2009 Nissan Frontier, Titan, Xterra, Pathfinder and Armada Test Drive: Feeling Gas Crunch, New Trucks Get Smart

Despite a drop in truck sales, Nissan intends to stay the course, insisting that the truck market is viable and likely to rebound, so the company aims to gobble up its share by trimming and tailoring its offerings. Click For More.

• PLUS: 2009 Chevy Traverse Test Drive

After Midwest Floods & Gulf Storms, Beware of Flooded Used Cars

Floods in Iowa this spring left rural states submerged, and auctioned vehicles from that disaster or anything else that rears its waterlogged head as storm season winds down, could reach car buyers. Click For More.

• PLUS: Backup Generators for Emergencies
• SATURDAY MECHANIC: Upgrading Wheels & Tires

Honda, Ford, Nissan Prep Hybrids to Hunt Prius Before Volt Unveil

As it becomes increasingly likely that General Motors will unveil the production version of its much-anticipated Chevy Volt here later this month, competing automakers are now codifying their plans for next-generation hybrids of their own. Click For More.

• TEST DRIVE: Toyota Plug-in Could Beat Volt to Road

2009 Mini Cooper JCW Test Drive: 207-HP Rocket Hits 33 MPG, but Is $42K Too Much?

The new John Cooper Works (JCW) edition pumps out 207 horses, features four-piston Brembo brakes, and is in showrooms now. Good news indeed for the Mini cognoscenti. Click For More.

• FIRST LOOK: Mini JCW Revs Up Big-Time Fun

Next-Gen Animal Surveillance Rig Aims to Reduce Roadkill 2.0

A new generation of animal detection systems, many of which evolved from technologies designed for military and private security systems, is aimed at alerting oncoming cars to would-be roadkill before it ends up in their headlights. Click For More.

• PLUS: Next-Gen Animal Prosthetics Build Perfect Beasts

2009 Ford Fiesta Test Drive: Could Ford's Future Hang on Success of This Subcompact's 50+ MPGs?

After a 32-year absence, Fiesta will return to the U.S. in the form of a sedan that we first saw as the Ford Verve Concept in Frankfurt last year—along with a handsome five-door and a racy three-door hatchback version. Click For More.

• TEST DRIVE: 2009 Ford Focus ECOnetic Is Superstar of Fun

2009 Cadillac CTS-V Test Drive: Hiding Weight With 556 Horses, Is This the Finest Caddy Ever?

News outlets are buzzing with stories of financial struggles at General Motors. Let's hope the General rides out its fiscal troubles, because if the CTS-V is any indication, GM has finally rediscovered how to make world-class cars. Click For More.

• PLUS: The Tech Behind Caddy’s New 190-MPH Sedan

2009 Ford Flex AWD Limited 500-Mile Test Drive: Defining Versatility, Is This America's Hippest New Family Ride?

The new Ford Flex is part SUV, part minivan and doesn't carry the stigma of either one. How many other minivans or crossovers offer a refrigerator and four sunroofs? Click For More.

• PLUS: How Taurus X Became the Ford Flex

Escort Passport 9500ix Radar Detector Weeds Out False Alarms: Tech Test

The newest Passport radar detector claims to deliver "No false alarms." We put it through its paces to determine if it lives up to its marketing. Click For More.

• PLUS: New GPS Tells You When Big Brother Is Watching
• EARLIER: Turning the Tables on Red-Light Cameras

Will Chevy Volt Breed a 2011 Plug-in Pontiac Electric Car? Spy Report

We've already heard that GM may offer a Cadillac version of the Volt, so a Pontiac version would have to stand apart. In fact, GM has said the Volt is its single most important future project. Click For More.

• FROM JALOPNIK: Video of Chevy Volt on the Road in Transformers 2

Top 5 Fire-Breathing, Uparmored Cars @ Moscow Motor Show '08

Our comrades from the former Soviet Union may have the next hottest car market. The auto industry is booming in Russia, and carmakers are rushing to expand there, with a flood of new manufacturing plants and products. Click For More.

• GALLERY: 10 Green Cars You Can't Get in the US—Yet

10 Rare Pictures From Nissan's Secret Zama Operations Center

There's not much activity at Nissan's old Zama assembly plant these days, but there's more here than meets the eye. The facility is home to one of the most extensive and exclusive brand-specific car collections in the world. Click For More.

• TEST DRIVE: 5 Green Nissans We Can't Get in the US

Inside the Future of Electric Cars, Hydrogen and Next-Gen Biofuels

Americans burned through more than 142 billion gallons of gas last year. It's an expensive habit at over $4 (and over 20 pounds of CO₂ emissions) a pop. No wonder the market has never looked better for alt fuels. Click For More.

• PLUS: 7 Next-Gen Biofuels to Drive Beyond Gasoline
• HOW-TO: Make Alt Fuels at Home and Say Goodbye, Oil!

