Introduction:     AWD Report is set up for the consumer who is unsure about his next vehicle purchase, outside of the fact that it should be equipped with All Wheel Drive. For that reason, I have overlapped the price point categories, so that vehicles at the extreme range of 1 category may be compared with vehicles in the next higher or lower price range as well. This will give you a truer representation of each vehicle's competition, and provide the widest range of possibilities. Maybe you thought only a crossover was available, but the price range pages may show you a sharp station wagon that would be just the ticket.
  So feel free to nose around the site. I suggest starting off by looking at the price range pages. That will get you "in the ballpark". You may find a vehicle you never knew had an AWD option.

UPDATE:   RECALL RECALL RECALL....

 The worm has turned for Toyota. After an admittedly great run of building and selling good cars, they have tripped. Now, I'm not the biggest Toyota fan in the world. In fact, I pretty much hate the way the company acts. But it's THEIR COMPANY, and they are free to manage it any way they want. I have sniped at them for years for doing what I thought was stupid marketing and poor web work. (But they make billions, and I run a web site...) And now they've got a huge recall mess on their hands.

I've looked at the Toyota recall issue a bit, and I have to admit, I am more disturbed than I initially was. It seems there were 2 different accelerator pedal designs in use for some reason, and only one has been troublesome. IMHO, the REAL culprit is the fascination with all things electronic. C'mon, were mechanical accelerator pedals so bad? A cable and spring can't be that much more expensive than a circuitboard, friction simulators and wiring. And a lot easier to fix.

Do yourself a favor and research the pedal issue in depth. THEN decide if you want to keep your Toyota. I suggest you start here; with The Truth About Cars.

Stimulating Driving...    Well, we're into the new year... Not as robustly as we had hoped, but not facing armageddon either. Conditions are a bit quirky, as a result of the political instability. No one is quite sure what is going to transpire in the next 10 to 16 months, but we are getting some disquieting signals from Greece and the European Union.

    I don't sell cars. I sell information. I try to add a bit of hard knocks wisdom. Yep, you're right, here it comes; another soap box pleading!

   Do you REALLY need a new car right now? Think about that. Times are far from normal or certain. What would happen if you blew $30,000 on a new car and lost your job? If you'd have to sell that car to keep your home, I suggest you wait another year. It won't kill you. And see how good you are by putting away an extra $450 per month for that year as if you HAD bought the car. You'll be building an emergency cushion for your family, and if it all works out, a larger down payment on that 2011 model.