Posted in Car Reviews, car shopping, Comparisons, Ford, GMC on Mar 13th, 2012
There are only two small SUVs left that still have the aggressive, truck-like look. If you’re in the market for a small SUV and don’t like the sleek, melty look of most crossovers, you basically have the 2012 Ford Escape and the 2012 GMC Terrain to choose from. And you’d better choose fast, because for […]
Posted in Car Reviews, car shopping, Cars For Commuting, Compact cars, Comparisons, Mitsubishi, subaru on Mar 5th, 2012
The Subaru Impreza Mitsubishi Lancer rivalry stems from the companies’ competition with rally cars in the WRC, and is in full swing with the Lancer Evolution and Impreza STI. The rivalry may be born of the fire breathing rally cars and live for the most part in the sports cars, but it is still alive […]
Posted in car shopping, Cars for families, Volvo on Feb 28th, 2012
The words Volvo and wagon are so often grouped together that you’d be forgiven for assuming the company made only 5-door models. Volvo broke a lot of well-to-do hearts when it announced that the private school mommymobile, the Volvo wagon, wouldn’t be a sure thing in the future. Volvo had weathered the SUV storm of […]
Posted in Car Reviews, car shopping, Chevrolet, Comparisons, Honda, SUV on Feb 16th, 2012
The 2012 Honda CR-V has shot to the front of everyone’s minds thanks to the Ferris Bueller Superbowl ad. The CR-V is a well known name in the small SUV world, and the 2012 Chevy Equinox is a lot newer and has received a lot less attention over the past few years. With Chevrolet undergoing […]
Posted in car shopping, Future Cars, Hyundai on Feb 14th, 2012
The 2012 Hyundai Azera will start at $32,000 when it goes on sale this spring. The newly redesigned Azera will cost $6,500 more than the 2011 model, so expect an impressive level of luxury from the Azera, similar to what Hyundai has stuffed into the Genesis Sedan and Equus. A large part of the 2012 […]
Posted in Buick, car shopping, Fuel Economy, Future Cars on Feb 7th, 2012
The 2013 Buick Regal will be available with a new four cylinder engine next year that will get 36-mpg. The new engine from GM’s eAssist family of electric assisted engines, will replace the base engine in the Regal. The current base engine is a 2.4-liter four-cylinder that is rated at 32-mpg highway. The eAssist engine […]
Posted in Car Reviews, car shopping, Chevrolet, Commuting, Compact cars, Comparisons, Nissan on Jan 30th, 2012
The 2012 Chevy Sonic and 2012 Nissan Versa are both newly redesigned for this year. The Sonic replaces Chevrolet’s Aveo, and is now built in America, making it the only subcompact car that can be considered truly domestic. The Versa has also been redesigned for this year with a curvier, more liquid exterior than the […]
Posted in Car Reviews, car shopping, Comparisons, Nissan, Toyota, Trucks on Jan 17th, 2012
The 2012 Toyota Tundra and 2012 Nissan Titan are full-sized pickups from Japanese brands that made their names with tiny pickups that would be dwarfed by today’s massive workhorses. Toyota and Nissan have left the fuel efficient, tiny pickups behind and haven’t looked back, instead embracing the American buyer’s mantra ‘bigger is better.’ The Tundra […]
Posted in car shopping, Chrysler, Dodge on Jan 13th, 2012
The Dodge Avenger will probably be discontinued in the next few years so that Chrysler can focus on the more luxurious and better selling 200. The Avenger and 200 share a platform, so the feeling at Chrysler seems to be that offering two cars in the same category with little differentiation between them. Both cars […]
Posted in car shopping, Scion, Sports cars on Jan 11th, 2012
Scion is offering 86 of the upcoming 2012 Scion FR-S sports cars ahead of schedule. Starting tomorrow, Thursday January 12 at 12 pm eastern, potential customers can fill out a form on Scion’s specially built website, http://www.scionfirst86.com, and fill out a form requesting their desired color and transmission (somehow I doubt many automatic transmissions will […]
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