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America's sports car, the Chevrolet Corvette, enters 2009 with even more to like. In addition to the base coupe and convertible and the previously top-of-the-line Z06, power-hungry shoppers now have the ZR1 to consider.
The ZR1 name returns after a long layoff, and with it comes serious performance. The car comes as a coupe only and is powered by an Eaton supercharged and intercooled 6.2L V8 (the..... |
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The 2009 Mitsubishi Lancer is available with two engine choices, with a third expected later in the model year on the Lancer Ralliart. The DE, ES, and ES-Sport Lancers are powered by a 152-horsepower, 2.0L four-cylinder engine (though the engine only makes 143 horsepower in California-emission states), while the GTS sports a bored-and-stroked version of the base engine. The resulting displacement ..... |
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The Fusion comes with two different engines to suit different priorities. For
economically minded buyers, the base 160-horsepower four-cylinder engine provides
adequate performance with the five-speed automatic transmission but feels peppier
with the no-extra-cost five-speed manual. This combination rates at an economical
20 mpg city, 29 highway. Then there's also the 221-horsepower, 3.0-lite..... |
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The 2009 Mercedes-Benz SL is offered in four variants: the V8-powered SL550 and V12-powered SL600, the new SL63 AMG, which replaces the SL55 AMG and the SL65 AMG. Both AMG cars are high-performance tuned, exclusive versions of the SL550 and SL600, respectively. All SL cars receive new front end styling for 2009.
The high-performance SL550 luxury roadster gets the same large, 5.5L V8 that's also of..... |
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