You don't have to suffer behind the wheel of a crappy little econo box to keep from spending your entire paycheck at the pump. Our friends over at CARandDRIVER.com have come up with their list of five cars that can satisfy your need for speed and performance, and still get you mileage in the twenties. According to CandD, "Horsepower, just like fuel economy, is a product of efficiency, and these vehicles balance both to their best advantage."

The biggest surprise on the list? The Chevy Corvette, which gets a remarkable 26 mpg on the highway. With all that fiberglass keeping the body weight down, all those horses can run faster without getting thirsty.

Also on the list is the Porsche Cayman, a balls-out performance ride that comes close to breaking the 30 mpg barrier by coming in at a gas-sipping 29. And that's not even the best performer. There are two others on the list that'll satisfy your need for performance, and get you over 30 mpg. To read the rest of the list, and actually get excited to drive again, without worrying about having to give up a night out to do it, click here.

CARandDRIVER.com just released their list of the funniest car names of all time. And while you may remember shaking your head at the inexplicably named Probe - of which CandD says Ford may have "had romantic, interstellar intentions when they pulled the name Probe out of their, um, heads, but it instead only evoked the snap! of latex gloves and extraterrestrial incursions" - most of the names on the list put it to shame.

A few of my favorites:
Isuzu Mysterious Utility Wizard (I hear Harry Potter drives one.)
Isuzu GIGA 20 Light Dump (Don't even ask about the Heavy Dump.)
Mazda Bongo/Bongo Friendee/Bongo Brawny (Which proves what happens when car companies hire hippies in the marketing department.)
and the ever popular, Yamaha Pantryboy Supreme (A huge step up from the base Pantryboy.)

To read the rest of the list, click here.

Part of the 60's counterculture, the original cafe racers were built to reach speeds of over 100-mph, and allow the rider to race from a cafe to a predetermined location and back, before the song on the jukebox ended. (Crazy hippy bikers.) Buell's new '09 1125CR is a nod to those old racers, and brings superbike performance to their streetfighter category.

Incredibly fast, and nimble beyond imagination, this new Buell is powered by a liquid-cooled 1125cc Helicon V-Twin that comes in at 146-hp and 82 ft-lbs of torque, with the added bonus of having been geared down for optimal acceleration. Considering the bike weighs in at a feather-weight 375 pounds - with each of those 146 horses only responsible for propelling 2.5 pounds, a class-leading weight-to-horsepower ratio - you will experience seriously optimal acceleration as you swerve and dodge through whatever the road throws at you.

The Clubman-style bars with integrated LED signals are another nod to the classic cafes, and there's a short flyscreen instead of a fairing, giving the 1125CR an aggressive visage that sets it apart from its Japanese rivals. And since these bikes sip, rather than guzzle, fuel, they're a definite alternative to the 8-cylinder cage you're driving in now.

$11, 695
www.buell.com

A stock Audi R8 puts up some very respectable speed numbers - its 4.2L, 420-hp power plant will take you from 0-60 in 4.6 seconds - and it sports some aggressive styling, so the chances of attracting the attention of local law enforcement are pretty high. To combat that, one R8 owner tricked-out his ride with enough high-tech, cop-jamming gadgets to make James Bond sport wood for a week.

Not surprisingly, the owner wants to remain anonymous, so Alex Roy - the rally-car driver who shattered the cross country driving record by making it coast to coast in 31 hours and 4 minutes, a guy who knows a little something about disobeying the posted speed limit - takes us through the myriad of stuff designed to let the you push the limits of the car, without red lights appearing in your rear view.

Check out the video here.

For their newly-launched KBBGreen section, the auto pros over at Kelly Blue Book put together their list of the Top 10 Green Cars for 2008.

Here's a quick rundown of the cars they chose and the mileage you can expect from each. There are three SUVs on the list, one diesel, two subcompacts, and four non-hybrid gas-sippers. You can read KBB's full commentary here.

10. 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid
21 mpg: 21 city/22 highway
Full-sized SUV with seating for eight that can ...There's more