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Seen the February issue of Playboy Magazine yet? If you're one of the thousands who claim they read the magazine - "just for the articles" - then you'll know that Hef and the girls picked the 2009 Dodge Challenger SRT8 as the "Hottest American Revival." The award was bestowed as part of Playboy's Car of The Year competition.

A trip on over to Playboy's Wheels section reveals that Playboy has its own rather thorough automotive review section - who knew?  They most recently gave the 2009 Ford Flex a favorable review, and even steered clear of any naughty mentions of usage possibilities for the gargantuan fold-flat rear.

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Long a Toyota selling point, fuel efficiency is now a sales strategy even the slow-to-follow domestics are quickly adopting. Ford pulled a huge surprise out of its pocket with the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid, which not only beats the Camry hybrid in EPA efficiency (33/34 Camry hybrid, 41/36 Fusion hybrid), but also beat three other hybrid contenders including the Toyota Camry in Car and Driver's January issue.

Jon F. Thompson, editor of Toyota's Open Road blog, says that Toyota "respectfully and cordially" disagrees with the EPA's definition of a midsize car. He claims that a more apt comparison, based on vehicle size, would be between Toyota's...

The news from the auto industry is bleak--unless you're writing about cars here at High Gear Media.

High Gear Media is off to a great start in 2009, with record traffic at our flagship site, TheCarConnection.com. But TCC is just the beginning of a growing network of Web sites that will explore every cubic inch of the car world--and today, we're ready to show off some more new sites to car shoppers and enthusiasts everywhere.

Over the next few weeks, you'll notice a herd of new Web sites emerging under the High Gear Media fold. This week, we've pushed the first trio of sites to the Interwebs, and we hope you'll bookmark them for all sorts of...