More high-res photos of the new mid-size SUV from Land Rover

The times have certainly changed for the sport utility market. While SUVs enjoyed tremendous sales success in recent years, the rising price of gasoline coupled with a weakened economy has driven down SUV sales more recently. As a result, dealers are struggling to move SUV inventory these days, even with attractive incentives. The hardest hit by this trend may be domestic automakers as they have relied on the sales successes of gas guzzling midsize and large SUVs.

Employing a number of advanced techniques, Toyota's engineers have managed to make the third-generation Lexus RX450h hybrid SUV even more efficient and powerful.

The new Performance Studio special edition model successfully eliminates 2009 ML 63 AMG's one and only weak point: lack of luxury touches in its otherwise gorgeous interior.

Oddly enough, the first image that came to mind when I witnessed the Urban Whip was the Power Wheels Barbie Cadillac Escalade®, which is strange considering I've never seen nor heard of a Power Wheels Barbie Cadillac Escalade®. I just figured if there was one, this is probably what it would look like. For curiosity's sake, I then went to the Toys "R" Us website, and lo-and-behold...

We still love the big guy, even if the smaller GLK has garnered the bulk of our attention the past couple months. But we're not the only ones still fond of the GL. ART Tuning – purveyor of a wide assortment of aftermarket Mercedes modifications – has just announced announced a new tuning program for the SUV, and they're calling it the "GL MAMMUT."

Mercedes AMG today has taken the liberty of highlighting three of the latest models to make their way out of Affalterbach – one of which you're already familiar with, and two of which you aren't. The first, as you may have already guessed, is the impeccable SL65 AMG Black Series, a finely tuned variant of the standard SL65 AMG that lacks a folding roof, has an output of 493 kW/670 hp and 1,000 Nm or torque

At the 2008 SEMA show, Sound Choice Audio and Performance and GM will together present their new Saturn Vue Greenline Hyline hybrid-powered compact SUV.

The 2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser TRD Special Edition SUV will also be equipped with a new set of five alloy 16-inchers fitted with BF Goodrich All-Terrain tires, TRD exhaust system and rock rails

In total, five publications weigh in on the Mercedes SL65 AMG Black Series, so if you're contemplating whether or not to purchase one of the 350 units scheduled for production, there should be plenty to keep you occupied. As usual, you can find excerpts from each review as well links back to the full articles immediately below.

For the adventurous, there's a roof box, Alustyle “Easy-Fix” basic carrier bars, an Alustyle ski and snowboard rack and a pair of bicycle racks. For the young, there's an Apple iPhone holder, an iPod interface kit, a mobile-phone holder and a Duo plus child seat.