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Review: 2007 Chrysler Pacifica

Few Americans really want a minivan. They may need one - but that's a different motivation entirely. Many folks took to SUVs as a "third way"  because they could cart around a family without feeling utterly defeated by life.

Until, of course, gas prices got to where they are today.

This brings us full circle back to large station wagons like the Chrysler Pacifica. Wagons were the family car of choice for Americans long before the SUV craze ignited - and may yet rise again as 15 mpg SUVs become increasingly untenable in a world of $3 per gallon regular unleaded.

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 Posted on August 01, 2007   

Five Best Muscle Car Street Engines

Everyone has their own opinion about which muscle car engine was the best muscle car engine - because we each have our ideas about what it takes to be the best. For some, it's all about peak horsepower numbers - even if the engine was barely streetable. For others, it's about wild designs - canted valves, cross-ram intakes and multiple carbs (or fuel injection). But when the parameters are defined more closely - and the question is, which muscle car engines were also great street performance engines - the following contenders deserve a tip of the hat:

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 Posted on August 01, 2007   

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Eric Peters is a Washington, D.C.-based, nationally-syndicated automotive columnist. He has written for The Wall Street Journal, Investors Business Daily, the Detroit Free Press and The Washington Times.

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