The convertible edition of Eclipse was engineered from the outset to work as a car without a coupe's superstructure -- it's rigid and stiff, which sets up some sporty road manners. Read More »
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Feed Subscription2004 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Compact Sport Sedan
A street-legal version of Mitsubishi's hot new rally-racing sedan comes to America as the Lancer Evolution. Read More »
2004 Mitsubishi Eclipse Mid-Size Coupe
The racy hatchback coupe from Mitsubishi seems substantial and strong, but also gracefully sleek like a compressed bullet with sides squared and prow honed to a hard point. Read More »
2004 Mercury Mountaineer Mid-Size Sport Utility Vehicle
The SUV from Mercury tucks into the mid-size class and can carry as many as seven passengers. Read More »
2004 Mercury Sable Mid-Size Sedan and Wagon
The mid-size Mercury sedan and station wagon feel quite comfortable, with generous space in the cabin, particularly in headroom for backseat riders. Read More »
2004 Mercury Marauder Full-Size Sedan
This monochromatic sedan is called Marauder as the reincarnation of Mercury's muscle car out of 1963. Read More »
2004 Mercury Grand Marquis Full-Size Sedan
Mercury's venerable Grand Marquis sedan -- it's big, carries up to six adults and a load of luggage, and it drives all of the torque from a powerful V8 engine to the rear wheels. Read More »
2004 Mercedes-Benz M Class Mid-Size Sport Utility Vehicle
Mercedes builds mid-size SUV wagons that drive like a fine sedan and feel as comfortable, but there's also ample cargo space in the back plus go-anywhere attributes of a four-wheel-drive (4WD) wagon. Read More »
2004 Mercedes-Benz SLK Compact Near Luxury Convertible
With that eye-popping prow, flat side panels accented with big blackwalls and rakish windshield stretched wide across a cockpit for two, snappy SLK Class two-seat coupes can shed that hard top in seconds and store it in the trunk to switch from weather-tight coupe to airy convertible. Read More »
2004 Mercedes-Benz CL Class Mid-Size Luxury Coupe
Elite full-size coupes, with fluid lines on an exaggerated hood sweeping over the pillar-less roof to an elongated tail, crown the Mercedes line. Read More »