MotorMouths

The 2011 Mustang V-6 is a damned good car. The 5.0, on the other hand, is better than damned good. Unless your shopping list starts at Gallardo money, it should include a Mustang GT.

If you have a Land Rover LR4 and an Acura MDX in your garage, and you don’t require a third row of seats, you can send them both to the auction and replace them with this Grand Cherokee. It’s that good.

The Genesis Coupe is the ponycar for the twenty-first century, as important to some people as the original Mustang was in 1964. Except, of course, for the fact that this 2011 V-6 Mustang is superior in virtually every respect, from interior quality to high-speed handling.

The Coupe is priced heads-up with the sedan at $62,990 plus a mandatory gas-guzzler charge. It really has no competition in the marketplace, so if you want one, feel free to take the plunge. I’d buy the wagon and pay the 200-pound weight penalty, since the Coupe is tight for me.

The 2011 Ford Shelby GT500 never again had to yield for anything short of a true race car. Street Corvettes, STis, EVOs, M3s, and the like were mere snacks for the gaping grille.

The days of penalty-box small Fords are long gone. In fact, this Fiesta is so expensive-feeling that one wonders exactly where the differentiation between it and the new Focus is going to come from.

The Porsche 911 Turbo S is a very satisfying car. It’s a very, very rapid car, even in the current era of hyper-fast production cars.

We all expect the Jeep Grand Cherokee to whip pretenders like the Lexus RX and Acura MDX off-road, but it whips ‘em on-road as well, has plenty of space, seems well-put-together, and it’s affordable.

The 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee finally adds on-road abilities to its impressive off-road resume. The iconic Grand Cherokee nameplate has never been in better hands.

The pricing is competitive — $22,000 plus destination — and the little Abarth has plenty of virtues, from the way it looks to the way it feels to drive. It seems to be worthy of both the FIAT and Abarth labels.

The 2011 Ford Mustang GT 5.0 is a fast, competent, well-sorted performance car that delivers M3-level performance at half the price.

Not everybody expects athletic behavior, light weight, maximum fuel efficiency, and a sporting demeanor from their CUV. Buyers who do expect those qualities won’t have to look any further than the Mazda CX-5, and they won’t suffer much of a practicality penalty for doing so.