MotorMouths

The IPL G Coupe is a business person’s express, ideal for someone who does a lot of driving and welcomes the challenge of attacking the open road. If you’re after a grown-up’s hot rod, the IPL G is the Coupe for you.

If you plan on carrying 2, or 2+2, love to drive aggressively and fast, and dislike the boy racer look of the 370Z, then the Infiniti G37 Sport Coupe is just right. It is relatively affordable, returns decent fuel mileage, and goes like stink.

The C70 provides a blissful escape from humdrum transportation. If you want to redline the hunko-meter/chick-magnet needle, go for a C70 drop top. Buy it because you’ll look marvelous when you drive it.

You can put the Land Rover Range Rover up against BMW’s X5, Porsche’s Cayenne, Cadillac’s Escalade, Mercedes’ GL and Lincoln’s Navigator, and come away convinced the Rover is best in class when it comes to appearance, finish and fit.

While its understated looks make it seem like just another family sedan, you won’t be disappointed in the TSX’s performance. And it will hold 5 adults, take care of your every physical need, and trundle to the grocery store like the most prosaic economy car.

If you’re in the market for a small sedan with fit, finish and handling comparable to cars costing twice as much, be sure and give the new Ford Focus a test drive.

All in all, the A4, with the proper equipment added, is a heavenly gift for the sporting driver with family requirements.

Aside from its lack of straight line urge, the Fiesta is a worthy product, with attractive interior and exterior design, good packaging and a base price of $17,500 that will entice many bargain hunters into a Ford dealership for a closer look.

Although the Xterra PRO-4 is aimed at the serious offroader, it’s cockpit is so comfortable and fully equipped that it makes the perfect daily driver. At $31,000, the PRO-4X is an eminently affordable alternative to the big ticket offroad machines.

If Popeye owned a pickup, the Raptor would be it. When you fit the 6.2 liter, 411hp engine to this 4×4’s beefy frame, you’ve got way more muscle than a tin of spinach. No other truck in our care has ever engendered so many conversations.

If you option the JX35 judiciously, you’ll bring home an eminently practical and affordable SUV with the proven 3.5 liter Nissan/Infiniti V6 under the hood, lots of luxury trimmings inside, and enough seats to transport the soccer team to games.

The Veloster represents a delightful departure from the norm in terms of appearance, design and usefulness. It makes heads swivel, and the sensible approach to passenger and space packaging makes you wonder why no one’s done this third door trick as successfully as Hyundai has here.