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Bob Plunkett is a veteran automotive reporter whose articles have appeared in industry and consumer magazines for 30 years. He currently produces syndicated automotive reports published weekly newspapers across North America, putting the reader in the driver's seat for a hands-on feel of a vehicle. An adventurer, Plunkett has raced cars, scaled mountains, dived with sharks and run on foot across entire countries to research his articles. For the decade of the 1980s he reported on automotive subjects for an Arkansas newspaper, and during that time wrote speeches for a young Arkansas governor, Bill Clinton. Today, Plunkett still writes from his Arkansas home, but he travels extensively, crisscrossing the globe to drive new cars.

2006 Cadillac DTS Full-Size Luxury Sedan

Nothing short of a revolution in products is unfolding at Cadillac, the elite brand from General Motors. First evidence of the metamorphosis at Cadillac occurred with the debut of CTS -- Cadillac Touring Sedan -- a sports sedan packing the first manual stick on a rear-wheel-drive (RWD) Caddy in half a century. Read More »

2006 Buick LaCrosse Mid-Size Sedan

New Car Overview of the 2006 Buick LaCrosse Mid-Size Sedan Description: Mid-Size Sedan Base MSRP Range: Not Yet Available Invoice Price Range: Not Yet Available Where built: Not Yet Available LaCrosse, Buick’s mid-size sedan, is new inside and out. The premium mid-size sedan replaces the Regal and Century. When the larger Lucerne sedan emerges next fall, expect to find high-tech ... Read More »

2006 Buick Lucerne Large Sedan

New Car Overview of the 2006 Buick Lucerne Large Sedan Description: Large Sedan Base MSRP Range: Not yet Available Invoice Price Range: Not yet Available Where built: Not yet Available Lucerne will arrive in the fall of 2005 as a 2006 model, with optional V8 power. Styling appears strong, yet elegant, with a shapely face coated in monochromatic paint but ... Read More »

2006 BMW M6 Luxury Sport Coupe

Clear a path for the debut of a new M6 2 + 2 super coupe -- the most outrageously powerful 6-Series BMW ever. All of the thrust for M6 stems from a 5.0-liter V10 that blows the doors off with 507 hp and massive torque through a seven-speed sequential manual gearbox (SMG) that brings both automatic and manual shift programs. BMW projects the zero-to-60 acceleration time for this new super car to clock in around four seconds and change.

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2006 BMW 5 Series Compact Luxury Sport Sedan and Wagon

BMW's line of 5-Series models grows with three new all-wheel-drive (AWD) models -- sedans labeled as 525xi and 530xi plus a sport wagon 530xi. The 530xi sport wagon also brings extra gear like Hill Descent Control (HDC) and a panorama sliding roof, with options for a head-up display and adaptive headlamps.

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2006 Audi A4 Compact Luxury Sedan and Wagon

Revamped A4 scores a face-lift aligning with grille patterns on A6 and A8. Two direct-injection engines go to A4, including a 2.0-liter turbo four-cylinder plant worth 200 hp and a 3.2-liter V6 at 255 hp. All A4 models also get Quattro AWD with six-speed transmissions - manual or automatic. Read More »

2006 Audi A3 Sub-Compact Wagon

New Car Overview of the 2006 Audi A3 Sub-Compact Wagon Description: Sub-Compact Wagon Base MSRP Range: Not Yet Available Invoice Price Range: Not Yet Available Where built: Not Yet Available Pint-size A3 Sportback for 2006 lands first with a FrontTrak model packing a direct-injection four-cylinder turbo worth 200 hp through a six-speed manual or Audi’s Direct Shift Gearbox (DSG). A3 ... Read More »