Friday, March 19, 2010

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Frugal Shopper: Five Most Miserly Models

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 03:05 PM PDT

Run all the numbers for overall ownership costs—including depreciation, insurance, repairs, maintenance, and the like—and you'll almost always find that holding on to that used car, or getting a 'new' used one, is going to be cheaper. But sometimes even cheapskates want a new car. If you simply want the most affordable new car possible, and to...


Poll: Electric-Vehicle Range, Price Expectations Vary Wildly

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 11:56 AM PDT

Relative to the number of plug-in market choices available now or in the near future, the portion of consumers saying that they would give purchase consideration to EVs is surprisingly high. But responses are also showing that expectations about driving range and purchase price vary wildly. These are among the findings of a new randomized...


The Punching Bag Hits Back: Prius Crash Was Driver Error, Toyota Says

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 10:44 AM PDT

Few automotive engineers believe in so-called "sudden acceleration". But until recently, there's been no way to determine what a driver what doing when he (or she) swears that he was pressing the brake pedal with all his strength even as the car accelerated. Now, that's changed. Federal investigators say the latest highly publicized incident--in...


First U.S. Ferrari 458 Italia Raises $530,000 For Haiti Relief

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 10:17 AM PDT

A host of celebrities and philanthropists were on hand last night at an auction held to sell the first U.S.-market Ferrari 458 Italia and benefit the Catholic Medical Mission Board and the William J. Clinton Foundation's Haiti relief efforts. The haul? $530,000 smackeroos, a healthy sum for a good cause--both human and mechanical. In addition to...


Video: Kia Sued Over Song Used In Creepy Super Bowl Ad

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 09:56 AM PDT

Louis Vuitton isn't the only company up in arms about the recent Super Bowl ads. Drive-In Music Company is in a tizzy, too, hurling lawsuits at Kia Motor Company, CBS, the NFL, and anyone else within arm's reach. At issue: the backing track used in Kia's Super Bowl commercial for the 2010 Kia Sorento, which Drive-In sees as a rip-off of a tune by...


Today In Brand Sales: Volvo Deal Hits A Snag, HUMMER Probably Dead

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 07:37 AM PDT

Friday usually brings out TCC's optimistic streak, but two news items from Detroit and China have put a cloud over this otherwise sunny day. First, Geely says that its negotiations to buy Volvo from Ford have hit a roadblock, and second, GM has apparently failed to make any progress selling HUMMER to last-minute bidders. Before we get too dour, we...


2012 Lexus LFA Pricing Details: Lease One For Just $12,398.44 Per Month

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 09:21 AM PDT

If you're looking for a technological bonanza with an inexplicable 10-into-3 exhaust system, there's only one answer: the 2012 Lexus LFA. But you'd better come packing, because the $375,000 Lexus supercar will run you $12,398.44 per month for a 24-month lease. But you have to pay the total of $297,562.56 up front as one lump sum. Of course, that...


2012 McLaren MP4-12C Preview

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 03:16 AM PDT

When the McLaren F1 first hit the streets it almost immediately catapulted to the top of the performance car scene, taking home the title of world's fastest production car in 1998 and holding it up until 2005. Building a car better than the original F1 was always going to be a difficult challenge, and perhaps that is why for McLaren's next...


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