New Car Overview of the 2005 Buick Park Avenue Luxury Full-Size Sedan Description: Premium Mid-Size Sedan Base MSRP Range: $35,555 – $40,730 Invoice Price Range: $32,177 – $36,861 Where built: USA Production of Buick’s biggest sedans — the front-wheel-drive (FWD) Park Avenue and supercharged Park Avenue Ultra — will be limited to 8,400 units in 2005 for a final run. ... Read More »

New Car Overview of the 2005 Buick LeSabre Full-Size Sedan Description: Full-Size Sedan Base MSRP Range: $26,545 – $32,205 Invoice Price Range: $24,059 – $29,468 Where built: USA For a dozen years LeSabre has been the best-selling full-size sedan in the country. Editions for 2005 — divided into trims labeled Custom, Limited and Celebration — show OnStar telecommunications equipment on ... Read More »

New Car Overview of the 2005 Buick Rainier Mid-Size Sport Utility Vehicle Description: Mid-Size Sport Utility Vehicle Base MSRP Range: $35,080 – $36,905 Invoice Price Range: $31,747 – $33,399 Where built: USA Buick’s five-door SUV tips toward luxury mode with two rows of seats in a plush cabin and deluxe appointments including rich leather upholstery. It carries a 6-cylinder, or ... Read More »

New Car Overview of the 2005 Buick Rendezvous Mid-Size Sport Utility Vehicle Description: Mid-Size Sport Utility Vehicle Base MSRP Range: $26,585 – $38,220 Invoice Price Range: $24,289 – $34,209 Where built: Mexico Buick’s smaller SUV combines attributes of a wagon and minivan. The platform and some mechanical elements were borrowed from GM minivans so Rendezvous drives and rides with the ... Read More »

New Car Overview of the 2005 Cadillac CTS Luxury Mid-Size Sedan Description: Luxury Mid-Size Sedan Base MSRP Range: $31,850 – $49,300 Invoice Price Range: $29,461 – $45,603 Where built: USA The mid-size CTS sports sedan made history in 2003 as the first rear wheel drive (RWD) vehicle in Cadillac’s fleet since 1979 and the first to offer a manual transmission ... Read More »

New Car Overview of the 2005 Cadillac STS Mid-Size Luxury Sedan Description: Luxury Mid-Size Sedan Base MSRP Range: $40,300 – $46,800 Invoice Price Range: $37,278 – $43,290 Where built: USA The sporty STS version of Cadillac’s Seville sedan fades away in 2005 but the name carries forward to describe a new luxury touring sedan built on the RWD Sigma platform. ... Read More »

New Car Overview of the 2005 Cadillac DeVille Full-Size Luxury Sedan Description: Full-Size Luxury Sedan Base MSRP Range: $45,695 – $51,250 Invoice Price Range: $41,811 – $46,894 Where built: USA The name traces back half a century in Cadillac culture, but current issues contain high-tech innovations of a contemporary vehicle with electronic controls and computer-managed mechanical systems to improve vehicle ... Read More »

New Car Overview of the 2005 Buick Century Mid-Size Sedan Description: Mid-Size Sedan Base MSRP Range: $22,040 Invoice Price Range: $20,167 Where built: Canada The badge on this mid-size sedan traces to 1936, when Buick first identified its products by easy-to-remember names rather than numbers. Now it’s in a final run as Buick’s entry-level car. The issues of 2005 offer ... Read More »

Mercedes-Benz has brought the C Class a long way from the entry-level Benz it use to be. It has the look, and prestige, of its bigger sisters without the cost. Read More »

New Car Overview of the 2005 BMW Z4 Near-Luxury Sports Car Description: Near-Luxury Sports Car Base MSRP Range: $34,300 – $41,300 Invoice Price Range: $31,375 – $37,745 Where built: USA BMW’s two-seat sports car – the Z4 — carries angular sheet metal styling that looks edgy and quick. It can be quick to act too, thanks to two different engine ... Read More »