Base price: $34,600
Price as tested: About $46,000
Powertrain: 3.5-liter V6 engine; seven-speed automatic transmission; rear- or all-wheel drive
Horsepower: 268 at 6,000 rpm
Torque: 258 pound-feet at 2,400 to 5,000 rpm
Length: 178.2 inches
Width: 79.4 inches
Wheelbase: 108.5 inches
Miles per gallon (EPA): 16 city, 21 highway (AWD)
Just as Lawrence Kazmerski, a top official at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, was about to give the keynote address at the University of Minnesota's annual E3 conference at the RiverCentre in St. Paul, the lights went out, bathing the audience in darkness and a deep sense of irony.
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