Posted in Acura, Ford, Hyundai, Lexus, Quality, Toyota on Jun 18th, 2010
J.D. Power has announced the results of its 2010 Initial Quality Study and Porsche has come out on top. Each year, J.D. Power ranks automakers based on customer complaints. This year was a great one for American automakers and a bad one for Toyota, which fell from seventh place in the rankings to 21st. Toyota’s […]
Posted in Ford, Luxury vehicles on May 28th, 2010
Ford Motor Company is planning to shut down the Mercury brand. Ford has not officially announced that Mercury will be closed, but Bloomberg spoke to two people inside the company who said that Ford would be reduced to just two brands soon. Mercury has been largely ignored by Ford over the past few years. All […]
Posted in Ford, Technology on May 27th, 2010
Ford has added stocks quotes, movie times, horoscopes and travel features to the company’s SYNC service. Ford’s SYNC update will be available to any Ford owner whose SYNC is equipped with the TDI Traffic, Directions and Information application. Ford’s SYNC TDI is available only on 2010 and 2011 vehicles, and uses Microsoft’s Tellme to connect […]
Posted in Budget-friendly, Ford, Fuel Economy, Hybrids, New cars on May 18th, 2010
The 2011 Ford Fiesta will get 40 mpg on the highway and 29 mpg in the city. The brand new Fiesta was officially tested by the Environmental Protection Agency recently and received a 40 mpg rating with an automatic transmission. Fiestas equipped with the five-speed manual transmission will get 23 mpg city and 37 mpg […]
Posted in 0% Financing, auto loan, Ford, Incentives on May 4th, 2010
For May, Ford is offering heavy incentives on new 2010 cars. The incentives are on a decline compared to April for several models, including the F-150, Explorer, Ranger, Sport Trac and Edge. Other models, like the Focus, are much less expensive to buy during May than they were in April. Almost every Ford car and […]
Posted in Ford, Fuel Prices, Gas Prices, Hybrids on Apr 29th, 2010
One of the selling points of a hybrid car is that it will pay for itself with gas savings. The logic is that gas is so expensive these days that the better gas mileage of a hybrid car like the Toyota Prius will save you so much money that you’ll quickly make up the extra […]
Posted in Chrysler, Ford, GM, Quality, resale values, Toyota on Apr 28th, 2010
Americans are impressed with the vehicles that domestic carmakers are building. According to a poll by the Associated Press, 38 percent of Americans say that domestic cars are the best available, while just 33 percent said that Asian cars are superior. That’s not a huge margin, but it is a huge improvement over past results […]
Posted in Ford, Hybrids, resale values on Mar 26th, 2010
Ford says that the company’s recent success is due in large part to customers who traded in cars and trucks from competing brands. Conquests helped Ford to gain market share in 16 of the past 17 months. Part of Ford’s success in winning buyers from competitors can be attributed to GM and Chrysler’s bankruptcies. When […]
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