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The stock market may have recovered from its March lows, bouncing back to its (still rather pathetic) start-of-the-year levels, but with no commensurate relief in the jobs market (as more companies -- even seemingly healthy ones -- join in the layoff spree), there has been no recovery in auto sales. April's annualized selling rate remained well under 10 million units, a far cry from the 14.4 million figure of a year ago.

If you're looking for a practical, inexpensive wagon with European driving dynamics, you might want to visit your local Hyundai dealer. Seriously. The 2009 Hyundai Elantra Touring shares most of its name with the Elantra sedan, but the two are actually different vehicles. The wagon - which is 1.2 inches shorter but rides on a wheelbase two inches longer - is based on the European-market Hyundai i30 CW.