Lee Dodge New York Reviews Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid If you choose to drive a full-size SUV nowadays, you may want to opt for the deep-tinted window package. With gas at $4 a gallon, chances are good that folks driving economy cars are going to either point and scowl or point and laugh at your vehicle choice, so being anonymous may lessen the sting.
Nissan Altima Hybrid: Design/Fit and Finish
Our tester\'s interior was uniformly bathed in black from stem to stern with high-quality, soft-touch materials. That\'s all good, though we wished for the lighter interior when it got dark outside, and gathering our belongings or finding the trunk release became a game of blind man\'s bluff. There were no squeaks or rattles, and fit and finish was generally very good, so we were genuinely surprised to notice that the headliner in our tester had started to fall down from the roof on the rear passenger side.
We found the front seats to be soft and plush, yet supportive enough to keep us content on a two-hour road trip. Though the front-seat cushions are fairly flat, the seatbacks offer decent side bolstering. The door-mounted armrests are covered in the same pleasant terryclothlike fabric found on the seats, which gives bare forearms and elbows a little pampering.
The front-wheel-drive 2008 Mini Cooper S Clubman is propelled by a 1.6-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine that generates 172 horsepower and 177 pound-feet of torque. Flooring the throttle activates a brief \"overboost\" function good for 192 lb-ft. Our test car was equipped with the optional six-speed automatic transmission. We recorded a 0-60-mph sprint of 7.2 seconds — expect manual-shift cars to shave a few tenths off that time. The regular Cooper S is quicker, but not by much.