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Friday, Nov 13
2011 Buick Regal Makes Tinseltown Debut, Bob and Ed Drop By
Interestingly, according to Jim Federico, vehicle line exec for global mid-size vehicles, five years ago, when Lutz asked him to move to Germany and head up the Insignia project, the plan from the outset was to design the car so it could be easily built and sold around the world.
Wednesday, Nov 4
Payoff for GM as it Posts its First Year-Over-Year Sales Increase Since January
Nissan-Infiniti: 60,115, up 5.6 percent. Nissan was at 53,664, up 7.7 percent. Infiniti sold 6,451, down 9.3 percent. Sentra was up 39.3 percent (6,128), while Versa fell 1.5 percent (6,786). Nissan sold 2,097 Cubes. Altima dropped 16.8 percent, to 14,773.
Tuesday, Oct 27
American Car Quality Improves, but Asians Still Dominate
Scion was the most-reliable make. Honda, second place, was up one spot from last year, as was third-place Toyota. Infiniti, in fourth, was up two spots. Acura, in fifth fell three spots. Mitsubishi, in sixth, was up three and Lexus, in seventh, fell two spots.
Thursday, Oct 15
The Kiinote: Subaru Outback 2.5i -- Legit or Lame?
Yet after a week of instrumented testing, on- and off-road evaluation, and feverish debate, all of which landed the Outback our coveted calipers, the whispers of suspicion and skepticism became audible. Mind you, these whispers came from just one staffer, but they were enough to incite...
Tuesday, Oct 13
2010 Motor Trend Sport/Utility of the Year: The Contenders
These trace elements are what link the 11 vehicles eligible for this year's award -- Acura ZDX, Audi Q5, Cadillac SRX, Chevrolet Equinox, GMC Terrain, Lexus RX, Lincoln MKT, Mercedes-Benz GLK, Subaru Outback, Volvo XC60, and, of course, the 4Runner. Look past the edgy lines of the ZDX, th...
Thursday, Oct 1
September Sales -- Ford Strengthens, Hyundai is up 27 Percent
American Honda (includes Acura): 77,229, off 23.3 percent. 20,826 Honda Accords sold, off 10.6 percent. Civic was off 28.4 percent, to 16,093. Fit was off a whopping 51.6 percent, to 3,284. And Odyssey fell 48.9 percent, to 5,735. Acura had no gainers. Sales fell 30.3 percent, to 7,259.
Tuesday, Sep 1
August Sales: Will Cash For Clunkers Help Autumn Numbers?
DETROIT - Ford Motor Company's August sales were up 17 percent (21 percent retail) over August 2008. Toyota Motor was up 10.5 percent and American Honda rose 14.2 percent. Like last month, Toyota outsold Ford in the United States, 225,088 to 176,323 (not including Volvo). General Motors' sal...
Monday, May 18
35-MPG by 2016, Four Years Early?
A 32.1-mpg diesel puts out 0.69 pounds of CO2 per mile, versus 0.60 per mile for a 32.1-mpg gas-powered car. But it's still close enough to the standard that Mercedes could sell some of those as long as it sells a larger number of, say, B-Classes and C-Class hybrids.
Thursday, Apr 9
2009 New York: An SUV Love-In? Who Woulda Thought...
If the ZDX feels too much like an X6 knock-off for you, BMW has you covered with the real thing - only more so. The Munich-based automaker came to New York with its Motorsports GmbH. version of the X6, dubbed X6M. Bringing a staggering 555 horsepower from its twin-turbocharged 4.4-liter V-8 eng...
Wednesday, Jan 21
The Lohdown: Does $2 Gas Change Your SUV Plans?
We have assembled four wonders of the modern age. Three are clean, stump pulling diesels. All make less than 300 horsepower (in some cases, just barely over 200) but in some cases, make well over 400 pound-feet of torque. Two are made in the USA. The third might be soon (once this economic meltdo...
Tuesday, Dec 2
The "B-Word" Hits Car Sales: GM down 41%, Toyota down 33.9%, Ford down 30%
That's coming off a record November, in 2007. Honda Division was down 30.6 percent, to 68,345. Acura was off 38.9 percent, to 7,888. The new Pilot was the only gainer, up 4.5 percent, to 5,601. Accord was off 38.1 percent, Civic off 29.6 percent.
Friday, Nov 7
2009 Motor Trend Car of the Year Contender: Acura TL
It's the luxury sedan with the most overdone mishmash of lines and curious design cues since the BMW 5 Series, an overreaction to the criticism that its predecessor looked too vanilla-anonymous. That sheetmetal, that schnoz, that over-busy center stack mask the fact that the Mk IV 2009 A...
