GM is known for its OnStar system which allows you to speak to a call center representative and ask about restaurants, gas stations and other destinations in your area. It also has a turn by turn navigation that works mostly by voice, meaning no LCD screen like other nav systems. These two features are [...]
I hope no one will be surprised to read that Toyota is issuing yet another recall. This one is for 2005-2008 Corolla and Matrix in the U.S. and Canada. It encompasses about 1.13 million cars, about 200,000 of them in Canada. Without getting too technical and boring about the problem, it can make the engine [...]
Since 2007, when GM had to sell their financing company, GMAC, they have had a somewhat tougher time leasing and selling their vehicles to people with less than optimal credit. In the past when they owned their own financing company, they were able to approve customers that had a bad credit rating which was [...]
I have seen many decisions and strategies over the years by car makers that left me thinking “are you drunk?” However, GM’s most recent new car made me think that same thing once again. I have actually been fairly impressed with GM over the last two years or so because they seemed to be [...]
Many people may not be aware of an option that car buyers have on certain makes, mostly because most people can not afford these particular makes. If you were to buy a new Ferrari, some BMW’s and other cars, then you are given the option to go to the factory in Italy or Germany [...]
In the last little while, much of the talk about Toyota’s poorly built vehicles that have a tendency to accelerate unexpectedly and put people in danger have gone away. Toyota must be very happy that their nightmare is over. Although the nightmare might be over, at least the media onslaught they went through, the [...]
Recently, BMW announced that they will be building an all new model of car that will be exclusively an electric vehicle. As you probably noticed, I have not attached a picture to this post, that is because the drawing BMW released for this future car is meaningless as it will likely look nothing like it. [...]
Just as I have predicted several times, Toyota is issuing another recall on their vehicles for a new problem, totally unrelated to all the others we’ve seen over the last 9 months (and there have been many). This one involves some of their most expensive Lexus models throughout the world. Among the models being recalled this [...]
The auto industry is fairly structured with its overall line up of vehicles. There are many categories of cars and most of these categories have about 5 main models from the various manufacturers. In order to compete in a wide assortment of categories, some car makers have multiple brands. This allows them to have a [...]
Early on in 2009, when the world economy was in shambles and North Americans feared the worst, the big three domestic auto makers came knocking. GM, Ford and Chrysler were all in bad shape and needed the governments of U.S. and Canada (mostly the U.S. though) to bail them out. They figured it was a [...]
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