Mitsubishi has a good thing going with its new Outlander SE. Several, in fact, beginning with the 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine that is new for 2008.

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When the TSX bowed as a 2004 model, it earned a modest reputation for sporty, agile behavior. Sales edged upward through five seasons, easing past the original target and attracting the relatively youthful audience Acura sought.

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Our LR2 HSE model had just over 3000 miles on the odometer when it arrived in our fleet, and it was already showing signs of wear. The cover over the driver’s side door handle is supposed to come off in case you need to use the key, but it fell off of our test car and would not go back. We’ve had some problems with build quality on past Land Rovers, and it seems this still hasn’t been completely resolved.

It would be easy to dismiss this version of the fourth-generation M3 as just and M3 with two extra doors allowing humans to use the rear seats, but that would be a slight injustice. Not huge, but slight.

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These days it can be awfully hard to remember the workaday origins of the average American sport-utility vehicle. With styling and interior appointments that would shame luxury cars just a decade ago, today’s SUV may retain some of the prowess of its humble precursor, but the package it comes in is amazingly more civilized.

Does Saab's new all-wheel-drive system measure up? We drive the 9-3 in XWD and Turbo X flavors on road, track, and ice to find out.

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From Australia, with love and 361 horsepower, comes a whole new kind of Pontiac sedan.

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Jaguar and Cadillac have a lot in common and a lot at stake. Do the new XF and CTS have what it takes to bring their companies back up to the world standard?

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One is already in garages, the other is ready to be garaged. Neither has a direct competitor, but they come closest to one another. Tough choice.

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In the beginning, Hyundai built cheap cars. U.S. drivers said they were good (enough) and bought many. But the tinny Excels broke and quit running. Then Americans stopped buying them. Thus went Hyundai's first decade in the American market.

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