The Year in Cars: September 2007

By David Thomas

March 5, 2015

We’ve seen Stow N’ Go. Now we get Crate N’ Go. No, seriously.
We try a bunch of early drives in new GM products like the 2008 Saab 9-3 and 9-7X Aero, Pontiac Torrent GXP, Buick LaCrosse Super, Chevrolet Corvette and the hybrid versions of the Chevy Tahoe and GMC Yukon.
Smart hysteria continues as a sub-$12,000 price is announced. No, we still don’t have a dealer list.

Football season starts with our Top Tailgating Features. Please don’t laugh at the Kicking Tires editor in the video. At least he’s not driving around in a Ben Roethlisberger GMC Sierra.
Batman crashes some Lamborghinis. Lincoln actually kills the Mark LT.
Faceoffs? We’ve got faceoffs. Retractable hardtops make sense in summer and luxury sedans are always in fashion.
Sure, you might not be able to finance your next home, but some rich schmuck is out there buying a condo for his car.
We’ve seen some wild alternative fuel ideas, but saltwater? That’s just crazy talk.
We blitz readers with Accord coverage from trim level breakdowns to pricing and videos. Many complain that it’s too much coverage, but months later the Accord is still widely researched.
Take this teens: no more yapping on cell phones…at least in California.
If you didn’t pay attention to the parking stripes before, maybe you will now.
Strike at GM! Which ends two days later.
Toyota actually recalls 55,000 cars because of floor mats.