Superior Ford

The Ford Explorer has been a top seller for the American auto maker over almost two decades. When it came time to "reinvent" the SUV for 2011, engineers picked their brains, and the minds of customers, to get all the best into this vehicle.

First off, there was the issue of weight displacement. 2011's Ford Explorer is light for its seven-seater size. The vehicle is, in fact, about 1500 lbs less than the competition…

A recent report from industry-acclaimed Forbes.com shatters the common misnomer that drivers have to break the bank to get a super fast car. In classic practice, Forbes, of course, made a list of the most affordable cars that can race from 0-62 mph in under six seconds. It turns out that most of them run about one-third of the price of the similarly fast speed demons from the likes of Porsche and BMW.

The…