2009 Dodge Ram 1500 Test Drive: 390 HP Hemi V8 is Most Car-Like Ride Yet

Dodge is known for bucking conventional pickup-truck wisdom. The '94 model polarized everyone with its brazen big-rig styling. For 2009, the Dodge Ram gets perhaps its most significant breakthrough yet: rear coil springs. Click For More.

• FIRST LOOK: 2009 Ram @ 2008 Detroit Auto Show

10 More Shots of Record Setting Cars from Bonneville Speed Week '08

No steam car this year (the "steam team" was a no-show), but the cars at Bonneville Speed Week continue to impress. Today brings a record-breaking electric motorcycle and a Volkswagon/Hot Rod hybrid. Click For More.

• SPEED WEEK 2008: Daily Updates and Galleries!

ZR1 Drive Reflects Tech Evolution on the Road: Mechanic's Diary

After declaring the 2009 Corvette ZR1 "a benchmark for American muscle," PM's senior automotive editor explains in his biweekly online column how the new Vette's 600 horses get the power to the ground. Click For More.

• SPY REPORT: Experts Predict Tech Behind New C7 Corvette

2009 Chevy Corvette ZR1 Test Drive With Behind-the-Scenes Video!

Chevrolet's iconic Corvette has always defined the American sports car. Enter the 2009 Corvette ZR1, a blisteringly fast, stunningly capable reaffirmation of exactly that. The ZR1 represents a benchmark for American muscle. Click For More.

• FIRST LOOK: 2009 Corvette ZR1 Preview Gallery

2009 Honda Fit Test Drive: Has Fit Gotten Fat as New Hybrid Awaits?

After three short model years with the original, PM Automotive Excellence Award-winning Fit, Honda has a brand-new one for 2009. Did Honda push the design too far into the mainstream for Fit fanatics? Click For More.

• PLUS: PM's Battle of the B-Cars Comparison Test
• EARLIER: Honda Fit Sport Long Distance Test Drive

Top 15 Classic Cars at the 2008 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance

An eclectic array of classics competed in the 2008 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. The Best in Show award went to a 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Touring Berlinetta, but here's a list of 15 more classics that caught our eye. Click For More.

• GALLERY: Top 10 Underappreciated All-American Cars

McCain, Obama Promise Plug-in Cars as Detroit Charts a Timetable

PM's Geek the Vote series examines the presidential candidates' policies on science and technology. In this installment, experts evaluate the stances of Senators McCain and Obama on America's future electric vehicles. Click For More.

• GALLERY: Top 10 Early Contenders for Auto X Prize

2009 Dodge Challenger Test Drive: Packing Retro Heat With 170-MPH V8 Muscle or 25-MPG V6 Thrift

With two new flavors of Challenger for '09, we spent a day driving all three through New Jersey's legendary traffic, on old two-laners and along the NJ Turnpike and Garden State Parkway. Click For More.

• EARLIER: 2009 Dodge Challenger Has Retro Muscle
• TEST DRIVE: 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8

Infiniti G37 Convertible First Look: First Infiniti Convertible in 15-Plus Years Is Summertime Stunner

Not since the utterly forgettable M30 left our shores in 1992 has Infiniti had a drop-top in its showrooms. But that will change next spring when an open-air version of the G37 coupe debuts. Click For More.

• EARLIER: Infiniti G37 Coupe @ New York Auto Show
• PLUS: 10 Convertibles That Won't Pinch at the Pump

10 Fun, MPG-Friendly, Cheap-ish Collector Cars for Your Garage

Here are some of our recommended (but not sure-fire) investments—all at least 20-years-old and powered by (relatively) fuel-efficient four-cylinder engines—that should be inexpensive and fun to drive. Click For More.

• LENO: Remembering Classic Station Wagons
• PLUS: 2010 Cadillac SRX & 2010 STS Sport Wagon

2009 Subaru Impreza WRX Test Drive: 265 Horses Comes Half-Step Closer to STi Awesomeness

It's tough playing second fiddle to a fire-breathing, rally-bred superstar like the Subaru WRX STi. But the 2009 Impreza WRX has gotten brawnier inside and out, bringing it several steps closer to its overachieving big brother. Click For More.

• CAR BUYER'S GUIDE: Compare 4 Rides at Once!

How to Make 4 Alternative Fuels at Home: Goodbye, Big Oil!

Ready to make your own gas alternative? These products can give you a start—but energy independence won’t come cheaply. Click For More.

• FROM NEW ISSUE: 7 Next-Gen Biofuels
• FIRST LOOK: The First Ethanol Kit for Backyard Biofuels

7 Next-Gen Biofuels to Drive Beyond Gasoline

Forget food crops. Future fuels will come from more practical feedstocks. Plus, each generation will use fewer resources and pack more energy than the last. PM crunches the numbers on alternative fuels for the real world. Click For More.

• ALGAE: Startups Confront Miracle Fuel With Big Summer
• FOURTH-GEN FUEL: J. Craig Venter on Engineering Biofuels