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The auto industry may be coming off its worst year in recent memory, but you'd never know it from driving a crop of dozens of new cars, as we just did during our annual All-Stars competition. The level of excellence was high, and the competition was keen - so much so that thirty-nine cars received votes for the ten All-Star spots. In the end, though, our balloting produced a list of true standouts that span a wide range of the automotive spectrum.inline_mediumwraptextright27473782/features/awards/1002_2010_automobile_all_stars1002_21_z+2010_automobile+all_stars.jpgTrue

Conventional wisdom suggests that our faithful internal combustion (IC) engines are heading the way of the buggy whip. The lithium-ion battery has arrived, emissions standards are tightening, and machinery which converts hydrocarbons to horsepower will have no role in the future some pundits say.inline_mediumwraptextright31686171/green/news/0912_two_stroke_engines_expected_revival0912_02_z+ecoMotors_OPOC+eM100_testing.jpgTrue