http://letstalkcars.com/main Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:49:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Genuine safety and enhanced performance makes a difference by Jim Meachen and Ted Biederman Some people say the Mercury brand is hanging by a thread. There’s even talk that parent Ford Motor Company will pull the plug in the near future. Well maybe. None of us really knows for sure. We agree the ... http://letstalkcars.com/main/auto-reviews/mercury/2008-mercury-sable This new cat will make you purrrrrr... By David Schmidt One nice thing about a Jaguar XKR coupe is that nobody doubts this is an extraordinary car. Its class and beauty is right up front where no one can miss it. That beauty is also evident from behind, from the side, and ... http://letstalkcars.com/main/auto-reviews/jaguar/2008-jaguar-xkr They are turning heads and delivering entry level luxury By: Jim Meachen and Ted Biederman If and when you purchase automotive entry-level luxury north of $30,000 you would expect your car to have a luxury persona from the way it looks inside and out and from the way it drives and ... http://letstalkcars.com/main/auto-reviews/mercedes/mercedes-c-class For the second time in as many years, the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) is launching another free service to help protect the nation's consumers. Over one million vehicles have been stolen annually in the United States since 1986. With an annual average recovery rate of just 63 percent, several million ... http://letstalkcars.com/main/news/free-vin-check-for-unrecovered-stolen-vehicles Looking good or better than ever! By: Jim Meachen The face that no one could love is gone.The controversial front-end of the Subaru B9 Tribeca has been revised and now looks much like several mainstream vehicles, but perhaps most like a Chrysler Pacifica. It’s merely a ho-hum change, but one that was ... http://letstalkcars.com/main/auto-reviews/subaru/2008-subaru-tribeca Just what the doctor ordered – for now By: Jim Meachen The all-new MKX crossover sport utility is the right vehicle at the right time for Lincoln, and they sure need an infusion of right vehicles. As predicted the MKX and the new MKZ sedan will have respectable sales in 2007 giving Lincoln ... http://letstalkcars.com/main/auto-reviews/lincoln/2007-lincoln-mkx Filling an important gap with quality and performance By: Greg Sanchez The luxury division of Nissan began life in 1989 as a viable competitor to the burgeoning Lexus and Acura brands. The Infiniti flagship Q45 was a delightful performance-oriented luxury car pulled by 278 horses, a prodigious number for 1990. It was every ... http://letstalkcars.com/main/auto-reviews/infiniti/2007-infiniti-m35 A CUV worthy of its size By: Jim Meachen General Motors saved its best for last. That was a conclusion easily reached after a few miles behind the wheel of the 2008 Buick Enclave, a full-sized crossover sport utility vehicle. The Enclave is the third of General Motors’ vehicles off the so-called Lambda platform ... http://letstalkcars.com/main/auto-reviews/buick/2008-buick-enclave Back again – hoping again! By: Jim Meachen What goes around comes around! That old adage has some relevancy because here comes the Volkswagen Rabbit again. The Rabbit is back, Volkswagen's answer to the Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla, Ford Focus and the VW Golf. Actually, the Rabbit has been roaming the American landscape since ... http://letstalkcars.com/main/auto-reviews/volkwagen/2007-vw-rabbit-2 Lexus Gets another A+ on the RX By: Jim Meachen Competition has exploded since Lexus invented the car-based luxury sport utility in 1998 with the breakthrough RX300.  Eight years ago, the RX300 was the only player in a segment known today as premium crossover. The Lexus set the standard for a slew of ... http://letstalkcars.com/main/auto-reviews/lexus/2007-lexus-rx350