2008 Mercury Mariner Hybrid FWD Review

The 2008 Mercury Mariner Hybrid 4-Wheel Drive. Now that is quite a mouthful. Is that sentence and oxymoron? SUV, Hybrid, and 4-wheel drive all in one car? Apparently not. With gas guzzling SUVs becoming less of an option for most, mid-size SUV Mariner, the more refined hybrid twin of the Ford Escape, has received its fare share of recognition from Green supporters, from the Green Car Journal to the U.S. Environmental Projection Agency and probably your savings accounts.

Mariner is part of the Ford Motor Company and was formed in the 1930s to be an upscale brand alongside Lincoln. Updates for the 2008 model mainly include styling. It stands out from the Escape with a more luxurious or prominent front grille.

The reviewer drove a 2008 Mariner Hybrid with a 153-horsepower 2.3-liter 4-cylinder engine combined with a 94-horsepower electric motor powertrain and FWD (2WD). It came with the Hybrid Premium Package, which included power heated mirrors, heated front seats, a digital navigation system, roof rack with cross bars, leather seating, and a retractable cargo cover ($3,395). It also had Sirius satellite radio ($995) and an AC 100V power outlet ($180). Total vehicle price came to $31,000.

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2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee Review

Are people still buying the hell out of these things? Sure are. This is basically the best selling line of SUVs for like, forever. Not sure you need much of a travel guide when you go off with an SUV since gas probably costs more than your entire trip combined at this point, but if you want to go really fast in an SUV, then the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 is your vehicle.

Jeep stuck a snarling 6.1-liter V8 HEMI engine under the hood, capable of delivering 420-horsepower and 420 lb-ft of torque. This engine can also be found in Dodge's attractive little sports car, the Viper. Full review

Cadillac Breaks Production Sedan Speed Record

I had this video on my usb flash drive and then saw a story about it on AutoNews.com so i figured I'd put it up and let you take a look at it. They actually made a video of their own so I will just use theres as I don't really want to try and upload it anywhere and wait for it to be approved :).

Last Friday, the new 2009 Cadillac CTS-V laid down a blistering time at Germany's Nurburgring. Driver John Heinricy completed a lap of the legendary Nordschleife in 7:59.32 which could possibly be the fastest recorded time for a production sedan on factory-spec street tires.

2008 BMW 335i Convertible Review

Now here's a car that everyone envies. The 2008 BMW 335i Convertible. No longer just the soft-cover type of convertible, the BMW 3-Series convertibles come with the hard top cover now. Drivers now have the choice between the two for this awesome automobile.

Fresh out of a drug treatment center this was the first thing my buddy bought. Wanted to show himself off I guess as a new man. Said that with the money he saves from drugs and booze he can pretty much afford anything now ;).

The pleasure of driving the 3-Series convertible stems, no surprise, not only from its convertible nature, but also from its being a BMW, with first-rate chassis dynamics and powertrains. As with other current 3-Series cars - in sedan, coupe, and wagon styles - engines are a pair of 3.0-liter inline sixes, one (328i) naturally-aspirated and the other (335i) with forced induction from twin turbochargers. (And, to be more exact, the wagon comes only in 328 form.) The turbo engine is BMW's first road-going gasoline turbo in decades - the only previous examples were found in the 745i sedan in 1981 and the 2002 Turbo in 1976. Neither of those cars were officially imported to the US. Full review