Consumer Reports 2012 Annual Auto Reliability Survey +VIDEO
Oct 29, 2012
ONSUMER REPORTS AUTO RELIABILITY SURVEY: FORD CONTINUES FALL WHILE SEVEN JAPANESE BRANDS TOP LIST Audi and Cadillac make major jumps in rankings YONKERS, NYâA perfect storm of reliability problems has dropped Ford to next to last among the 28 car brands ranked in Consumer Reports 2012 Annual Auto Reliability Surve ... Continue reading
Aug 28, 2012
San Diego August 27, 2012; Strategic Vision announces results of its 2012 Total Quality Index⢠(TQI) study. With the industry best of only 17% of owners reporting problems, Toyota Motor Sales corporation had the lowest reported problems, resulting in Strategic Vision's lowest âProblem Impact Measureâ (PI ... Continue reading
NICB Names 10 Most-Stolen Vehicles for 2011
Aug 21, 2012
DES PLAINES, Ill., Aug. 20, 2012; The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) today released Hot Wheels â its list of the 10 most-stolen vehicles in the United States. The report examines vehicle theft data submitted by law enforcement to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and determines the vehicle make, ... Continue reading
2012 JD Power Initial Quality Study Close-up Look
Jun 22, 2012
</p><p>By Steve Purdy <br>TheAutoChannel.com <br>Michigan Bureau </p><P>Detroit MI June 19, 2012; The U.S. auto industry posted the best improvement in performance since 2009 in this yearâs important Initial Quality Survey conducted by J.D. Power and Associates. In the IQSâ 26 year history the average new car ... Continue reading
Luxury Carmakers Give New Attention to Back Seats
Jun 4, 2012
Washington DC june 4, 2012; The AIADA newsletter reported that long the domain of dogs and yappy kids, the back seats of luxury cars now are getting first-class attention from automakers, reports USA Today. More of them are adding rear legroom to premium sedans to please empty-nest Boomers, who now see big back seats a ... Continue reading
Maybach Reaches the End of the Road...Again
Dec 2, 2011
LONDON - December 2, 2011: Despite its exhibit floor presence at the recent Frankfurt Motor Show - as well as its participation at last month's 2011 Los Angeles Design Challenge - Mercedes-Benz (Daimler AG for you sticklers) has apparently finally decided to call an end to its ultra-high luxury experiment, according to ... Continue reading
Nov 4, 2011
For the 2011 Los Angeles Design Challenge, which is seeking to find the most spectacular new film car for Hollywood, the designers from the Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design Studios in Sindelfingen (Germany) and Carlsbad (USA), have joined the ranks of the screen-writers. Their efforts have borne fruit in the form of three ... Continue reading
The Auto Channel's Branded Buyers Guide's Daily Visitor Count Scoreboard
Aug 23, 2011
Is a new car model's TV commercial effective? Does a car maker's new sales incentive message reach an in-market audience? Has a new truck model created a buzz? Find out here on The Auto Channel's Buyers Guide Visitor Scoreboard.Visitor count and corresponding interest in every one of The Auto Channelâs 42 Single B ... Continue reading
Where New Cars Sold in USA Are Built
Aug 15, 2011
Featuring Where Built Data For 2010, 2011, 2012 Model Years Where in the world is the car you are interested in buying being built this model year? Like trying to find Waldo, it might be built anywhere in the USA, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, Hungry, Netherlands, Poland, China, Japan, South Korea, France, UK, Australia, Au ... Continue reading
Compare EPA MPG Estimates With Real World Owner Shared MPG
May 26, 2011
FYI: Rank cars and trucks by MPG FYI: Find Your Exact Fuel Costs For 1997-2011 Vehicles Fuel Economy.Gov is a U.S. government web site that has created very useful tools and collected useful and surprising MPG data. Below you will find comparisons of the EPA estimated MPG compared to the MPG of drivers like you. In thi ... Continue reading
U.S. Car Buyers Still Unclear on How Hybrids Work
Mar 16, 2011
Washington DC March 14, 2011; The AIADA newsletter reported that the differences between various alternative fuel cars are confusing consumers, according to a new survey of some 1,900 new car buyers and browsers in the U.S. That lack of knowledge could mean fewer hybrids are purchased according to Synovate, the market ... Continue reading
Feb 2, 2011
DAI) today reported U.S. sales of 17,631 Mercedes-Benz and smart vehicles, an improvement of 14.2 percent compared to January 2010. All sales figures in this release are on an unadjusted basis unless otherwise noted. Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) continued its strong momentum of the past year with a 14% increase for Januar ... Continue reading
Hands Together - Maybach To Utilise Aston Martin Expertise in Mutually Beneficial Alliance
Jan 23, 2011
By Robert Erskine Senior European Correspondent Autolab USA 'Hands Togetherâ When it comes to hands they are the extension of the human brain in terms of our abilities to 'make'. As the first recorded ages of our existence blossomed from the Stone Age, Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, and ... Continue reading
Jan 4, 2011
Daimler AG (stock exchange abbreviation DAI) today reported U.S. sales of 22,039 Mercedes-Benz and smart vehicles, an improvement of 5.5 Percent compared to December 2009. All sales figures in this release are on an unadjusted basis unless otherwise noted. Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) reported December sales of 21,469 veh ... Continue reading
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