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December 20th, 2009 | 
Author: The 2009 Subaru Forester is crowned the 2009 Motor Trend Sport/Utility of the Year. Read the story here: www.motortrend.com
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Tags: 2009, award, Forester, motor, of, sport/utility, Subaru, suv, the, trend, year | 
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MORE NYAS @ INSIDELINE.COM: www.edmunds.com It appears that the horsepower wars are over. Scion took the wraps off its three-passenger iQ concept on Wednesday at the 2009 New York Auto Show, trotting out a 93-horsepower micro-subcompact that seems to take direct aim at the Smart Fortwo. The front-wheel-drive iQ concept — a three-door hatchback — is an edgier version of the production Toyota iQ, which is sold in Europe and Japan. Scion described the concept as just over 10 feet in length and …
By JENNA FRYER (AP) INDIANAPOLIS — Jimmie Johnson grabbed an improbable third victory at Indianapolis Motor Speedway when a speeding penalty to Juan Pablo Montoya blew Sunday’s race wide open. Montoya led 116 laps and had a 5-second lead when he headed to pit road for a routine stop with 35 laps remaining. NASCAR flagged him for speeding on his way in, and the penalty knocked him out of contention. “I swear on my children and my wife that I was not speeding!” he shouted over his radio …
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CHEVY TRAVERSE: www.edmunds.com If the large, traditional SUV you’re giving up represents trans fat, the 2009 Chevrolet Traverse you’re replacing it with is unsalted, organic butter churned from the milk of grass-fed cows. This is not a low-fat crossover SUV. Along with its siblings built on GM’s Lambda platform architecture, the 2009 Chevy Traverse is the longest and tallest crossover on the market. Yes, it even beats the ungainly Mercedes-Benz R-Class. It’s also longer …
www.edmunds.com Kia hasn’t put a single V8 badge on the 2009 Kia Borrego EX. The days when you could brag to great effect about the Hemi, iForce or Vortec V8 in your family SUV are over. Unless you somehow score a crossover with a plug-in hybrid drivetrain, no one wants to hear about it. And that’s probably why the V8 Borrego makes none of the usual throat-clearing racket when you start it up. Keeping quiet may not be enough, though, because the 2009 Kia Borrego isn’t even a crossover. It’s …
MORE 2009 NYAS @ INSIDELINE.COM: www.edmunds.com So what does an auto show look like in the midst of one of the worst markets in history? Not so bad, actually. The 2009 New York Auto Show is looking like it will finish the season strong, with a handful of notable world debuts along with a dozen or so North American firsts. Think SUVs are dead? Well, not quite. Acura, GMC and Land Rover have all come up with what they think are the next generation of SUVs. Smaller, more nimble and less …
FOR MORE ABOUT THE VENZA: www.edmunds.com As soon as you see the 2009 Toyota Venza V6, you know what it is. So how come there are all these questions about whether it’s a crossover, a minivan in disguise, a tall wagon or a soft-riding SUV? Really, get over it. Toyota brought it to us, not aliens from another planet. Mark Cooledge knows what it is. The 34-year-old insurance network manager from Texas is finding life a little tight in his Toyota Camry with his wife and two small children. He …
LEARN MORE ABOUT CROSSOVERS: www.edmunds.com We keep a couple seven-passenger crossover SUVs in our long-term test fleet and they’re indispensable for carting around kids, terriers and lawn furniture. Of course, we still crack the obvious jokes. We’ll tell you that these are minivans with hinged doors, SUVs trail-rated for the Starbucks drive-thru, tall wagons that think they’re too good to be called tall wagons. But there’s nothing superficial or irrational about crossover SUVs like the …
MORE ABOUT THE AUDI’S DIESEL SUV: www.edmunds.com Full disclosure: The 2009 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI clean diesel we describe here doesn’t yet exist — sort of. Don’t get us wrong. Audi is committed to selling an Audi Q7 3.0 TDI with the very same fuel-efficient clean diesel powertrain, and it affirms that the vehicle will appear in showrooms during 2009. But it isn’t yet clear whether the first examples of the Audi Q7 TDI will be officially homologated as 2009 or 2010 models. Ah, technicalities….