Car Sales Forum
Gear up for the gas-free car
Imagine driving a sleek and roomy plug-in electric hybrid sports car that might never need gas. It’s coming soon, and even if you can’t afford it, you can invest in the technology.
By Jon Markman
Not too long from now, a sensuously curved sports car designed by a German and made with American parts will roll off [...]
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GM Releases Teaser Pictures of Chevrolet Volt
Written by Andrew Williams
In the world of hybrid and electric cars, the upcoming commercial release of the Chevrolet Volt must surely rank as the most widely (and wildly) anticipated event. Now GM has ramped up the expectation levels another notch by releasing two teaser pictures providing us with a sneak-peak of its much vaunted plug-in [...]
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A used Prius is a hot commodity these days
By Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY
Buyers are so eager to start saving gas with the nation’s best-selling hybrid that they’re paying more for a used Prius than they’d pay for a new one if they were willing to wait.
Driven by gas prices and waiting lists for new Priuses at many dealers, buyers paid an average $27,945 [...]
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Ripped off by your car’s odometer?
Faulty mileage readings like those found in some Hondas might cost you big bucks if your vehicle warranty expires prematurely. To protect yourself, run a check.
By Bankrate.com
Is your odometer costing you money?
As bizarre as that question may seem, a recent lawsuit settlement has revealed that all odometers are not created equal. Some may cause you [...]
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Why a used Civic still costs $16,118
Economy models haven’t been big sellers in recent years, and carmakers built relatively few of them. Now supplies are tight as demand for the vehicles soars along with gas prices.
By The Wall Street Journal
The appeal of fuel efficiency is moving beyond the new-car market and creating a run on small used cars.
Used economy cars that [...]
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Top Speed, No Tickets
Fast cars and racetracks go together like Monaco and money.
By Greg Brown of MSN autos
Were you the kid who raced toy cars over the hills of your bedspread at night and then dreamed of winning the Monaco Grand Prix? Were you the teenager who sneaked car magazines into class between the covers of your textbooks? [...]
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Dream Car: The Ariel Atom 2
Written by Alan Bellows
In Britain, there is a very small car company called Ariel, and they make a very small car called the Atom 2. Ariel has been building cars for since 1898– over 100 years– yet today they have fewer than 10 employees, and work out of a barn. But as small as the [...]
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Smart Fortwo Roadster is ‘greenest car’
• New reports says Fortwo is greenest car
• Based on CO2 and nitrogen oxide emissions
• Toyota Prius came 12th in survey
In the study by Cardiff University and automotive consultants Thames Clifford, researchers gave a car’s carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions 50% weighting in assessing its overall environmental score.
For the other 50%, the researchers ranked [...]
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Are Supercar Designers Out of Ideas?
Exhibit A: the Swiss-built Weber Faster One
By Mike Spinelli
Let’s face it. It’s hard to design a new exotic supercar. The most timeless shapes were spoken for years ago, and every exotic since then has been just a derivative mishmash of science fiction and aerodynamics optimization (especially the homemade ones). That’s not to say a [...]
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10 Things You Can Like About $4 Gas
By Amanda Ripley
The world had long assumed that Americans were just unrepentant energy pigs. If gas prices went up, well, we kept our Explorers aimed at the horizon, and little changed. We truthfully didn’t have lots of options. Unlike Europeans, we didn’t have jobs we could bike to or convenient public transit. Gasoline prices never [...]
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Consumers Turn to Honda in June
GM’s Hummer leads the sales nose-dive
By Joe Benton ConsumerAffairs.com
Consumers are snapping up Hondas as gasoline prices head higher. The Japanese automaker reported a 13.8 percent gain over June 2007 and a new monthly sales record. But for almost every other automaker, June sales were the worst in recent memory.
Toyota sales dropped 11.5 percent [...]
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Record $4-plus Gas Prices Greet July 4 Holiday
Most expensive holiday weekend prices ever
By Joe Benton ConsumerAffairs.com
The July 4 holiday will see $4 gasoline throughout most of the country.
Consumers will spend more money per gallon on gasoline celebrating the national holiday weekend than they have ever spent in the history of the nation.
Retail gas prices set a record price for the [...]
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