Thursday, June 24, 2010

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2011 Honda Accord Preview

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 04:09 PM PDT

For years at a time, the Honda Accord has enjoyed the title of America's most popular passenger car and with the continuous improvements the humble nameplate has received over the years, it's easy to see why. The latest model, the new 2011 Honda Accord Sedan and Coupe, are set to go on sale this August and have received some extensive updates...


GM Looking To Offer More Loans To More Customers

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 10:34 AM PDT

When General Motors sold off control of GMAC, it lost more than its in-house financing arm. It lost the ability to offer loans to a broad range of consumers, particularly subprime borrowers. As a result, GM also lost market share. Now, the automaker is chatting up two major Wall Street players -- Chase and Wells Fargo -- to remedy that situation...


Smartphones Are The New Pot

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 09:41 AM PDT

If you drive a car, chances are good that you own a smartphone, so we feel it's only fair to warn you that you're messing with fire. J.D. Power recently conducted its 2010 U.S. Automotive Emerging Technologies Study, and the results are clear: smartphones are a technological gateway drug, leading their owners down the primrose path to full-on...


Ford's Fiesta Movement Keeps Moving After You've Moved On

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 08:26 AM PDT

There's no question that Ford has scored a huge marketing coup with its hip, fully wired Fiesta Movement. The campaign's camera-ready army of influencers tweeted and Facebooked and YouTubed the hot new compact to an astounding 60% brand recognition before it even appeared in showrooms. The Movement is one of the longest and biggest rollouts we've...


Jaguar Marks 75th Anniversary With Special Edition XKR 75

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 07:00 AM PDT

The Jaguar XKR Goodwood Special was a special one-off build created last year to explore the harder side of the XKR's character and allow engineers to explore some performance boundaries. While the Goodwood Special never eventuated into the long-rumored XKR-R, the special edition model itself has now entered production as the limited edition...


What Women Want -- In a Car

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 10:19 AM PDT

Women like their cars small, inexpensive, foreign and hot. No, not hot in the muscular looks, twin-turbo powerplant, and growling exhaust note sense. Actually hot. They like to crank the heater up. That's the conclusion of a pair of new surveys on women and cars. The point isn't academic. It affects the bottom line for automakers worldwide. Ford...


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