To drive the new 2009 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 you need to be all of three things. First, not in the least bit shy, second, short--we'll get to that later and third, rich--that goes without saying.

The design has been refined to include flared nostrils for air intakes at the front while the rear sports cleaner lines and a new rear diffuser. The overall effect is stunning, aero-dynamically more efficient and downright sexy!

This brings me nicely to my first point. Park the Gallardo anywhere and within minutes a crowd will have formed. Often it's there as you park. In service stations, hordes of kids and adults alike will gather respectfully around the car and silently mouth words of adoration. Park up in the Piazza of a tiny Tuscan village and the entire local population will be out to pay homage. Stop on a deserted mountain road to admire the view and still people appear as if from nowhere.

When is a muscle car shootout really a shootout? Jalopnik exposes the truth.

As long-time readers of the Automotive Traveler blog already know, we're all about producing our own original features, making our own observations and drawing our own conclusions, and less about short snippets referring visitors to re-written press releases posted on other websites and blogs. But today, I'm making an exception--although I will add my own editorial comments--by referring to a blog posted on Jalopnik I just read this morning.

At last, the highly anticipated Chevrolet Camaro is within our reach. Since its concept debut three years ago at the Detroit Auto Show, the new Camaro--based on the lines of its 1969 predecessor--has been one of the most talked about, and highly publicized, vehicles to come to market, and it won't be much longer before it finally arrives in a dealership near you.

It doesn't matter if you're a mom or a motorhead, the classic ponycar evokes an emotional response right here (covering my heart with my hand) in a way that no other car does. Many of us older folk remember them warmly from our own younger days: Heck, I will always reminisce about my first musclecar, a 1968 Ford Mustang which I purchased from the original owner. And I also fondly recall riding as a passenger to a high school homecoming in a 1970 Camaro. Ah yes, those were the days.

The ideal recipe for Moms who want luxury and safety.

When most of our days are spent cleaning up after messy kids, who can blame a Mom for desiring some pampering in her alone time? Consider the 2009 Acura RL sedan as the ideal indulgence.

This sedate-looking sedan is packed full of fantastic features promising performance and luxurious comfort, as well as an alphabet soup list of high-tech features to help keep your family safe in the car.

At the top of the safety list is Acura's Collision Mitigation Braking System (CMBS), which uses a radar unit mounted inside the vehicle's front grille to monitor vehicles ahead and detect potential rear-end collisions. The system will alert the driver when the likelihood of a collision increases with an audible chime and a flashing alert on the dashboard, and should a collision prove to be imminent, will help reduce the impact on front occupants by cinching up the front seatbelts and even applying the brakes. The system would only be considered intrusive to habitual tailgaters, but they're the ones who have the potential to benefit from it the most.