Posted in Green Cars, hybrids on Jan 31st, 2008
The 2008 Washington Auto Show was intentionally pushed back a few weeks from its traditional early winter schedule to coincide with the return of most legislators to Capital Hill as Congress begins their next session.
It’s apparent that by delaying the event the industry was looking to capitalize on the massive technology strides it’s made […]
Posted in Detroit Auto Show on Jan 29th, 2008
Attendance at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show fell slightly by .3% from the previous year despite the highly anticipated debuts of some pretty cool concept cars. Some of the concepts introduced at the show are extremely futuristic and lend a sense of fun and adventure to this year’s list of entrants, while other’s no doubt […]
Posted in Chrysler on Jan 28th, 2008
Chrysler is now “working” for someone else. Now that Cerebus owns the automaker look for big changes the first of which will happen in February. Twelve (12) Chrysler vehicles will receive various upgrades. The automaker says that there will be 56 changes in all from interior design changes to exterior look and feel.
Posted in hybrids on Jan 25th, 2008
Every year as you may or may not know the government offers generous tax breaks for consumers who purchase hybrids. Now this tax break counts alternative fuel vehicles. Green Daily provides a nice little guide to the tax credits and how you go about getting them.
Posted in Recalls, Sienna, Toyota, Warranty on Jan 23rd, 2008
Seems as though Toyota has had enough problems with the liftgates on its Toyota Sienna Minivan that it has decided to extend the warranty. The company never issued a recall on the minivan but instead issued a technical bulletin. The problem occurred on 34 of the 585,000 Siennas that were produced. There were 14 injuries. […]
Posted in Awards, Corvette, Detroit Auto Show on Jan 18th, 2008
The Detroit Auto Show gave out its Awards for the 2008 International Auto Show. The winner. The 2008 Corvette ZR1 is the best according to the people who were at the show. Other winners:
• Best of Show: Corvette ZR1
• Best Future Fantasy: Mazda Taiki
• Best Family Hauler: Chrysler Town and […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 17th, 2008
CNN/Money quizzed some of the bigger reporters in the business on the Detroit Auto Show and ask them - What is the biggest story to come out of Detroit this week?
The reporter got 5 different responses and boy did they vary. I actually love Jason Cummata’s answer about 4 door sedans going mainstream. The introduction […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 15th, 2008
People have satellite TV’s in the car, DVD’s , blenders, cell phones, IPods, kids and everything else distracting them. Now Chrysler has announced they will be offering high speed mobile Internet access in there cars in the very short term. No details were given but expect it soon.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 14th, 2008
We have looked at all the blogs and news coverage of the auto show and the hands down winner is Kicking Tires from Cars.com. They already have pages and pages of coverage of every car debut and concept car launch. This is a great site to follow if you have a genuine interest in cars […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 9th, 2008
They started off with small cars that were affordable. They have become reliable. Sounds like Honda. They launch some luxury cars. Hyundai is launching a rear wheel drive luxury sedan that will compete in the 30K plus market. They have succeeded before when consumers thought they were making cheap products. Every reason to believe this […]