If Volvo’s new-for-2011 cars are any indicator, an era is ending. We recently spent a few days with a 2010 S40 2.4i, knowing this could be our last chance to drive one of Volvo's clean, simple sedans.

As Land Rovers go, the Range Rover Sport is hands-down the coolest looking. Now with 375 horsepower in stock form, it's also a bit more sporty.

Around the Kilometer office, we joke that SE must stand for “Short Edition.” Unlike other bikes with “special edition” suffixes, the 2010 Triumph Bonneville SE is actually a distinct model. After 50 years of Bonnevilles, and ten years of current production, Triumph has conceded that a lower seat height option might be nice.

For 2010, the Volkswagen Golf received a major update that improves on its legacy as the king of high-quality basic transportation, as we recently discovered with this TDI.

For most of us, simply owning a new BMW 7-series would be satisfying enough. Still others demand something just a bit more special than your average 400-horsepower, $100,000 luxury sedan. For those folks, BMW has created the 7-series Individual Package.

According to BMW, the current philosophy of theM division is built on four cornerstones — agility, response, feedback and innovation. So how does the X5M stack up?

There are a lot of things that the E550 isn’t, but few cars can match its elegant design, the romanticism of a pillarless V8 coupe, or its high style at such a reasonable price.

The Mini E is a fully electric, two-seat version of the popular Cooper. Would it be even more of a go-kart with an electric motor, or would the weight of batteries and motors kill its tossable peronality?