* +Kia Motors America has done a great job on the Forte5 SX*
Forty years ago, with the addition of three little letters to the compact Golf, Volkswagen established a market segment that persists to this day. The quick and sustained success of the GTI has since inspired virtually every automaker to create their own interpretation on the “hot hatch” idea. Over the years hot hatches have waxed …
Forty years ago, with the addition of three little letters to the compact Golf, Volkswagen established a market segment that persists to this day. The quick and sustained success of the GTI has since inspired virtually every automaker to create their own interpretation on the “hot hatch” idea. Over the years hot hatches have waxed and waned in popularity but they have never completely gone away and in recent years they have had something of a resurgence with cars like Ford’s Focus ST, Fiesta ST and my most recent ride, the Kia Forte5 SX.
The 2017 +Ford Motor Company GT will be the first production car with a +Corning Incorporated Gorilla Glass windshield, saving 12 pounds
VideoThe 2017 Ford GT will be the first production car with a Gorilla Glass windshield (photo credit: Sam Abuelsamid) Given the numerous challenges faced by the auto industry today as it tries to meet future fuel economy and CO2 emissions standards, one might wonder why Ford is expending resources on a […]
*If you're interested in a sporty Toyota Corolla, walk across the showroom floor and check out the Scion iM*
Compared to the rest of the world, the American automotive market is an anomaly in ways. No where else will you find fullsize pickup trucks selling in such enormous numbers with the big trucks from Ford, GM and Fiat Chrysler being the perennial best-sellers for years on end. Move beyond our borders however, and so-called …
Compared to the rest of the world, the American automotive market is an anomaly in ways. No where else will you find fullsize pickup trucks selling in such enormous numbers with the big trucks from Ford, GM and Fiat Chrysler being the perennial best-sellers for years on end. Move beyond our borders however, and so-called C-segment or compact cars dominate the market. For nearly five decades one of the continuous top-sellers in that space has been the Toyota Corolla in all its different flavors. While Corolla buyers elsewhere get to choose from a variety of body styles, Americans are limited to a four-door sedan unless they opt for the related Scion iM hatchback.
It's definitely possible that only a small group of engineers at +Volkswagen USA? knew the details of the big cheat, but they definitely can't take all the blame
Many are skeptical of VW’s claim that only a handful of lower-level employees are to blame for the doctoring of its vehicles’ performance for emissions testing, but In a narrow sense, it actually is possible. A surprisingly small number of people at any automaker are involved in writing the engine control software at the heart of the scandal.
getting a snack 9 years ago today
Despite already having packed on the extra winter padding, this squirrel was still surprisingly acrobatic on this day 9 years ago today as he stole a snack from the bird feeder
Is the latest edition of the Toyota Tundra competitive with leaders from Ford, GM and Ram?
The American light vehicle market is a unique beast in the world. Nowhere else on the planet will you find so many full-size pickup trucks in use and representing such a large proportion of total vehicle sales. Through October, 2015, Americans bought 1.78 million fullsize trucks, 12.3 percent of the year-to-date total. It’s also the …
The American light vehicle market is a unique beast in the world. Nowhere else on the planet will you find so many full-size pickup trucks in use and representing such a large proportion of total vehicle sales. Through October, 2015, Americans bought 1.78 million fullsize trucks, 12.3 percent of the year-to-date total. It’s also the only market segment where the three Detroit based automakers have remained utterly dominant despite challenges from Japan. As the world’s largest automaker, Toyota looked at the profit margins that Ford, GM and Chrysler were pulling in on those trucks and it’s been trying to capture a piece of that pie for more than two decades with surprisingly limited success. In 2013, Toyota gave the Tundra pickup a major makeover and it’s better than ever – but is it good enough?
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