When it comes to SUVs, nobody does it bigger – and as some would say, better – than Cadillac and the hulking Escalade.

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Maybach is all about luxury, but now the company has unveiled an armored version for those who want to combine hardcore safety with that same luxury.

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Just because the Porsche 911 GT2 RS is already a powerful car in its own right, it doesn’t mean that people will shy away from giving it higher levels of performance.

Download 2011 Porsche 911 GT2 RS SP800R by Sportec

After being previewed by the Saab 9-4X BioPower, the third model in Saab’s line-up will make its world debut at the LA Auto Show. The new 9-4X will be placed in looks and size between the 9-3X all-rounder and new 9-5 sedan and will go on sale in May 2011.

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Who said the automotive world stops when the Geneva Motor Show opens its doors?

For one, Japanese automaker Suzuki doesn’t seem to think so. While a lot of its contemporaries will be heading to Geneva in full force with their latest

Download 2011 Suzuki Swift Samurai Design

Land Rover's crystal-ball department reckons the global lux-ute market is going to expand by 35 percent over the next five years, and it wants a big bite of this widening slice of profit pie. How best to get it? Expand the Range Rover brand while shrinking its footprint, both physically and environmentally.

Download First Drive: 2012 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque

It is just as easy to get a speeding ticket in this Mazdaspeed3 as it was in the last one, as evidenced by the, uh, paperwork handed over to some staff members in the last few months. But stints in traffic school took the violations off the books, and all was good again.

Download Long Term Update 5: 2010 Mazdaspeed3

Whenever I travel, I do my best to rent or borrow a car that's not commonly available in the U.S. It's obviously fun for me to drive something different, and a chance to write about some foreign hardware.

Download First Drive: 2011 Jaguar XF 3.0 Diesel S Portfolio

Seeing as both brands fall under the BMW umbrella, it wasn’t really a far-fetched idea to have British luxury automaker, Rolls Royce, and German carmaker, MINI, tie up for a special edition project. The question wasn’t so much if these two highly regarded brands could collaborate, but more of when they would do it.

Download 2011 MINI Cooper S "Inspired by Goodwood" by Rolls-Royce

Wait, wasn’t it just a few days ago that Geiger Cars unveiled their Mustang Shelby GT640 "Golden Snake"? Now it’s become apparent that the tuning firm is out to even the score by releasing a package for the Mustang’s key competitor, the Chevrolet Camaro SS? Well, we guess that is one way to keep things balanced between the two sides of the muscle car fanatics.

Download 2011 Chevrolet Camaro Super Sport 564 HP by GeigerCars

So get this: The journalists attending the launch of the 2012 Porsche Panamera S Hybrid were invited to take part in an economy challenge. Whoever got the best mileage would get a prize.

Download 2012 Porsche Panamera S Hybrid First Drive

"That ain't no Hemi," growls a disrespectful cruise night patron as he glances into the open engine bay of our Inferno Red 2006 Dodge Magnum SRT-8.

Download Follow-Up Test: 2006 Dodge Magnum SRT-8

So here's the latest fantasy the marketing wonks would have you believe: Mountain-Dew-guzzling adrenaline junkies buy vehicles like the 2007 Ford Explorer Sport Trac, Honda Ridgeline and Nissan Frontier, to suit their (over)active lifestyles. Seriously. That's what they want you to think. Get one of these trucks and in no time you'll be winning triathlons, paddling down Class V rapids and mountain biking over volcanoes.

Download Full Test: 2007 Ford Explorer Sport Trac

No matter how much you think you want a new, Euro-style station wagon, there's not much demand for such vehicles in the U.S. Audi has long had the bestseller in the sub-segment, the A4 Avant. It typically accounts for 10 percent of A4 sales, or roughly 4,000 per year in the U.S., a number so small that its maker sells it here in one spec: 2.0-liter TFSI turbo four with six-speed automatic and paddle-shifters.

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