MotorMouths

The Porsche Panamera looks classy and timeless. For sure, though, it can’t be mistaken for anything else on the road right now. And a few seconds on the road is all it takes the Panamera 4S to display its superb balance.

The 2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder epitomizes the sporty weekday commuter that doubles up as a race car during the weekends.

Consider the X6 ActiveHybrid as a socially-acceptable way of making a powerful vehicle even more powerful. It’s able to run solely on electricity when it’s not rocketing from 0 to 100 km/h in 5.6 seconds — as fast as the gasoline-powered X6 xDrive50i!

The highlight of the 2010 Subaru Legacy, actually, is an ability to integrate such proven technology to a family sedan that’s just as spacious as the Accord and greater on gas than the Camry. Move up to the PZEV model and you’ll enjoy one of the cleanest ways to travel on top of that!

The private jet-style interior further emphasizes the plush and ever-so-classy nature of the new Infiniti QX56. Anyway you look at it, you can bet that the new QX56 will draw reactions from everyone.

It’s easy to forgive the primitive side of the Dodge Ram Truck when you know it’s designed first and foremost for heavy-duty labour. It’s the nature of the beast, after all.

As a result of all the restructuring at Chrysler, the Ram 1500 now operates under a separate brand from Dodge. Fortunately, the marketing shift doesn’t really affect the core attributes of the vehicle.

With its elegant profile, it looks like an Infiniti G37 coupe that shrank in the wash. The subdued growl of its 270-hp, V6 engine is a dead ringer for the 370Z. And yet, the car I got acquainted with is but a humble Altima 3.5 SR coupe.

With the Dodge Journey’s competitive pricing, a versatile layout, plenty of interesting options and good looks overall, what else could you possibly want?

At the end of the day, buyers looking for a truly versatile and reasonably-sized SUV with competent AWD and a sporty yet flexible V6 will likely find their answer in the Mitsubishi Outlander.

Its cubic shape (that came before the tell-tale Nissan) heralds a purely utilitarian function that instantly brings the term “four-wheel box” to mind. And if we follow this train of thought, we can safely label the Honda Element SC a “trendy box.”

The Suzuki Grand Vitara has always remained a hard-core SUV, ready to tackle the deepest, darkest woods. This is one book you can judge by its cover.