Posted in Automotive, Fuel Prices, Gas Prices on Nov 3rd, 2007
The trade group representing automotive importers has decided it will not fight a 35 mile per gallon fuel economy standard being considered by the U.S. Congress. The Association of International Automobile Manufacturers wants the deadline for meeting the tougher standards pushed significantly back from the proposed 2020 timeline. This could be nothing but a positive […]
Posted in Automotive on Nov 2nd, 2007
Ever wish you could see all around your car? Every inch around you. Backing up will never be a problem again? Well Nissan is working on it. “The Around View Monitor works by using four 180 degree high-resolution cameras mounted on the front, rear and both sides of the vehicle. A screen inside the vehicle […]
Posted in Automotive on Nov 2nd, 2007
Remember a couple of months back, and Hitachi’s announcement that it had developed finger vein-scanning technology? Well, according to a Hitachi press release, it’s going to be deployed in vehicles in the hope of cutting car theft. And that’s not all that the technology will be able to do. Mirrors, seats and air-conditioning will be […]
Posted in Automotive, car buying incentives, Car Reviews, Cost of Ownership on Nov 2nd, 2007
The technology has been around for ages. Cars have been running on diesel fuel for more than 100 years now and the technology is experiencing a sort of a renaissance of sorts. The European market has been at the front of clean diesel technology and has made some impressive progress towards making diesel a real […]
Posted in Automotive on Nov 1st, 2007
Trends seem to continue as the Asian manufactures are still on top when it comes to independent reliability testing. Now reliability is a very tricky word. People will associate lots of things with reliability that really are not that related. Take, for example, Asian manufactures Vs. European manufactures. While Europeans are constantly cramming more and […]
Posted in Automotive, Car Budget, Cost of Ownership, Financing, Research on Nov 1st, 2007
How much does your car cost? No, not just the purchase price, but the cost of ownership. Still confused? Well, Edmunds.com has just released their popular Truest Cost to Own list for October 2007. What does truest cost to own mean? Well this means which vehicles cost the least over the life of the car, […]
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