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BMW revives M Coupe with an attractive and powerful entry, unlike the clumsy Z3 M Coupe.

Audi reveals the second generation of a car that changed the face of automotive design.

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This week on Let’s Talk Cars, we take on the juicy subject of “hangar queens.” These are the vehicles automotive companies wish they hadn’t decided to sell. AutoPacific founder and president George Peterson and VehicleVoice contributor Jim Hall have another of their signature dialogs and take on the entire automotive industry while they’re at it!
But it’s not all negative. Jim Hall thinks Audi has done something extraordinary on the race track that might soon trickle all the way down to a showroom near you.
And we wrap things up with an OpEd piece from George Peterson on the new flood of small (we mean really small) cars hitting the [...]

The GX6 G6 Coupe concept looks much like the 2005 SEMA G6 Performance Coupe concept, though wearing different (and better-looking) wheels. Where the SEMA concept was all about the looks, the 2006 GXP concept takes the look of the SEMA concept and adds a 270HP 3.9L V6 mated to a six-speed manual transmission. Air flow tricks include a ram air induction system with K&N air filter to a cat-back free-flowing exhaust.

Ford updates Explorer Sport Trac with strength, safety, and utility from siblings Explorer and F-150.

We were all prepared to tout the new Buick Lucerne as one of the products that will revitalize Buick and help the brand regain its position as the thinking man's Cadillac. In many ways, the Lucerne delivers, but it is held back by some fundamentals and too-obvious cost reductions.

Toyopet Crown as a first car and the sad story of a Boss 302 Mustang traded in on a Pinto.

Toyopet Crown as a first car and the sad story of a Boss 302 Mustang traded in on a Pinto.

For the first time, view consumers engaged in product evaluation research where consumers actually drive cars and provide their first hand input.

For the first time, view consumers engaged in product evaluation research where consumers actually drive cars and provide their first hand input.