Posted in Automotive, Financing, Fuel Prices, Gas Prices, Hybrids on Apr 23rd, 2008
As the price of gas keeps climbing closer to the inevitable $4 a gallon mark, consumers are starting to look at more fuel-efficient cars as a reality. At first, hybrid cars, for example, were trendy and were driven by environmentally-conscious hippies and celebrities. Now it seems like a very realistic option for buyers who want to […]
Posted in Automotive, Financing, Fuel Prices, Gas Prices on Apr 22nd, 2008
If approved, new cars in 2015 will have to get at least 35.7 mpg and 28.6 mpg for light trucks. The U.S. Transportation Department will announce the proposal today, which is coincidentally Earth Day. With a new record national average price of $3.51 a gallon on Monday, the Bush administration is trying to do everything […]
Posted in Future Cars, Research, Safety on Apr 22nd, 2008
Prevent, a European company, is trying to build the first “uncrashable” car. Even if someone is the safest driver ever, how can a car be “uncrashable”, considering all the bad drivers out there? Prevent is trying to manufacture the car to be as deathproof as physics will let it. Their goal is to use “an integrated […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 21st, 2008
Jaguar and Land Rovers CEO, Geoff Polites, passed away Saturday in his home in Australia. Polites was instrumental in the selling of both British brands to India’s Tata Motors. He was expected to stay as chief operating officer once the deal took place. Ford issued a statement on Sunday morning saying Polites died peacefully at […]
Posted in Automotive on Apr 21st, 2008
A class-action settlement involving owners of the Ford Explorer was approved by a California judge on Tuesday. This brought the seven year lawsuit against the Ford Motor Co. to an end. The SUVs had been alleged to have lost value after a tire recall triggered concerns about potential rollover crashes. The settlement covers purchases or […]
Posted in Ford, Fuel Prices, Mom Cars, SUV on Apr 21st, 2008
Ford in a report today says minivans have hit a 23 year low in sales. Is this because more people are buying crossover cars or is it because of fuel prices? For those of you who absolutely need a minivan and would be interested in a Ford, now may be the time to buy because […]
Posted in Automotive, Recalls on Apr 14th, 2008
Toyota Motor Corp and General Motors Corp announced that they are both recalling more than 662,000 vehicles sold in the United States. The reason for the recall is due to defects in power windows that are installed in vehicles from both brands. On cars equipped with power windows, the driver and front passenger glass bolts […]
Posted in Automotive on Apr 12th, 2008
Ford’s Taurus sedan has never been the type of car to light the fire inside enthusiasts. Dull, boring, and ugly are just some of the names that have been used to describe this car. Not surprisingly, the same words are used to describe the driving experience. Still, with a few SHO high performance versions and […]
Posted in Automotive, Recalls, Safety on Apr 8th, 2008
Chrysler is beginning a recall of 180,963 of its 2007 to 2008 Sebring and Dodge Avenger models in mid-April to fix an electrical problem that could trigger a variety of conditions. According to the federal government, “engine no-start, dead battery, an inoperative cruise control or remote start system, and/or engine stalling” are some some of […]
Posted in Automotive on Apr 8th, 2008
Things are going great for Volkswagen these days, especially in it’s Chinese arm VW China. Sales in the Chinese market are soaring for the German auto giant. The companies first-quarter sales this year rose 32.5 percent to 268,200 vehicles. That is an outstanding achievement, even in for a heavyweight manufacture like VW. VW’s China sales […]
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