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The 2011 Buick Regal CXLTurbo takes the idea of adaptability to a whole new level and transforms the dreams of many car connoisseurs into reality.

Featuring an exclusive chassis technology, the new Buick Regal Turbo allows drivers to choose between three unique driving experiences: Standard, Sport, and Touring. It is one car that can perfectly execute the incline and turns of a mountain road just as easily as it can cruise comfortably down a quiet…

The all new environmentally friendly Nissan Leaf (short for Leading Environmentally-friendly Affordable Family) become the first electric vehicle to win European Car of the Year. The car officially launched in the US this month, and expects to gain a huge following and time goes on.

"The Leaf will serve as a standard, a benchmark, for other manufacturers when they build new electric vehicles," said Mamoru Kato, auto analyst at Tokai Tokyo Research Center.

The all-electric…

Auto Week writer Mark Vaughn had the privilege of touring around Southern California in a Plugin Toyota Prius. His seven week drive around town brought many pleasant surprises to a skeptical alternative fuel driver.

According to Mark, "The first week, Nov. 8-12, it did more of the highly efficient commuter slogging for which it was designed. In that role I found that it almost invariably goes 12 miles per full electric charge before the gasoline engine kicks in and it becomes just another hybrid. Each of those full electric charges almost invariably adds almost exactly 3.5 kilowatt-hours to the…