New Car Overview of the 2005 Hyundai Sonata Mid-Size Sedan Description: Mid-Size Sedan Base MSRP Range: $16,499 – $20,299 Invoice Price Range: $15,133 – $18,472 Where built: South Korea The value-packed mid-size sedan in Hyundai’s fleet carves out room for five in a spacious cabin. It supports bold exterior styling with unusually smooth shapes contrasted against definitive creases and crisp ... Read More »

Description: Mid-Size Minivan Base MSRP Range: $24,995 – $38,295 Invoice Price Range: $22,586 – $34,043 Where built: USA Honda brings a redesigned Odyssey minivan to market with innovative designs and substantial on-board safety gear. The new structure maintains the same length as a previous Odyssey but gains an inch in width to expand the cabin. Inside, there are up to ... Read More »

Description: Mid-Size Sport Utility Wagon Base MSRP Range: $27,350 – $34,120 Invoice Price Range: $24,608 – $30,691 Where built: Canada Honda’s mid-size sport-utility wagon differs from a conventional truck-based SUV because it springs from a unitized structure that’s innately stiff and strong, and there’s a smart four-wheel-drive (4WD) system permanently engaged to direct the engine’s muscle to all wheels when ... Read More »

New Car Overview of the 2005 Honda CR-V Compact Sport Utility Vehicle Description: Compact Sport Utility Vehicle Base MSRP Range: $19,995 – $25,050 Invoice Price Range: $18,473 – $23,136 Where built: Japan The name explains Honda’s compact SUV — Comfortable Runabout Vehicle. It’s a five-door crossover wagon built on the platform of a car. Models of 2005 show restyling for ... Read More »

Description: Full-Size Luxury Sedan Base MSRP Range: $56,200 Invoice Price Range: $51,618 Where built: Japan Infiniti’s elegant Q45 flagship sedan leads the line as a full-size luxury car rigged with a powerful V8 engine mounted up front with all muscle directed to the rear wheels for classic rear-wheel-drive (RWD) format. The 2005 issues reflect more aggressive exterior features with new ... Read More »

Description: Mid-Size Minivan Base MSRP Range: $18,330 – $26,810 Invoice Price Range: $17,295 – $24,531 Where built: USA & Canada Dodge built the first minivans back in 1984 and continues the series in 2005 with new concepts. Versions this year include the Caravan regular-length wheelbase trimmed as SE and SXT or long-wheelbase Grand Caravan in SE and the SXT with ... Read More »

Description: Mid-Size Pickup Truck Base MSRP Range: $19,510 – $28,875 Invoice Price Range: $17,889 – $26,230 Where built: USA Sized one step below the full-size Ram, Dodge’s mid-size pickup sports the stepped-hood prow of Ram for a family resemblance. The truck rides on a stiff new boxed-rail platform for 2005 and gets a new high-output Magnum V8 engine option that’s ... Read More »

Description: Mid-Size Pickup Truck Despite the “wagon” tag, this is really a truck and it’s designed for serious 4WD work. The Power Wagon is based on a heavy-duty Ram 2500 pickup with either Regular Cab or Quad Cab body configuration and the 345-hp 5.7-liter Hemi Magnum V8 aboard. The name traces back 25 years in Dodge’s history, and this modern ... Read More »

Description: Premium Full-Size Pickup Truc The label “Heavy Duty” applies to this series of big and powerful work trucks for the upward expansion of Dodge’s line of Ram trucks. Constructed on a strong chassis that’s modular in design to allow multiple configurations for cabin size and box length, the heavy-duty Ram trucks dominate the road with their forceful exterior styling ... Read More »

Description: Full-Size Pickup Truck Base MSRP Range: $45,225 – $50,250 Invoice Price Range: $24,697 – $32,613 Where built: USA Take the full-size Ram 1500 and add high-performance suspension and brakes, then borrow the outrageous V10 engine out of Dodge’s Viper supercar and stuff it into that stepped-hood prow. The result becomes an ultimate performance pickup dubbed SRT-10. Viper’s aluminum V10 ... Read More »