The Chevrolet Avalanche was introduced in 2001

The Chevy Avalanche is a four-door, five-seat Sport Utility Truck. That means its interior is similar to an SUV's, but instead of an enclosed cargo area, the Avalanche has a small pickup bed. While pickup purists may not think the Avalanche's bed is big enough, the Avalanche has a trick up its sleeve: a folding midgate and removable back glass lets you to trade the second row for more room in the bed.

The 2010 Chrysler PT Cruiser model will be offered in three different trims, namely Limited, Touring and Base models. All the three models come with 2.4 liter four-cylinder inline engine. Touring and Base models would have 150 hp. Standard on Limited and optional on Touring model would be 180 hp turbo charged engine. The base model of PT Cruiser will be offered in either automatic or manual transmission, while the Touring and Limited versions will be offered in only automatic transmission.

The Chevrolet Avalanche was introduced in 2001

2011 Toyota Prius Long term test: 7000 miles

Being one of the favorites at this year's Tokyo Auto Salon that opened Friday in Japan, Toyota couldn't but present a concept model of its latest generation Prius hybrid. Like the FT-86 G Sports Concept that also made its world premiere today at Japan's largest tuning show, the Prius G Sports Concept previews a new series of performance models based on series production cars called "G Sports" that will be sold through Toyota's dealers in Japan.

Though hybrid-powertrain vehicles make up only a small percentage of total U.S. sales, Toyota occupies the top spot, led by the well-known Prius. People who know little about hybrids have heard plenty about the Prius, which debuted as a 2000 model and was redesigned to larger dimensions for 2004. Now for 2010, Toyota recently launched a much-improved Prius.

2011 Toyota Prius Long term test: 7000 miles