Jerry's Ford

A recent study by J.D. Power and Associates, awards the Ford Freestar with the honorable designation of most dependable minivan.  The U.S.-made minivan scored perfectly in all of the four categories in which cars are judged (over the first three years of ownership) for the 2010 Vehicle Dependability Study: Overall Dependability, Powertrain Dependability, Body and Interior Dependability, and Feature and Accessory Dependability.

For those of you who don't know, the irony…

An SUV that can boast fuel efficiency may seem hard to find. However, the four-wheel drive 2011 Mercury Mariner Hybrid, ranks sixth on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) list of Fuel Economy Leaders for 2011.
 
The SUV boasts 34 mpg/city and 31 mpg/hwy, beating five other vehicles (three of which are smaller hybrids). An excellent ranking that certainly breaks the mold of the typical gas-guzzling, hyper-polluting SUV generally portrayed by the…