Category: Reviews

July 24, 2008

Ford Flexing Muscles for 2009 Model Year

Filed under: New Cars, Reviews - 24 Jul 2008

Ford’s Flex, a full-size crossover just hitting showrooms summer 2008, has created a considerable buzz among automotive journalists.

It’s both difficult and easy to understand the interest in this vehicle.

This is an American automaker rolling out a brand new vehicle …

July 18, 2008

Toyota’s Gamble on the Scion

Filed under: Fuel Efficiency, Reviews - 18 Jul 2008

Urban utility vehicle.

What the heck is that?

Well, that’s what Toyota unveiled in 2003 with the Scion – using a word to name their newest product that means heir or descendant.

The idea was to target 18- to 34-year olds by offering …

July 16, 2008

New Malibu Changing the Way Chevrolet Thinks

Filed under: New Cars, Reviews - 16 Jul 2008

When the Chevrolet Malibu was named the North American Car of the Year at the Detroit auto show at the start of 2008, some car-watchers were left scratching their head.

What was a nearly 50-year old car, a former muscle car …

July 14, 2008

Infiniti and the Numbers Game

Filed under: Reports, Reviews - 14 Jul 2008

Maybe it’s time for Infiniti to shy away from using only alphanumeric names.

After all, it isn’t exactly the best time for consumers looking into luxury cars. They might as well attach sexy names to the vehicles, right?

Yet Infiniti holds firm, presenting …

July 12, 2008

Toyota Yaris: Just Keeps Going, and Going, and…

Filed under: Fuel Efficiency, Reviews - 12 Jul 2008

“Users” of Yahoo! Auto recently ranked the 2008 Toyota Yaris as their preferred vehicle.

Of five possible stars, these folks gave the Yaris a 4.5 overall score – in fact, the Yaris attained the same score in all areas, including appearance, …

August 29, 2007

Edmunds.com offers smart and savvy car advice

Filed under: Reviews - 29 Aug 2007

Not only will Edmumds.com help you buy a reliable used vehicle, they also offer a one stop shop for car research and a great deal of information relating to the auto industry as a whole.

New car research…

August 16, 2007

Auto Trader in the information age

Filed under: Reviews - 16 Aug 2007

For a long time The Auto Trader was the only big car selling service there was, your other two options were dealerships and the newspaper classifieds.

Computers have changed that and made the automobile industry more accessible to the average …

April 20, 2007

Cars.com - an entirely online approach

Filed under: Reviews - 20 Apr 2007

As the internet develops, so does its interest within the auto industry.

The knowledge consumers have access to on the internet enhances the entire scope of the market, giving everyone a fighting chance at getting a good deal. …

March 30, 2007

Consumer Reports serves up car reviews like it’s their job

Filed under: Reports, Reviews - 30 Mar 2007

They are trusted because that is all they do, review products. Generally the well established, well known names are the way to go when it comes to reading any type of review.

Trusting information about something as pricey as a …