MSRP Range: $50,780 – $55,805 Invoice Range: $46,464 – $51,062 Price Quote MSRP As Tested: $55,000 Versions: ESV, EXT Vehicle Category: Full-size, Luxury, Sport Utility Vehicle Engine Location: Front Engine Drive Wheels: Rear-Wheel Drive and optional All-Wheel Drive without low-range gears Engine As Tested: 5.3-liter, Dual Overhead Cam, V8, 285-hp at 5,200 rpm and 325 lb-ft of torque at 4,000 ... Read More »
2003 Subaru Forester 2.5 XS Compact Sport Utility Vehicle
The Subaru Forester is an anomaly within the Sport Utility Vehicle market. Despite not making any drastic changes to the 2003 model, an eagerly awaiting buying public are lined up to get one of their very own. Whether it’s a year end 2002 model or the latest iteration of the Forester, it seems Subaru dealers never have a problem selling each new vehicle they receive. So what makes it all the rage to own one? Read More »
2003 Buick Rendezvous Mid-Size, 5-door, SUV
2003 Buick Rendezvous, feels good: A sport-utility wagon that's not too big so it's easy to drive on congested city streets or carve a path through a shopping center's crowded parking lot. Read More »
2003 Mitsubishi Outlander, Compact, 5-door Sport Utility Vehicle
Snow, sliced by a plow into a wall three feet high, rims a narrow road wrapping around Mt. Bachelor in the Cascade Range of Oregon, with the three Sisters, white-capped spires thrust into a cobalt sky, filling the three mirrors on a new type of crossover wagon from Mitsubishi as we dash back toward Bend. Read More »
2003 Honda Pilot Mid-Size Sport Utility Vehicle
Honda first gave us the CR-V small utility and it satisfied all those roles, and it has become the class of the small ute market. The Pilot is Honda's first entry into the mid-size SUV market. They have learned their lessons well. Read More »
2003 Suzuki Aerio Sub-Compact Sedan and Hatchback Wagon
The 2003 Suzuki Aerio looks keen and aggressive, with crisp lines and sporty aerodynamic elements like a thick front air dam and low side sills or the spoiler flange fixed to trailing edge of the arching roof that seems to disguise the otherwise boxy parameters of a hatchback's form. Read More »
2003 Audi A4 Cabriolet Compact Near-Luxury Convertible
On California's Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) sunshine rules the sky and invites motoring al fresco with the pop-top stowed and bright light plus cool sea breezes swirling through a convertible cabin. And it's a push-button "snap" to drop the top of a luxurious new convertible edition of a compact-class A4 car from the German automaker Audi. Read More »