New Car Review of the 2005 Lexus GX Mid-Size Sport Utility Vehicle Description: Mid-Size Sport Utility Vehicle Base MSRP Range: $46,225 Invoice Price Range: $40,215 Where built: Japan A mid-size Lexus SUV looks like a variant of LX 470, only in reduced scale. There are three tiers of seats in the spacious passenger compartment, with trimmings in leather and fine ... Read More »

New Car Review of the 2005 Kia Sorento Mid-Size Sport Utility Vehicle Description: Mid-Size Sport Utility Vehicle Base MSRP Range: $18,995 – $25,650 Invoice Price Range: $18,010 – $23,860 Where built: South Korea Kia’s mid-size SUV has five doors with two-wheel-drive (2WD) or four-wheel-drive (4WD) traction and V6 power. Styling seems strong with keen lines and slick shapes disguising boxy ... Read More »

New Car Overview of the 2005 Hyundai Elantra Compact Sedan and 5-door Hatchback Wagon Description: Compact Sedan and 5-door Hatchback Wagon Base MSRP Range: $13,299 – $15,669 Invoice Price Range: $12,302 – $14,517 Where built: South Korea This is the name of Hyundai’s best-seller, fashioned as a four-door sedan or five-door hatchback wagon. Elantra GLS is the mainstay model as ... Read More »

New Car Overview of the 2005 Hyundai Tiburon Sporty Compact Coupe Description: Sporty Compact Coupe Base MSRP Range: $15,999 – $19,999 Invoice Price Range: $14,639 – $18,321 Where built: South korea Hyundai’s low-slung sports coupe goes by the name of Tiburon. It’s marked by muscular fender bulges flanking an extended hoodline and a hatchback roofline which tapers to a stubby ... Read More »

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New Car Review of the 2005 Kia Rio Compact Sedan and 2005 Kia Cinco Description: Compact Sedan and Hatchback Sedan Base MSRP Range: $9,850 – $12,390 Invoice Price Range: $9,460 – $11,715 Where built: South Korea Best-selling sub-compacts from Kia are promoted as bottom-dollar cars with feisty power and too-cool styling, inside and out. Rio is a four-door sedan, while ... Read More »

New Car Review of the 2005 Kia Spectra5 Compact Hatchback Sedan Description: Compact Hatchback Sedan Base MSRP Range: $14,95 – $15,970 Invoice Price Range: $14,045 – $14,955 Where built: South Korea The compact-size Spectra series expands to include a sporty five-door hatchback variation in the 2005 class. It carries the same engine and running gear as the sedan version of ... Read More »

New Car Review of the 2005 Kia Spectra Compact Sedan Description: Compact Sedan Base MSRP Range: $12,700 – $15,970 Invoice Price Range: $12,005 – $14,955 Where built: South Korea Kia rolled out a new rendition of the front-wheel-drive (FWD) Spectra late in 2004 as a shapely four-door sedan for the compact class with respectable power, noteworthy safety systems and price ... Read More »

New Car Overview of the 2005 Kia Amanti Full-Size Luxury Sedan Description: Full-Size Luxury Sedan Base MSRP Range: $25,200 Invoice Price Range: $22,860 Where built: South Korea Amanti represents the largest marque in Kia’s fleet and it looks elegant with sculptured styling drawn from classic luxury touring sedans out of Europe. Foundation comes from the XG350 sedan by Hyundai, Korea’s ... Read More »

New Car Overview of the 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Mid-Size Sport Utility Vehicle Description: Mid-Size Sport Utility Vehicle Base MSRP Range: $26,230 – $34,145 Invoice Price Range: $24,125 – $31,204 Where built: USA The most powerful and surefooted vehicle in the motor pool of Jeep emerges as an evolutionary treatment on a longer and broader platform. The 2005 Grand Cherokee ... Read More »