2010 Luxury Vehicle Buying Guide
New Luxury Cars for 2010
Betting that shoppers still love their baby-SUVs, luxury automakers are cracking the compact-crossover segment wide open. This year also sees a continuing shuffle among high-end luxury sedans.
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Luxury Benefits Beyond the Car
Luxury-car ownership has benefits beyond the car itself, as automakers typically include additional ownership perks that non-luxury brands don't offer.
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What You Need to Know About Luxury Cars and Safety
We avoid deeming one vehicle "safer" than another because there are innumerable unquantifiable factors that contribute to a vehicle's overall safety. That said, we're comfortable calling the luxury vehicle category one of the safest in the industry.
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Faceoff: Luxury Wagons
Wagons are an endangered species in the U.S. Some of the choices, however, are intriguing, but do they have what it takes to sway the American family?
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Faceoff: Full-Size Luxury SUVs
The Cadillac Escalade, Lincoln Navigator L and Infiniti QX56 compete to see which SUV is the best luxury model.
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Faceoff: Luxury Performance Sedans
The 2008 BMW 528i, 2008 Cadillac STS and 2007 Infiniti M35 Sport tussle in a three-way showdown of luxurious, powerful sedans.
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Gas Mileage: Keep it in Perspective and Read the Fine Print
If you've been watching car commercials lately, you've probably noticed ads claiming ever-higher gas mileage: Honda has a 29-mpg V-6 Accord; Ford touts a 34-mpg Fusion; and Chevy builds a 37-mpg Cobalt. While those numbers are impressive, they often don't tell the whole story.
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Manual Transmissions Not Always the Most Gas Friendly
Choosing a car for the best fuel economy used to mean looking for a car with a manual transmission, but now many automatics have mileage ratings that are equal to (or better than) manuals.
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What Kind of Drive System is Best for All-Weather Traction?
Shoppers who live in snowy climes often ask if they should get front-, rear- or all-wheel drive. We list the pros and cons of each drive type.
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Standard vs. Optional Tires: What to Choose?
Automakers today give new-car shoppers a choice of wheel and tire sizes, designs and applications. Your choice affects the car's safety, efficiency, comfort and damage resistance, so it's best to know what you're getting into.
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Interpreting Crash Tests and Safety
Passenger vehicles are safer than they've ever been, but the crashworthiness of individual models varies greatly, even within a vehicle class. Because of this, understanding how a model is expected to perform in a crash is important before buying your next car.
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Roof-Strength Ratings Offer Insight on Rollover Safety
For the 2010 model year, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has implemented the first standardized test to reflect how vehicles and their occupants might fare in a rollover. By considering a particular model's weight versus its roof strength, as determined by a real crush test, the organization now rates vehicles using its familiar Good/Acceptable/Marginal/Poor rating scale.
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