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New Car Reviews


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2011 Toyota Venza

2
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

2
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

1
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

3
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

1
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

4
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

1
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

7
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

3
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

2
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,...
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