10 Hot Cars for '05; AND A FEW OTHERS YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT!(News)

Byline: J.P. VETTRAINO It's nasty out there. The mid-November drop in oil prices was short-lived, and it seems $50-plus-per-barrel is not an aberration but the new rule. Cheap gasoline costs $2 a gallon, and we in the United States have it good compared to the rest of the world. The environmental movement is screaming for more rapid development of alternative drivetrains; cars like Toyota's Prius demonstrate exactly who is listening.

The idea of a "sin tax'' on SUVs is making headway inside the Beltway. The dollar is at an all-time low against the euro (not to mention the ...

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