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Video technology review: Can the 2010 Lexus HS 250h really drive itself?

The newest hybrid Lexus is a technological tour de force. The HS 250h not only drives-by-wire, but can almost drive itself.

Seriously, the driver no longer really drives the car, but instead just makes suggestions using the steering wheel, accelerator, and brake pedal, and the car's computers interpret those suggestions into actions.

Click HERE to see reviews of many of the newest hybrid and electric cars that you can buy now or will be able to buy very soon.

Road trip review video: A big American HEMI sedan discovers the new American West

What do Colorado Bison and a HEMI 2010 Chrysler 300C SRT8 sedan in have in common?

Or to be more specific, where do you suppose the HEMI and the Buffalo roam?

The answer...the old West town of Golden, Colorado.

Video Challenge Jeep Patriot vs. Audi Q5: Let's say you want Champagne on a beer budget

Give us 5-minutes and we'll give you the scoop.

How do you buy the right car for your budget? That's always a tough question.

Let's say you want one of the new 5-passenger Crossover's and you have a taste for Champagne... but you are on a beer budget.

Video: Will a Dually do donuts?

Many recreational buyers get a Dually pick-up to tow a big boat or pull a big horse trailer. But will a Dually do donuts? 

After all it has four fat wheels and tires on the back so you'd think that it would take a lot of power to bring the back end around in a full 360 degree donut.

But then again the new Ram 3500 Laramie Crew Cab has a 350 HP Cummins 6.7 Liter turbo diesel that pumps out an incredible 650 lb. ft. of Torque at just 1400 rpm.

Tesla Roadster Rocky Mountain road trip video: driving an EV across the Continental Divide

Take a brand new and very expensive all electric sports car (the Tesla Roadster Sport), add some Rocky Mountains, the Continental Divide, and season with a bit of winter snow, and you have the ingredients for a fun Colorado road trip.

The question of course is a simple one.

Can you take an electric car across country and across the great Continental Divide in the winter and not be worried that it will run out of juice before you get home?

The answer: yes and no.

Video Challenge: 2010 Range Rover Sport vs. Lick Skillet Road

At an astounding 15 percent incline, Lick Skillet leading to Gold Hill, Colorado is the steepest Country Road in America.

So what do you think happens when you try to drive a two and a half ton brand new 70K Range Rover Sport down Lick Skillet road on ice and snow in the middle of winter with temperatures hovering near zero?

Beauty vs. the Beast: The 2010 Chevy Camaro RS or 2010 Ford Mustang GT

Sometimes its not what's under your hood, but what's in your wallet.

At first glance it may seem odd to compare the 2010 Chevy V6 Camaro RS to a 2010 V8 Mustang GT convertible.

But just consider that both cars have almost identical horsepower with the Camaro's V6 thumping out a heart pounding 305 while the Mustang's V8 engine produces a nearly identical 315 horsepower.

Prius vs. Prius which is faster? The second generation or the newest 2010 Toyota hybrid

So which car is faster? The newest Prius or the last generation of the iconic hybrid.

There is only really one way to find out: Good old fashioned drag race,

So what happens when you drag race a second generation Prius vs. the newest (2010) third generation Prius hybrid?

2010 Lexus RX 450h takes on an electric bike in a fun urban electric car vs. bike video review

The 2010 Lexus RX 450h hybrid is a slick car, but can it beat a bike in the city?

So which is faster and which is better in the city when you need that morning cup of coffee?

An electric car or an electric bike?

Can the new Volvo XC60 with City Safety stop itself in the case of a stalled whale Video?

It's called City Safety and its a new feature on the Volvo XC60.

What does it do?

Basically the system monitors the road ahead of the Volvo using a laser, and under 19 mph it will automatically stop the car if it thinks the XC60 is about to crash into a stopped car in case the driver fails to put on the brakes.

Think of it as if your husband or wife had a brake pedal on the passenger side of the car, and used it because you were too busy texting your friend Steve about the Cubs game to see the stalled blue Civic stopped ahead of you.

Can the new 2010 Ford Flex park itself in under one minute?

Who says a Ford has to be boring.

Ford just introduced the 2010 Flex with the new 355 HP twin turbo engine (ecoboost) to the press, and as part of the festivities Ford now has a new self-parking feature on the Flex that's helps the car park itself.

Ford claims a Flex will park itself faster than a Lexus.

Is the new Lexus IS 350 convertible the fastest topless car in the world?

Lexus has jumped into the deep end of the hardtop convertible business with the new IS 250C and 350C drop tops.

Both cars are aimed right at the heart of the BMW 3 series hardtop convertible, and here's what Lexus was thinking when it built the car from scratch.

Instead of selling both a two door hardtop coupe, and a two door convertible hardtop like the folks from Munich, why not just offer a two door hardtop convertible and give customers two cars in one?

Video challenge Cadillac Escalade Hybrid vs. RC monster truck

The Cadillac Escalade Hybrid is most at home in the hills of Hollywood, California or cruising next to South Beach in Miami, Florida.

It is a big luxurious SUV with twenty two inch wheels, leather everything, and a gas and electric engine.

So how will this biggest and most luxurious of American SUV's do when it is pushed beyond what it was originally designed to do?

To find out I raced it against a monster truck---a remote control Traxxas T-Maxx monster truck to be exact.

Tiny car races a small plane: which is faster?

Tiny and inexpensive cars can get a bad rap sometimes.

Some people think that just because a car is tiny it means that it is also slow.

I wanted to prove that a tiny car can not only be fuel efficient but also fast---so what better way to prove it than to race a small plane.