AUTOMOBILE MAGAZINE All-Stars are:

· Automobile of the Year: Chrysler 300C - At a time when the American auto industry needs heroes, the 300C wins the medal of honor, hands down. Chrysler’s 340-hp, Hemi-headed honey has taken America by storm.

· All-Star Coupe: BMW M3 – The M3's 333 hp is a lot, and so is nearly $50,000 - but the M3 is worth every penny because it rewards every bit of skill a driver puts into it.

· All-Star Family Car: Subaru Legacy – The Legacy beat out the competition because it can be all things to all people: a refined, high-quality, comfortable freeway cruiser and a sporty back-roads car, with fine steering and brakes and a sweet shifter.

· All-Star Luxury Sedan: Audi A8L – The A8L is impossible to ignore, to resist, or, for the foreseeable future, to surpass. Driving it is a no-fuss experience, and it engagingly does anything and everything asked.

· All-Star Minivan: Honda Odyssey – Toyota, Nissan, and Chrysler have threatened the champ's reign, but the all-new 2005 Odyssey delivers another knockout punch to the segment.

· All-Star Pickup: Toyota Tacoma – The new Tacoma is the best truck in its set, offering more configurations than any competitor, with refinement and impressive engineering.

· All-Star Small Car: Mazda 3 – This compact sedan has an attractive price and a spacious cabin, and enthusiastic drivers can enjoy it on roads where poise matters more than trunk volume.

· All-Star Sports Car: Chevrolet Corvette – The sixth-generation Corvette yanks at the heartstrings of enthusiasts and turns heads wherever it goes. The car is so good that anyone can be a hero in it.

· All-Star Sport-utility Vehicle: Cadillac SRX – With edgy styling that distinguishes it from its boxlike brethren, the driver-centric SRX is an uncompromising blend of performance and utility.

· All-Star Sport Sedan: Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution MR – This vehicle offers major grunt, great gobs of grip, four doors, five seats, visceral performance coupled with a remarkably supple ride, and great fun, all at a price your CPA could love.

· All-Star Design: BMW 6-series – This dramatic, functional, and exciting automobile stands out like a swan in a gaggle of geese.

· All-Star Technology: Audi DSG – The Audi TT is the first to market with what could be the transmission of the future: the Direct-Shift Gearbox designed by BorgWarner, which combines the best features of manuals and automatics.

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