Ford Explorer Sport Trac, 2007: The Weekly Driver Car Review

With popular offerings like the Dodge Dakota, Honda Ridgeline and Toyota Tacoma, the compact pickup truck market is highly competitive. Ford ...

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Cadillac SRX, 2007: The Weekly Driver Car Review

The Sport Utility Vehicle market is seemingly reaching its saturation point. One national consumer automotive publication divides the market into compact, ...

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Audi A4, 2007: The Weekly Driver Car Review

The A4 is Audi’s top-selling line and it’s available in three different models and nearly 20 configurations in sedans, wagons and ...

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Mazda CX-7, 2007: The Weekly Driver Car Review

Beyond its omnipresent "Zoom-Zoom" television commercial jingle, Mazda has a new motto: "The SUV you never saw coming. It's a trademarked slogan, but it just didn't fit with my weekly driver, a 2007 Mazda CX-7.

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Lincoln MKZ, 2007: The Weekly Driver

It’s not often a car gets renamed after only one year on the market. But that’s exactly what happened to the ...

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Saturn Sky, 2007: The Weekly Driver

If there’s one sure thing about the Saturn Sky, it’s the new sports car’s attention-grabbing appearance. Passersby stopped me at traffic ...

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Saturn Aura, 2007: The Weekly Driver Car Review

With 16 manufacturers offering midsize cars and another 10 manufacturers in the premium midsize market, newcomers in the exceedingly popular category often face rough sales roads. Saturn didn't fare well with its midsize L-Series, which was discontinued in 2004. But the General Motors division is trying again with the 2007 Aura.

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Acura RDX, 2007: The Weekly Driver Car Review

Not even experts agree on the definition of “crossover” vehicles. But in general terms, consumers seeking the combined best components of ...

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Mercury Mountaineer, 2006: The Weekly Driver Car Review

In the 15-year span beginning in 1990, sales of sport utility vehicles grew at at alarming rate. In 1990, about 900,000 ...

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Volvo C70 T5, 2006: The Weekly Driver Car Review

Hardtop convertibles have been around periodically in the United States for about 50 years. And from the early years of Ford ...

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Volkswagen Passat, 2006: The Weekly Driver Car Review

Golf courses to restaurants, the quaintness of the small towns to the Pacific Ocean, there’s nothing quite like a visit to ...

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Saab 9-7X, 2006: The Weekly Driver Car Review

The oddity, of course, is that General Motors owns Saab. And for purists fond of the vehicles first offered in 1947 ...

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Nissan Pathfinder, 2006: The Weekly Driver Car Review

A long-distance haul means different things to different drivers. For me, on this occasion, it was a 400-plus mile trek from ...

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Nissan Maxima, 2006: The Weekly Driver Car Review

The flagship sedan for Nissan, the 2006 Maxima is in tough company in the midsize car category — arguably the most ...

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Mitsubishi Outlander, 2005: The Weekly Driver Car Review

The 2005 Mitsubishi Outlander is the least expensive of the Japanese manufacturer’s three sports utility vehicles. It’s compact, nicely designed and ...

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Honda Pilot, 2005: The Weekly Driver Car Review

Like its popular brethren, the CR-V, Odyssey and new Element, the Pilot completes Honda’s best-buy SUV and van line. And like ...

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