The best new cars and trucks, history shows, confound the formula that Madison Avenue likes to call "selling sizzle rather than steak." Cars without solid performance as well as personality rarely get further than the showroom. That could be bad news for the most provocative cars on the road this year, four new vehicles that sing a song of self-expression: either a paean to the past, a rap to off-roading, or a road hugger's smooth, light jazz. The issue: Can they possibly deliver enough sirloin to pass muster with the masses?
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