Lemon-Aid 2007: New Cars and Minivans

Launched 35 years ago, the 2007 edition of the New Cars and Minivans has been restyled to present more current information in a user-friendly manner. This guide tells you when to buy, sell, or hold onto a vehicle and why price rarely guarantees reliability (beware of 'luxury lemons'). Hard-nosed ratings, "true" fuel-consumption figures, and which safety features are unsafe, are all found in this year_s guide, as well as:

• Dealer markups for each model; cutting the freight fee
• The best and worst options; whose warranty is the best
• Which 2006s are butter buys than a 2007
• Sample compliant letters that work