The small car market will continue to get larger with the introduction of the Mazda 2 next year. It’s direct competition comes from the Nissan Versa, Honda Fit and the new Ford Fiesta. These are small, entry lever inexpensive sub compacts. Commuter mileage gets a boost at the expense of leg room but we can […]
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Toyota Scion Updates
Posted in Ford, Fuel Savings, Honda, Toyota on Sep 12th, 2008
After recently writing about advantages of the Toyota Scion, I thought I’d pass along a little update I read this morning. Dan Strumpf, Associated Press, reports that the Scion’s sales have continued to slump. August U.S. sales were 20% below last year even though they increased 2% year to date. But he also adds that […]
Gas by Class, Part 2
Posted in Fuel Savings, Honda, Toyota on Aug 29th, 2008
Evan Griffy of MSN Autos presented a great feature recently on gas savers and their lifestyle implications. The Honda Fit is another car to send your kid to college with or commute around town. It can be used to haul people and things cheaply. It will run about $14,00 and about $1500 more for the […]