Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart

Cadillac's Not-So-Green Goliath

The hulking Cadillac Escalade Hybrid comes overloaded with features that keep its gas mileage anemic.

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Mazda6

Bigger, faster, stronger, Mazda6 takes aim at the ultracompetitive midsize market.

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Honda Fit: Candidate for Best Car

The Fit truly offers everything you need in a car, and nothing you don't. It may be the automotive change we need.

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Nissan GT-R Demands Respect

The Nissan GT-R is a 480-horsepower four-seater that gets to 60 miles per hour in 3.4 seconds, legitimate supercar territory.

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Lincoln's Soft Sell: a Cushy Sedan

The 2009 Lincoln MKS is a big, likable and quintessentially American sedan, promising -- yet incomplete.
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Kia Borrego

Kia's Borrego, an old-style SUV, looks, feels and drives like a blast from the past, before anyone coined the term "crossover."

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Ford Flex

This quasi-SUV is a cross between a station wagon and a minivan. The Flex is about as good as it gets if you're too vain to drive a minivan. Photos

The Driver's Seat: Nissan Murano

Sometimes it makes sense to stand pat. Certainly when Nissan set out to redesign its groundbreaking Murano, it must have seemed like the right play. But the market has changed. Photos

The Driver's Seat: Hyundai Genesis

Hyundai is taking on Lexus, Acura and the German auto makers with its new sedan -- and undercutting their prices by several thousand dollars. Photos

The Driver's Seat: Volkswagen Tiguan

In our faddish culture, there is nothing more annoying than bandwagon jumpers. Which brings us to the 2009 Tiguan, a new compact sport-utility vehicle from Volkswagen.

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The Driver's Seat: Mini Cooper Clubman

The cure for the common car may not be so elusive. In fact, the new 2008 Mini Cooper Clubman has the potential to be just the thing for this $4-per-gallon summer.

The Driver's Seat: Dodge Challenger SRT-8

Of all the tortures that have been inflicted on muscle-car fans since the vehicles' heyday around 1970, the new Dodge Challenger may be the most painful. Don't misunderstand -- this is arguably the best muscle car ever built. But why now?

The Driver's Seat: Jaguar XF

The 2009 Jaguar XF is more compelling than its competitors -- it seems Jaguar is really trying hard to be different, writes Jeff Sabatini. The Jag is an undeniably fresh take on a class of cars that in many ways is conservative to a fault. Photos

BMW's New Baby: Fast, Not Fresh

If the BMW 135i coupe's MSRP is disappointing, its performance is anything but. The 135i has a firm suspension for sports-car-like handling that is nearly as impressive as its power, writes Jeff Sabatini. Photos

Review: Mazda5 Mini-Minivan

Mazda's Mazda5 could be called a mini-minivan and compares favorably to "regular" minivans and crossovers thanks to good people-hauling capabilities and fuel economy. VIDEO

Photo Review: Pontiac Vibe

This compact hatchback shares a platform with Toyota's Corolla and is made in California. It's the kind of vehicle many consumers are turning to as they rush to dump gas guzzling SUVs. (Related review)

The Driver's Seat: Toyota Corolla

The new Toyota Corolla looks like a shrunken Camry. The interior is just as blah as ever. There's nothing about it, certainly not the "mouse fur" felt headliner, that doesn't remind you you're driving an inexpensive compact, writes Jeff Sabatini.

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Pontiac's Return to Oz

As much as GM's Pontiac G8 GT may resemble the dinosaurs from the Detroit Iron Age, it actually is a truly modern car more similar to a BMW than a Bonneville.

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Honda Sees a Hydrogen Future

Honda's hydrogen-fuel-cell FCX Clarity fosters hope that someday soon one of the car makers is going to figure out this alternative fuel thing. At least Honda still seems to be trying, Jeff Sabatani writes. Slideshow

Harley's Rocker Rides Smooth – For a While

Harley-Davidson calls its new custom-style bike the Rocker. But most people who see the bike on the street will call it what it is: a chopper. VIDEO