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2005 Mazda 5
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Mazda has been on a roll lately with an unbroken string of fantastic product introductions, but it is taking a major risk with its new 5. The 5 is what Europeans call a "space wagon," but the trend hasn't yet made it to the U.S. Space wagons are based on cars... more |
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2005 Hyundai Sonata
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Hyundai entered the U.S. market nearly twenty years ago with some awful cars that were, at least, cheap. Sometime between 1986 and now, Hyundai decided that the profits would come from nice cars, not basic transportation, and they have been striving to capture... more |
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2005 Mitsubishi Outlander Turbo and Colt CZ3
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Despite fearing for its future after sales have tanked in the U.S. and DaimlerChrysler has walked away, Mitsubishi keeps coming out with interesting cars, even if we don't see many of them here. The CZ3 is the three-door version of the five-door Colt sub-comp... more |
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2005 Mercedes-Benz Compact Sports Tourer "Vision B"
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Designed as a competitor to the BMW X3, the B-class is the smaller of two Mercedes-Benz sport tourers destined for production. Given the X3's colossal sales failure in the U.S., we're surprised that Mercedes is seriously considering bringing this premium-cute-... more |
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2005 Mercedes-Benz Grand Sports Tourer "Vision R"
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Shown here in nearly production ready form, the Vision R presages the R-class coming to the U.S. It's Mercedes-Benz's version of the Chrysler Pacifica and it will be the larger of two sport touring models; the smaller one will be the B-class which may or may n... more |
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2005 Volkswagen GTI
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The GTI version of Volkswagen's fifth-generation Golf makes its debut at Paris, promising to take the iconic nameplate back to its sporting, hot-hatch roots-and, presumably, away from the poseur luxo-mobile that more recent versions have become. Powering the n... more |
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2005 Honda CR-V
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The Honda CR-V has a few revisions for 2005, and if you can spot the new lights and bumpers without seeing the old and new ones side by side, you've got sharper eyes than we do. Of more interest this year are important new standard safety features such as stab... more |
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2005 Porsche Cayenne Panorama
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This is not, we repeat, not the Cayenne Targa. There will never be a Cayenne Targa or, for that matter, any other Targa that isn't a 911. This is a Cayenne with the optional $3,900 fifteen-square-foot panorama sunroof, and it joins the Cadillac SRX in offering... more |
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2005 Audi A4/S4/A4 Avant
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Audi rolls out an updated version of the A4 lineup, with a revised look and new engines. The new A4 (internal code name: B7), succumbs to Audi's gaping maw grille, but at least the high style inside continues largely as before. In Europe, a staggering ten diff... more |
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2005 Porsche Boxster
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Ah the joys of being a privately owned company. No pesky shareholders demanding cereal salesmen as CEOs who will cost cut and dumb down productsuntil they're rolling blandness. Porsche has sustained itself and built a loyal following based on one model-the 9... more |
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