Hyundai Gains Edge With Hybrid Battery Replacement Coverage
February 6, 2012 – 1:40 pm | No Comment

Korean automaker finds yet another way to trump its competitors.
What would keep you from buying a hybrid model? Besides price, one of the most significant concerns for potential buyers are each model’s battery packs. Those …

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2012 Green Car Finalists Named
October 25, 2011 – 6:06 am | No Comment
2012 Green Car Finalists Named

GCOY award now in its seventh year.
An annual rite of passage at the Los Angeles Auto Show is Green Car Journal’s announcement of its annual green car of the year award. These models, representing a …

2011 Chrysler Town & Country Specs and Overview
November 19, 2010 – 6:41 am | One Comment
2011 Chrysler Town & Country Specs and Overview

The best-selling minivan of 2010.
Chrysler started the minivan segment in 1983 when it introduced 1984 model year Plymouth Voyagers and Dodge Caravans. Plymouth has since been discontinued, the Dodge model is now called the Grand …

2011 Dodge Avenger Specs and Overview
November 18, 2010 – 3:03 pm | 2 Comments
2011 Dodge Avenger Specs and Overview

Chrysler’s midsize offerings have been weak for many years, perhaps dating back to the days when the Chrysler LeBaron and Dodge 400 were sold. That has hurt sales because midsize sedans are the volume sellers …

2011 Green Car of the Year Winner: Chevy Volt
November 18, 2010 – 12:00 pm | 3 Comments
2011 Green Car of the Year Winner: Chevy Volt

Car of the Year awards are a dime a dozen. Or at least it may seem that way.
Starting in November, just as the upcoming model year kicks into gear, through the early weeks of the …

Chrysler 200 Living Large In L.A.
November 18, 2010 – 12:05 am | One Comment
Chrysler 200 Living Large In L.A.

The Chrysler Sebring is dead, long live the Chrysler 200!
Chrysler took advantage of the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show and favorable Southern California weather to introduce to the world its latest midsize sedan, the Chrysler …

L.A. Debut: 2012 Ford Focus
November 17, 2010 – 4:55 pm | One Comment
L.A. Debut: 2012 Ford Focus

The 2012 Ford Focus will arrive in Ford showrooms in spring 2011, the next generation and European-derived version of the Blue Oval’s popular compact sedan and hatchback. The Ford Motor Company picked the perfect …

Chevy Camaro Convertible Loveliness!
November 17, 2010 – 2:19 pm | No Comment
Chevy Camaro Convertible Loveliness!

2011 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible Specs
Pony cars should offer a ragtop and, until now, only the Ford Mustang has been offered sans hardtop. Chevrolet now has its own bonafide convertible contender in the 2011 Chevy Camaro, …

L.A. Auto Show Gets Started
November 17, 2010 – 5:32 am | One Comment
L.A. Auto Show Gets Started

Before the crowds of tire-kicking consumers show up, there are two intensive days of press meetings at the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show. Those meetings start today and I’ll be covering what happens from across …

Subaru Is Confidence In Motion
November 3, 2010 – 7:48 am | One Comment
Subaru Is Confidence In Motion

You have to hand it to Japanese automaker Subaru. Over the past few years when the global auto industry has gone through severe strain and is now gradually recovering, Subaru has managed to increase its …

L.A. Auto Show Looms Large
October 29, 2010 – 8:14 am | No Comment
L.A. Auto Show Looms Large

I attended the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show, an event held just as the recession worsened. The atmosphere was gloomy, but it only foretold how 2009 would turn out: a year marked by a record …

Auto Shows? Still Relevant!
August 2, 2010 – 12:05 am | One Comment
Auto Shows? Still Relevant!

Living large in Los Angeles.
I just received an update from the Los Angeles Auto Show, the first of the big U.S. shows of the auto show season. Held in November or December each year, the …

L.A. Auto Show Will Offer Several Key Intros
December 1, 2009 – 12:31 am | 3 Comments
L.A. Auto Show Will Offer Several Key Intros

Los Angeles Auto Show to be held December 4-13, 2009
This week, the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show will begin, with press days scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday followed by the public show on Friday running …

Green Car of the Year Award Date Set
September 21, 2009 – 12:48 am | One Comment
Green Car of the Year Award Date Set

One of the most important “car of the year” awards of late is the one first introduced by the Green Car Journal in 2005. The Green Car of the Year award is the brainchild of …