR-Z Hybrid
Life is often about compromises - and so is the new CR-Z coupe from Honda.
It's the first "sporty" (decent acceleration and handling; available six-speed manual transmission; doesn't look like a sad-sack...
2011 Acura ZDX
Cars aren't always an entirely rational purchase. If they were, no one would buy a machine like the Acura ZDX. It's pretty big outside - but fairly small inside, with hard...
2011 Land Rover LR4
Before there were "SUVs" there were Land Rovers - the four-wheel-drives of the country gentry.
The only thing American-made that was even close was the old Jeep Wagoneer.
Then came the SUV boom...
2011 Hyundai Tucson
Hyundai routinely pulls the rug out from under the wheels of the established players - especially the name-brand Japanese competition - by offering more car for less money.
Or in the case...
2011 Chevy Cruze
From the Vega to the Chevette to the Cavalier to the Cobalt - GM's economy cars have had their ups and downs.
Some (like Cobalt) were decent; others (like Cavalier) were disasters.
Mostly,...