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When is a coupe not a coupe? When it has four doors! Or especially when it looks like this!..

The first true Prius fighter is just around the corner. This is the 2010 Honda Insight (or rather, a lightly veiled concept version of it), an obvious Hondasized take on what people think a hybrid vehicle should look like. I think it looks pretty sharp, certainly much better than the Prius from the front...

Really Nissan? Really? According to the folks who sit behind me, Nissan is going ahead with a 2011 Murano Convertible...

I'm sure you've seen the Russian crash test of a Chery Amulet, where the Chinese sedan crumbles apart as if constructed entirely out of fortune cookie. Ditto Chery's little QQ. That leads most to believe that Chinese cars are horrific in engineering quality and I won't argue. However, after watching Ted Koppel's documentary on the growing Chinese automotive industry, I noticed something: China has better Fords than we do. Judging by pictures on their Web site (my Chinese is a little rusty), they sell the Ford S-Max, the Ford Mondeo, and the European Focus sedan and hatchback...

While perusing my monthly copy of Britian's CAR magazine, I happily came upon this month's brief return of their Good, Bad, Ugly section. For every vehicle sold in the U.K., they include a five-star rating, a very brief description and which version (if any) they would buy. It's wonderfully blunt and a fun read, but several of their picks were surprising...

I saw this thing for the first time yesterday ... yuck. Of course, making the five-door Chevy Aveo attractive without a complete overhaul basically would've been impossible...

The early reviews are in from Top Gear America. A handful of folks from around here went to the studio taping Saturday and there are mixed reviews. Some hearsay thoughts...

As Inside Line reported yesterday, at least one Hummer dealer sees the writing splatered in mud on the wall and is downsizing its sales operational significantly. For myriad reasons, GM is quite clearly moving in a greener, fuel efficient direction, which leaves Hummer looking like Disco Stu at Ghostbar. Presently, there's at least $5,000 on the hood of an H3, while Edmunds TMV for an H2 is nearly $8,000 under sticker...

If you've never had the opportunity to drive a Porsche 911, find a way to make it happen. Throw on your best polo, pop the collar, gel the crap out of your hair then head down to the local Porsche store. That should do the trick...

  My distaste for the 2009 Acura TSX has been documented, as has the general distaste by everyone within these Edmunds walls. While the horrible electro-steering was enough to incur wrath, its goofy milk-mustache grille and overdone body bulges felt like a slap in the face to the old car. I'm not sure who at Acura thought that farming out their front end styling to Saturn was a good idea, but IT WASN'T...