Producer Credits:

Kara Reuter, lead producer
Mary S. Butler, senior editor
Joe Wiesenfelder, senior producer
Leavett Biles, senior designer
Nathan Alderman, editorial intern
Amy Hoak, editorial intern
Kathleen Paluso, editorial intern

Reporter Credits:

Lisa Harbatkin is a New York City-based freelancer who covers marketing distribution and retailing issues for a number of national publications.

Andrius Mikonis is a contributing editor of Turbo Diesel Register, feature editor of Chrysler 300 Club News and a regular contributor to both Old Cars Weekly and Auto Restorer. His syndicated auto repair advice column is distributed by Motor News Media Corporation.

Rick Popely is a freelance automotive journalist whose work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Consumer Guide Magazine, Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine and other publications. He is also the editor of "Rating the 1997 Autos" (Publications International; $6.95; 1997).

Rating the 1997 Autos

Photo Credits:

Unless otherwise noted, all photographs have been supplied by the owners of the Web sites reviewed.