Most people don’t even think about this when they are leasing a new car. However, at some point during a three or four year lease there is a very good chance that you will need to put your car in for service due to an issue covered in the warranty. Over the course of 36-48 [...]
Ferrari recently unveiled its attempt at a modern day station wagon. The Ferrari FF does not have four doors, but does seat four passengers. If you like cars on any level then you likely have already seen the Porsche Panamera. It is a four door modern day station wagon that for some reason some people [...]
Most people thought all those Toyota recalls and poorly built Toyota cars were a thing of the past. If you were one of those people then I have some news for you: you were wrong. Toyota announced a new recall yesterday that affects several models throughout the world and even hits some Lexus models. In [...]
I wrote a post on Better Place back in early February of this year. At the time, this start-up electric car company had just scored a big investment from a large investment bank. Also at the time, Better Place was more in the planning stages than in any actual product development. Fast forward almost [...]
GM says that it will use oil covered plastic boom that was used in the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this year. The plastic was destined to be incinerated, but GM says that it will recycle it and use it to make parts for their new electric car, the Chevy Volt. [...]
The next wave of cars is coming soon to North America. Cars that run on more than just gasoline. Cars that run on electricity, either partially or entirely. This means that the fuel ratings we see on car windows in the dealership and the fuel efficiency numbers we hear about in ads needs to change. The [...]
A Toronto Star article (click here to read it) recently reported that Chrysler has upset many people, including employees and retirees this month with a misleading advertisement. Their full page ad in a Windsor, Ontario newspaper suggested that it is offering 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan minivans for $18,895 to “all Chrysler employees and retirees”. In the fine print [...]
The LA Auto Show is going on right now and it holds a lot of importance for many auto manufacturers. For some this show is more important than for others because some of them are using it as the platform to debut some new models. It is one of the biggest auto shows around so the [...]
The revamped General Motors issued its IPO on Wednesday and raised $20.1 billion. The actual amount will be closer to $23.1 billion after counting investors on a waiting list called an overallotment. This is already the largest IPO in U.S. history and if the overallotment purchases come through as estimated, then this will be the largest IPO in [...]
For the past two years we’ve been hearing a lot about GM’s electric plug-in car, the Chevy Volt. They have promoted this car as the key to their re-emergence as an auto giant and it is supposed to be on the cutting edge of green technology. Symbolically this may be true. However, in reality the [...]
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