MotorMouths

The new Honda Insight is coming to our market touted as the cheapest hybrid in America. Add to that a real attempt at driving pizazz, comfortable accommodations and a nice list of standard features (including an iPod, MP3, USB port).

Ford has swung for the fences and built a genuinely entertaining, midsized hybrid—which happens to be the most fuel efficient midsized hybrid in the country.

All of the go-fast additions to the 2010 Volkswagen GTI truly represent real performance potential. This is not a mock-up of a sporty machine or a “boy racer.” The new GTI is the real deal.

Rather than traverse new terrain and build a Toyota Prius that has more performance savvy, sportier legs or aggressive looks, Toyota continued on a familiar path—economy.

Beauty is more than skin deep when it comes to the 2011 Hyundai Sonata. It is a beautifully realized, mid-segment sedan that now leads the competition.

The 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee (view photos) is much more than a fat station wagon with AWD. This is a real Jeep with serious off-road potential. It’s also the sweetest street–friendly vehicle Jeep has built.

Oozing with capability, charm and brutality – the new Dodge 2500 and 3500 trucks are ultra-competitive vehicles that are hard to beat. If nothing else, these heavy duty trucks speak volumes about how big trucks should be made.

The Lincoln MKZ is a very logical, affordable (considering the features) and surprisingly fun entry into the luxury market.

Under its familiar skin, the 2011 Grand Caravan is a vastly improved vehicle with a fantastic heart and soul. Dodge has redesigned the interior, improving the materials, the control layout, the functionality, and the seat comfort.

If we were competitors in the new Durango’s massive split crosshairs, we would worry. The 2011 Dodge Durango is poised to usurp the competition’s best with a ringer.

A crossover SUV that seems to get better the more aggressively it’s driven, the 2010 Infiniti EX35 is a brilliant performer that has just enough utility to make a solid case for itself.

The 2010 Volkswagen Jetta TDI SportWagen is a very well executed, efficient machine that makes a great argument for wagons over crossovers – if you like driving.