Those are not cars that the AUTHOR considers hot cars, they are cars in the industry that sell the quickest. They are considered HOT because it usually coincides with not enough supply for the demand because they are well below the average of how long it takes the average car to sell. You can have a line that sells 500 cars in a year, if they all sell the day they hit the lot, they are Hot cars.

 

Because we all know the Accord is a compact....
Not very interesting to me...GM has the V8 market DOMINATED right now in terms of power and fuel economy . Where-as their V6's are among the worst around.

 

That is crazy about the STS V8 & V6, I checked www.fueleconomy.gov to make sure it wasn't a typo.

Whats wrong with GM 6 cyls???? DOHC 3.6L is a great engine. 4.2L I6 is one of Wards top ten since it came out. Both get great reviews. DoD 3.9L is coming out and will have 245HP and class leading fuel economy. Even the old as hell 3.4L OHV still gets some of the best milage on the market for a V6, 3.4L Impala leads its clas for fuel economy. A Turbo 2.8L DOHC is also on the way next year.

 

An interesting thing about that Accord Hybrid is that while its highway fuel economy number (37 mpg) is certainly good for that size of car, it probably has little to do with the hybrid system - that engine's DoD is what helps out with the highway number. The 29 city number is better than other midsize cars, for sure. The less powerful (but still plenty adequate) 200 hp Malibu is a fuel economy leader in the class, with 24/32 ratings (not sure about the city number).

 

Outside of being bulletproof, I really just don't understand why the 3800 is still around. Sure it saves costs, but its been falling behind the competition for half a decade now. And the freak'n 3.4 that was in my '95 Camaro was a POS for even mid early 90's standards and is STILL around?! WTF is that?? Combined with an archaic 4-speed automatic equals

The 3.9 on the other hand....