Filed under: Car Buying, Convertible, Volvo, Luxury
The first quarter of 2012 will see the introduction of the Volvo C70 with the Inscription package. The Polestar-modified hardtop droptop carries a $3,900 premium above the four-seater’s $40,450 MSRP …
Filed under: Car Buying, Frankfurt Motor Show, Performance, China, Crossover, Beijing Motor Show, Luxury, MISC
Even if Eterniti Motors hasn’t exactly made its Hemera SUV beautiful, it has kept it on a consistently delivered timeline. The boutique Brit…
Filed under: Car Buying, Etc., Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Hyundai, Toyota
The stereotype of elderly drivers preferring Lincolns and Buicks has to come from somewhere. TrueCar.com took a look at the past two years of car sales to buyers at least 65 ye…
Filed under: Car Buying, Etc., Europe, Volkswagen
Every once in a while you’ll find an accidental lie on the Internet…
A group of German organizations created a label applied to every new car sold in that country that grades it based on CO2 usage. …
Filed under: Car Buying, Government/Legal, Technology
A study by the University of Michigan shows that auto manufacturers could meet tougher fuel economy standards simply by increasing the size of the vehicles they sell. A “footprint-based” formula fo…
Filed under: Car Buying, Audi, Earnings/Financials
Audi may not have the market share of its German rivals here in the States, but that dynamic appears to be changing. Audi announced that 2011 is already a record-setting year here in the U.S., besting…
Filed under: Car Buying, Etc.
The auto insurance industry is strange. While past driving history plays a small role in deciding a driver’s premium, insurance company research on prior claims determines a driver’s likelihood of getting into an accident…
Filed under: Car Buying, Etc., Cadillac, Jeep, Lexus, Volvo
JD Power and Associates has released the results of the organization’s annual study on customer satisfaction with the vehicle buying process, and Mini has once again taken top honors among ma…
Filed under: Car Buying, Hybrid, Sedan, Chevrolet, GM, Electric
“Considering all factors (price, reliability, comfort, enjoyment, etc.), would you get this car if you had it to do all over again?”
Perhaps no other question could produce a result as i…
Filed under: Car Buying, Etc., Ferrari
When an automaker like Ferrari comes out with a limited edition model, the entire run usually spoken for before we ever see a single photo or detail. Which is fine for the automaker in question, but can often irk…
Filed under: Car Buying, Etc., VolkswagenThere are currently 588 Volkswagen dealers in the U.S., and in 2010 they sold 256,830 examples of the brand’s products. Come 2018, however, VW plans on selling 800,000 vehicles here, and the current dealer body …
Filed under: Car Buying, Earnings/Financials
At the end of the day, every mass-market automaker is nothing more than a company looking for profits. And while you can have a great-looking vehicle that performs well and draws critical acclaim, but if it…
Filed under: Car Buying, Budget, Etc., Hatchback, India
Tata is out to battle lukewarm demand for the company’s Nano with a range of improvements to the world’s least-expensive new vehicle. Engineers have upped the Nano’s power and fuel efficiency whi…
Filed under: Car Buying, LA Auto Show, Videos, Crossover, Infiniti, Luxury
The production version debuted just this week at the Los Angeles Auto Show, and the 2013 Infiniti JX35 doesn’t go on sale until spring 2012, but that hasn’t stopped Infiniti fr…
Filed under: Car Buying, Audi, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Ford, Honda, Jeep, Lexus, Toyota
Kelley Blue Book has announced the company’s 2012 Best Resale Value Awards. The honors are handed out based on projections crafted by the KBB staff of automotive anal…
Filed under: Car Buying, Hatchback, Mini, Luxury
Starting next March, Mini buyers will be able to grab a set of Recaro seats off the option list for their cars. The upmarket buckets will be available for all Mini models except the Countryman and Conve…
Filed under: Car Buying, Performance, Hatchback, Ferrari, Luxury
Every year luxury retailer Neiman Marcus picks one car and commissions a lot of them for sale in its holiday catalog. Past examples have varied wildly – from a custom chopper and a Camar…
Filed under: Car Buying, Etc., Chevrolet
The Detroit News reports that Chevrolet may take a page out of the Disney playbook to improve the automaker’s customer service and its appeal in the California market.
Chevrolet dealers are headed to classes a…
Filed under: Car Buying, Budget, Sedan, Kia
We’re not exactly surprised, but Kia will be selling the sedan version of the Rio for $200 less than the five-door hatchback. The five-door is on sale now, while the $13,400 sedan won’t hit dealers until Jan…
Filed under: Car Buying, Coupe, Performance, Marketing/Advertising, Lamborghini, Earnings/Financials, Ferrari, India, Luxury
Demand for supercars in India has exotic automakers scrambling, with Lamborghini on the verge of opening its second dealership…
Filed under: Car Buying, Wagon, Europe, Chrysler, Dodge, Rumormill, Lancia, Fiat
Well, we can all stop hoping for a new Dodge Magnum.
Chrysler-Lancia CEO Saad Chebab told Autocar that there will be no Touring version of the redesigned Chrysler 300 bu…
Filed under: Car Buying, Budget, Hatchback, Hyundai, India
Meet the Hyundai Eon, the Korean automaker’s new pint-sized econobox for the Indian market. Bloomberg Businessweek says Hyundai expects to sell 140,000-150,000 of the $5,496 hatchbacks in the …
Filed under: Car Buying, China, Europe, Japan, UK, Design/Style
When it comes to tastes in automobiles, Europeans and Americans tend to be on opposite sides of the spectrum. Small trumps big. Manual over automatic. Car against truck. Black versus whit…
Filed under: Car Buying, SUV, Etc., Ford
The 2011 IntelliChoice and AutoPacific Motorist Choice Awards have been announced, and the Blue Oval took home top honors with Ford and Lincoln vehicles winning in six categories. Last year, Toyota and Lexus gr…
Filed under: Car Buying, Budget, Hatchback, Chevrolet, Design/Style
Buying a new car can be a bit of a daunting experience for many, but it can also be a lot of fun. Especially when you get to configure your car just the way you want it. For Chevrolet…
