All Change, Almost... In 60 Years, There's Never Been One Like This
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Crossing Over: The Evolution of the SUV Shows No Sign of Slowing Down
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Rise of the Machines: The Sport/Utility Vehicle, Armed With the Latest Technology, Is Refusing to Go Down Without a Fight
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Pickup truck sales in 2007 seemed to be coming in at about 12 percent below 2005 levels at the time of this writing. Even so, that still meant some 230,000 Americans drove a brand-new pickup off the dealer's lot every month last year.
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Phase Two - The Road Loop: Getting down to the nitty-gritty
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A long week of testing served to satisfy our judges that the new GM full-size pickups had earned top marks on the superiority front.
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Five solid contenders--and in the case of the four GM models, separated by only relatively minor differences in trim, pricing, and capability. But there can only be one winner.
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It's a tremendously varied field. 27 contenders assembled for the 2007 Car of the Year test program, but there can only be one winner. Let the judging begin...
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The 2007 Chevrolet Silverado was one of only five trucks eligible for the Truck of the Year title, and of those five contenders, four (including the Silverado) were GMT900-based vehicles from General Motors.
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It used to be easy to figure out what was a sport/utility vehicle: Whether it was as bare-bones rugged as a Jeep or dripping with high-tech luxury like a Range Rover, an SUV boasted the all-wheel drive and the ground clearance needed to take you places roads didn't go.
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Blink and you'll miss it: Chevy's sort-of-new Impala, available with a choice of two V-6 engines or the new SS-specific 5.3-liter, 303-horsepower V-8 with fuel-saving cylinder deactivation, is almost invisible.
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As the successor to the lackluster, long-in-the-tooth Cavalier, the Cobalt didn't have big shoes to fill.
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With pricing starting well below $20,000 and funky retro styling, the HHR is precisely the sort of small car GM's mainstream brand needs.
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Cue Elmer Bernstein's theme from "The Magnificent Seven." Motor Trend's 2005 Sport/Utility of the Year, the Land Rover LR3, swaggered into town along with six others seeking the title: Chevrolet Equinox, Ford Escape Hybrid, Ford Freestyle, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Infiniti QX56, and Nissan Pathfinder.
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Come behind the scenes with the editors of Motor Trend Magazine, as we embark a jumbo road test designed to wring out the competition for the 2005 Car of the Year Award.
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How do you compare a 500-horsepower, Viper-powered Dodge, a four-cylinder GM entry-level truck, Nissan's bodacious, first-ever full-size pickup, a convertible retro-rod-like Chevy, the biggest Toyota truck yet, and the latest iteration of Ford's top-selling F-150?Very carefully. That's where we come
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Complete specifications and photos of all the trucks included in this year's "Truck of the Year" contest.
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How dare we compare the Pontiac GTO, BMW 5 Series, Acura TL and TSX, Nissan Quest and Toyota Sienna minivans, the premium-luxury Jaguar XJ8, Audi A8 L, and Volkswagen Phaeton, Chevy's Aveo and Malibu, the Suzuki Verona, and the Toyota Prius, all in the same race for the Golden Calipers? We do it bec
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Photos and specifications on all the cars considered for the 2004 Motor Trend Car of the Year Award.
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Toughness upon power upon strength
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It's a grand annual tradition. It's Motor Trend's Car of the Year competition, our lengthy reenac...
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Check out our 1997 Motor Trend Car of the Year-the Chevy Malibu!
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Tahoe SSChevy can hardly deliver an example of Motor Trend's 1996 Truck of the Year to a dealer...
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With the meteoric rise in the popularity of sport/utility vehicles (SUVs) and the resultant array...
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