July 24, 2008
Edmunds’ True Cost to Own data reveals best values in SUV segment.
Tags: Edmund's, Edmunds.com’s True Cost to Own, Jeep Patriot , SUV
Audi of America, Inc. recently announced model year 2009 change points and early 2009 pricing on existing models.
Tags: 2009 Audi, Audi, Audi A3, Audi pricing
July 17, 2008
The automaker’s new Envi unit is developing vehicles that are intended to run on battery power alone for about 40 miles.
Tags: Chevy Volt , chrysler, electric vehicles , Envi unit, Ford, General Motors, Toyota
July 8, 2008
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is launching the SmartWay Leaf Campaign to encourage purchases of SmartWay-certified cars and trucks.
Tags: Environmental Protection Agency, SmartWay Leaf Campaign
July 1, 2008
COSTA MESA, CA – El Pollo Loco is driving its marketing efforts through the use of a three-wheel, sub compact electric car covered in bumper-to-bumper brand messaging and red flames.
Tags: El Pollo Loco, Electric Car
June 27, 2008
AUBURN HILLS, MI – Chrysler's new fleet Web site has been completely redesigned with revised content to help keep fleets informed and up-to-date.
Tags: Chrysler Motors Fleet Operations, fleet Web site
June 12, 2008
Automakers are struggling to produce enough hybrid cars to meet the increased demand.
Tags: Demand for Hybrids , Ford Escape Hybrid , Hybrid, hybrid sales, Mercury Mariner Hybrid , Saturn Aura Hybrid, Saturn Vue Hybrid, Toyota Camry Hybrid , Toyota Prius
June 5, 2008
DEARBORN, MI – Ford Motor Company has completed the sale of its Jaguar Land Rover operations to Tata Motors.
Tags: Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover, sale, Tata Motors
American Honda, Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation and Toyota Motor Sales each captured three Initial Quality Model awards.
Tags: 2008 Initial Quality Study , American Honda, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, J.D. Power and Associates , Toyota Motor Sales
June 2, 2008
SACRAMENTO, CA – The California Air Resources Board is offering a $1,000 rebate toward the purchase of a Xebra electric car and truck from ZAP.
Tags: California Air Resources Board, Rebate, ZAP
May 27, 2008
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Continental Tire North America Inc. will raise commercial tire prices effective Jul. 1. The increases, up to eight percent, will apply to Continental, General, Semperit, and all private brand truck tires.
Tags: Continental, tire
HONG KONG – Honda Motor is racing against Toyota Motor to develop hybrid cars.
Tags: Honda Motor, Hybrid, Toyota Motor
May 21, 2008
The Ford Focus averaged 37.5 mpg in highway driving, beating the EPA figures of 35 mpg.
Tags: Edmunds.com , Ford Focus, fuel economy, Gas Sipper Smackdown, Smart Fortwo , Toyota Prius , Volkswagen Jetta TDI
SAN FRANCISCO – Daimler AG said United Parcel Service Inc. ordered 200 hybrid electric vehicles and 300 compressed natural gas vehicles in what the German automaker called the biggest sale of “green” trucks ever recorded.
Tags: Daimler AG , delivery trucks, hybrid delivery trucks, Hybrid trucks, UPS
May 20, 2008
DEARBORN, MI – The 2009 Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner models are boosting fuel economy with new sets of tires and improved aerodynamics.
Tags: 2009 Mercury Mariner, 2009 Ford Escape , fuel economy
May 15, 2008
The study revealed that Cadillac and Audi have the most increased brand perception among luxury new car shoppers.
Tags: Audi, Cadillac , kelley blue book, Kelley Blue Book Marketing Research’s Brand Watc, Luxury Sedan
May 14, 2008
ARLINGTON, VA --- In recent Insurance Institute for Highway Safety tests, the 2008 Smart Fortwo, the smallest car for sale in the U.S. market, earned the top rating of "good" for front and side crash protection.
Tags: 2008 Smart Fortwo, crash tests, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
May 8, 2008
DEARBORN, MI – The new six-speed automatic transmissions in the 2009 Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner deliver more torque and use less energy at cruising speeds, which saves gas.
Tags: 2009 Ford Escape , Ford, Mercury Mariner , save fuel , Six-Speed , Six-Speed Transmissions
May 1, 2008
NEW YORK -- Some hybrid owners have been worried enough to sell their cars, but automakers say electromagnetic fields in hybrid vehicles pose no additional risks.
Tags: Electromagnetic Fields , Health Risk, Hybrid Health Risk, hybrids
April 28, 2008
CHICAGO – Cars.com has launched a new Green/Hybrid Buying Guide to help educate consumers about the types of hybrid and alternative-fuel cars on the market. The new guide offers the latest news and up-to-date videos on alternative-fuels and hybrid technologies.
Tags: Cars.com, Green/Hybrid Buying Guide
April 24, 2008
IRVINE, CA - IntelliChoice.com's third annual Hybrid Survey shows that most hybrid models beat or meet non-hybrids on overall costs.
Tags: Going Green , Hybrid, hybrid cost, Hybrid Survey , IntelliChoice.com, IntelliChoice.com’s 2008 Hybrid Survey
Prices in all used-vehicle segments were down or flat in the first quarter, contrary to the typical pattern of increasing prices at auctions in the January-through-March period.
Tags: AuctionNet, NADA, used cars, used vehicles, used-vehicle prices
Volkswagen's prototype automated parking system doesn't require someone be sitting in the driver's seat.
Tags: Park Assist, Park Assist Vision, Passat, Self-Parking System, Tiguan , Touran, Volkswagen, VW
Designed for eliminating emissions and creating energy independence, the ZeroTruck offered in low cab forward design will carry the latest in electric drive technology.
Tags: electric vehicles , Electrorides , Medium-Duty Truck, ZeroTruck
April 17, 2008
The Ford-commissioned study shows Ford’s domestic brands improved 8 percent versus last year.
Tags: Ford, Ford Improves, Lincoln , Mercury , Quality Study