Ron, Have a set of Motorola's with I think 25mi range. They certainly don't get that kind of coverage but for Rally's talking car to car they work just great. Had them up in the Dragon last fall with all the hills and worked fine. Tip-there really is a diff in range where you place radio. Rig that worked best was to use the belt clip and attach the radio to the upper cross strap seat belt. Weight of the radio would keep it down by the connector but it was upright Then I got one of those push to talk microphones like you see police officers use (look like the handsets for a CB radio but smaller). Clipped it on the same cross strap but nearer my left shoulder. Reception was great and you could hear and reply pretty easily even working a manual tranny.
Not sure what model but I have a Motorola too. Range is never as high as they claim but as TGS91 said from car to car they are pretty good. Mine also has pretty good battery life. I also have a weather bad included always good if out in the woods or something.
Heard good things about Motorola, i caught a sale on Midland model 710 and they work great, like tgs91 says , don't exxpect 25 mi range but will work well for rallys. boxcars