Tuesday, December 14, 2010

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Volvo Adds Free Maintenance To Certified Pre-Owned Vehicles

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 02:53 PM PST

Volvo has been one of several luxury brands to offer free maintenance on its new cars. Now Volvo has added a new factory scheduled-maintenance package to its warranty coverage on Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) vehicles, too. Volvo's new Protection Plus+ coverage for CPO vehicles already includes six years or 100,000 miles of zero-deductible replacement...


J.D. Power: Fewer Shoppers Avoiding Domestics For Reliability

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 01:28 PM PST

For Chevrolet, Ford, Kia, and Hyundai, among several other domestic and Korean brands, it looks like perceptions are finally catching up with reality. According to J.D. Power and Associates' 2010 Avoider Study, which focuses on the reasons why shoppers fail to consider—or avoid—a vehicle, car shoppers are no longer crossing domestic or...


2011 Chevrolet Equinox

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 11:14 AM PST

The Basics: Just this past year, GM finally introduced wholly competitive compact crossovers to take on the likes of the Honda CR-V, Subaru Forester, and Toyota RAV4. With prior efforts coming out half-baked, to put it bluntly, it's been a long time coming. The Equinox is crisper and sportier than its predecessor, with nice proportions and a look...


2011 Ford Taurus

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 09:35 AM PST

The Basics: Ford last year gave its full-size Taurus sedan a transformation, creating a more attractive, more capable competitor in a class that spans both mainstream mid-size sedans like the Honda Accord V-6 as well as the Buck Lucerne. A new high-performance Taurus SHO, powered by a turbocharged V-6, also joined the model line. The only down...


Hyundai Launches Equus Owner's Manual App For iPad

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 08:42 AM PST

As you already know, the 2011 Hyundai Equus is basically the nicest iPad case on the planet. Now it gets its own app, in the form of a virtual owner's manual. Putting printed content on the iPad is a burgeoning business at Apple's App Store, but Hyundai goes one step further, making its owner's manual not just informative, but interactive...


RIP Volga Siber: Even Russians Hate The Old Chrysler Sebring

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 07:55 AM PST

Russia is a strange and wondrous place. On one hand, you have a 6'8" billionaire NBA-team owner backing a startup car company that wants to build natural-gas hybrid cars without battery packs. That car's name? Yo. On the other hand, it turns out that even beleaguered Russian car buyers understand vehicle quality. Prime Tass, citing business daily...


NASCAR Signs American Ethanol, Goes E15 For 2011

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 07:45 AM PST

Motorsports and ecology aren't exactly hand-in-hand concepts. Getting the most speed out of a car usually involves pumping a lot of fuel through it--just to end up back where it started. To improve the green image of racing, many series are taking steps to use greener fuels--and now NASCAR is among them, with Sunoco Green E15 fuel on the docket...


Chrysler Issues Recall For 2009, 2010 Dodge Ram Pickups

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 07:15 AM PST

Chrysler has announced a recall of certain Dodge Ram trucks from the 2009 and 2010 model years. According to a bulletin issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, some of those vehicles may have flawed braking systems, which could increase the possibility of an accident -- not just for Ram drivers, but also for the people behind...


Side Airbags, Economy Woes Countering Distracted-Driving Hazards

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 04:59 PM PST

Despite ongoing concerns about distracted driving and its negative affects on road safety, road fatalities have fallen by 22 percent from 2005 to 2009. In fact, last year they were the lowest overall since 1954 and the lowest ever when adjusted for miles traveled. How can this be so? According to researchers at the University of Michigan...


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