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For $7,500, Hit The Deck [Nice Price Or Crack Pipe]
The third-generation Accord was the first Honda production car to employ double wishbone suspension both front and rear. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe AeroDeck is a not for US model you might have cracked a wishbone over, but will its price make that wish come true? More »...
Chevrolet to put Avalanche pickup out to pasture after 2013
General Motors announced today that it is sending the Chevrolet Avalanche—our Top Pick among pickups three out of the last four years—out to pasture. The versatile truck will soldier on for one final year in 2012 with a new 2013 Black Diamond edition, which will feature body-colored...
Chevrolet Avalanche Gets a Living Funeral Before Its Demise Next Year
Attention, fans of strange utility vehicle experiments: Chevrolet will send the Avalanche pickup truck packing after just over a decade of production. The Avalanche, which was first introduced in 2001 , will stick around for the 2013 model year but won’t be resurrected when GM’s next-generation...
Why Is Tanner Foust Driving A Ford SVT Raptor Around The Nürburgring? [Video]
A few of you noticed there was a special vehicle in the background of the insane Honda CR-V Nürburgring crash from this weekend. Specifically, a bright blue Ford SVT Raptor with none other than Tanner Foust in the driver’s seat. More » View original post here: Why Is Tanner Foust Driving...
Hybrid loyalty study an outrageous lie. For morons only
Toyota Prius loyalty about same as best-selling Camry? OK. Not a lie, but a deceptive load of crap Have you heard about the new hybrid loyalty study? Almost 2/3’s of hybrid owners won’t reconsider another hybrid. Of course, no where in the study is such a claim made. It’s just that...
Acura Enlists to Serve in The Avengers Adventure
Acura Enlists to Serve in The Avengers Adventure
As warmness rushes over the previously cold climate of winter, as the ideal environment for driving nears (barring more gas price spikes), the summer blockbuster season approaches. Despite its name, the Summer blockbuster period typically starts in the month of May with the first big-budget flicks....
Survey shows only 35% of hybrid car owners would buy one again
Only 35 percent of hybrid vehicle owners choose to purchase a hybrid again when returning to market, according to Polk, an auto industry data provider and research company. This rate drops to less than 25 percent if Toyota Prius owners are removed from the sample. The analysis was based on purchase...
Buy a hybrid car once, but not twice? Skewed and undersupplied?
Just 20 percent of Honda hybrid owners bought another hybrid in 2011 Could two car families and limited hybrid supplies be skewing the results? Pretty scary Polk study regarding hybrid car buyers, at least at first glance. According to Polk just 35 percent of past hybrid buyers shopping in 2011 bought...
Hyundai Sonata Vs. Kia Optima: Compare Cars
Relative newcomers to the mid-size sedan segment, the Hyundai Sonata and Kia Optima haven’t taken long to rise to the top of the class. In just a few generations, the pair have gone from distant finishers to highly ranked competitors that now rank in sales alongside vehicles like the Nissan Altima,...
2013 Nissan Altima: Walkaround Video
When the final tally was counted for 2011, the Toyota Camry still held on to the title of best-selling passenger car. In a surprising second place? Not the perennial number-two Honda Accord–but instead, in its place, the Nissan Altima. The Altima’s been selling exceptionally well in this...
2012 Mazda2: Zooming Into its Second Year
2012 Mazda2: Zooming Into its Second Year
Taking on the competition While new to North America last year, the Mazda2 is in its second generation and has been an award winning car in both Europe and Asia. The front-wheel-drive subcompact was completely redesigned for the 2011 model year and was left untouched for 2012. The Mazda2 competes in...
Honda Civic Vs. Mazda Mazda3: Compare Cars
For decades, Honda and Mazda have excelled not just at making good, fuel-efficient subcompact sedans (and hatchbacks), but also those that are nimble and fun to drive, with more personality than a lot of the other driving appliances out there at their price. In the case of the current Mazda3, this is...
New York Auto Show, Subaru BRZ, Porsche: Car News Headlines
Today at High Gear Media, Tesla’s worst nightmare might become a reality and a legend passed away. Ford, Honda, Porsche, and Cadillac all won awards, and we posted live photo galleries from New York. All this and more in today’s car news, right here on The Car Connection. Toyota revealed...
Cadillac, Ford, Honda, Porsche Win Big At 2012 Brand Image Awards
Events like the New York Auto Show are a perfect time for automakers to show off their latest, greatest technology to journalists, car fans, and curious onlookers. They’re also an opportunity to dole out trophies, and that’s exactly what the folks at Kelley Blue Book did yesterday at the...
NY Times – Hybrids, EVs cost-ineffective, except Prius, MKZ
There's a reason the Prius is the king of hybrid cars Even at $5.00+ per gallon most hybrids and plug-ins make little financial sense Here’s the bad news. Most hybrid cars and plug-in vehicles just don’t make financial sense at $4.00 or even $5.00 per gallon, according to a NYTimes...
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