Hyundai Gains Edge With Hybrid Battery Replacement Coverage

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

How An Ignition System Functions

Many of today’s cars have a start/stop button to activate the ignition, reducing the problem of ignition failure, although certainly not completely. Whereas, most cars have an ignition switch with a tumbler, new cars require …

Hot Stuff: 2013 Ford Shelby GT500!

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Latest Carroll Shelby offering makes its debut.
The 2012 Chicago Auto Show was the venue chosen for the release of the 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 convertible, an update of this iconic special …

Ford Fixes MyFord Touch

Voice, touchscreen technology receives an important update.

MyFord Touch has been a boom for Ford, enabling it to appeal to technologically-savvy drivers who prize state-of-the-art connectivity to their cell phones as well as access to detailed …

Book Review — Dream Garages International

Many of us know one person who goes well beyond being the atypical weekend mechanic. This individual not only works on cars, but lives them, eagerly finding and passionately restoring a classic car to its …

Weekly Drive: Lil Juiced Nissan JUKE

Mini crossover finds its way into Nissan’s line up.

“What is it? Is it a Nissan?” asked my neighbor, Gary. “Yes, it is a Nissan — it’s called an Insect,” I joked. Well, not really. …

5 New Car Shopping Tips

How to save money on year end car shopping.
If you’re in the market for a new car, there are some important shopping points for you to consider as you set out to make your purchase. …

Let’s Help Sergio Marchionne Find A New Partner!

Few solid choices exist for a new Fiat-Chrysler partner.
Big companies are beautiful in the world of cars. Automakers that dominate the industry have the most flexibility and are generally profitable. That wasn’t always true, but …

Buick Encore Spells Death of GMC Granite

GMC concept fades into oblivion.
At the 2012 Detroit auto show, a compact multi-purpose vehicle was rolled out, a 5-passenger crossover that went by the name of GMC Granite. That model wowed the press corps and …

Amazing Auto Industry Fact: Cutting Dealers Can BOOST Sales

By Jason Lancaster
In 2010, Ford Motor Company managed to trim away or consolidate 3.6 percent or 163 of its Lincoln and Ford dealers. Yet despite these closures, Ford and Lincoln enjoyed a 19 percent annual …

Lexus Seeks to Make Christmas Bright Via Social Media

Annual Christmas appeal gets some help from social media followers of Lexus.

Lexus is not a name you see front and center in social media circles, particularly with Facebook and Twitter. However, the luxury automotive brand …

The Effects of Ethanol on Fuel Mileage

The hidden cost of ethanol.
Most gasoline powered cars run on straight gasoline although these vehicles can also safely run on an ethanol blend consisting of 10 percent ethanol and 90 percent gasoline. Known as E10 …

Tony Stewart Wins 2011 NASCAR Crown

By Harrison Card
NASCAR season concludes with a nail-biter.
Tony Stewart is the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion and is also the winner of the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Stewart gained the championship the old-fashioned way: …

Movie Review: Cars 2

Ka-chow! Lightning McQueen and gang are back for an exciting, new racing adventure.
Five years after the first movie was released, “Cars 2” has emerged, the successor to one of the most popular animated movies of …

Hot Stuff: 2012 Audi R8 GT Spyder

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Just 333 will be produced; 50 are destined for the U.S.
Do you have $210,000 to spare? If so, then you may be in the running to buy Audi’s hand-built and very …

Product Review: Drop Stop

Some gifts are just plain simple.
High tech devices are in much demand by today’s car-driving consumers. We expect Bluetooth connectivity, 10-speaker Bose audio systems, blind spot detection and power everything in our cars. Good stuff, …

Busy As Ever, The World Of Autos

I’ve been buried in projects lately and have cut back on blogging at least as it pertains to adding fresh content to this site. I’d much rather blog on fewer days then to have to …

You Can Compare Multiple Car Insurance

By Charles Green

If you have two or more cars in the family, then you can save money on your car insurance by having your entire personal fleet covered by one auto insurance company. Insurers typically …

2012 Nissan Titan Overview & Specs

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Nissan was the last manufacturer to bring a full-size pickup truck to the market, introducing its Titan truck for the 2004 model year. Although Toyota already had a model on the market, …

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