Stretched 22 inches longer than Escalade, the ESV is a super-size SUV that compares to Chevrolet's Suburban but with Escalade's lavish features plus class-capping muscle. It also develops the highest gross vehicle weight ratings (GVWR) and tow numbers. Read More »
2006 Cadillac Escalade EXT Full-Size Near-Luxury Pickup Truck
Escalade EXT has the big cabin of a four-door SUV like Escalade but also the abbreviated bed of a pickup truck plus a link between cab and truck bed in the cabin's fold-down rear gate. It resembles Escalade although the boxy rear bay has been eliminated in favor of the pared pickup bed. Read More »
2006 Cadillac CTS Near-Luxury Mid-Size Sedan
This sports sedan made history in 2003 as the first RWD vehicle in Cadillac's fleet since 1979 and the first manual transmission for a RWD Caddy in 50 years. The Sigma platform features an extended wheelbase and wide track with wheels set on corners. In the five-seat cabin, the exterior theme of angular forms is expressed in monochromatic treatment. Read More »
2006 Cadillac XLR Roadster
Built on a rigid rear-wheel-drive (RWD) platform also used for the racy Corvette, Cadillac's two-seat sports car wears keen body forms in the package of a luxurious hardtop coupe that drops its lid with the push of a console switch. XLR's exterior theme of chiseled lines extends into the cockpit with sculptured bucket seats covered in leather and trimwork in polished aluminum metal plus lacquered wood. Read More »
2006 Cadillac V-Series Models
This year Cadillac creates a brand-within-the-brand for big-engine muscle cars sporting the v-badge -- that 'v' tacked to a model's alphabetical nameplate, perhaps to denote 'velocity.' Read More »
2006 Toyota RAV4 Compact Sport Utility Vehicle
In 1996, Toyota hit a home run by doing something no other car company had done before: it built an SUV on a car platform. It seemed an odd move "” is it a car or an SUV? But as it turned out, America was more than ready for a vehicle that offered the styling and roominess of an SUV in a smaller, more fuel-efficient package. Read More »
2006 Mitsubishi Eclipse Compact Coupe
The Mitsubishi Eclipse is sexy again for 2006, offering a sleek, stylish body and strong V6 engine. As long as you're riding up front, the new Eclipse has a comfortable, well-designed, good-looking cabin. Back-seat passengers won't want to ride back there for long, though. Read More »
2006 Buick LaCrosse Mid-Size Sedan
This mid-size sedan emerged in 2005 as the replacement for the Century and Regal in Buick's line. Read More »
2006 Buick Rainier Full-Size Near-Luxury Sport Utility Vehicle
Buick's five-door SUV tips toward luxury with deluxe appointments like leather upholstery. Read More »
2006 Toyota Tacoma Compact Pickup Truck
Toyota has never gotten the styling right on their pickups, and this one still has a front end that looks like a mutant Camry. As you'd expect in a Toyota, the quality in the Tacoma's cabin is excellent. It's quiet, comfortable, and well engineered. Read More »