The 2019 Kia Niro EV The Hyundai Group (Hyundai-Kia-Genesis) is serious. Hyundai’s popular Sonata and Elantra models as well has Kia’s Optima’s and Forte has seen huge declines in sales. Like the most of auto industry, consumers are choosing SUV’s over passenger cars. With one exception Tesla. If you in any major city youContinue reading “Watch Out Tesla: Hyundai and Kia is coming soon, like today”
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Why the General Motors plant closures are good for America and not so good for Donald Trump
Toyota Camry has been the best selling car in America for more than two decades. In the last few years the Honda Accord was the second best selling car in America. Last year, Toyota and Honda introduced all new versions of the Camry and Accord and while the cars two remain the best sellingContinue reading “Why the General Motors plant closures are good for America and not so good for Donald Trump”
Family Brand
There are entire families who for whatever reason buy a specific car brand or make. There are Ford, Chevy, Honda, and Toyota Families where most of the people in that family buy a particular make My parents brought me home from the hospital in an Old Green Buick Roadmaster, I’m not sure if it wasContinue reading “Family Brand”
Don’t be surprised when these 3 types of cars flood the market
(Photo: General Motors) By: Mark Phelan/Detroit Free Press Get ready for a flood of new vehicles unlike what you’ve seen before as automakers explore three market niches that are primed for growth. As car companies de-emphasize production of low-profit sedans, at least two new classes of SUV-type vehicles are coming — prestigious midsize and basic transportation.Continue reading “Don’t be surprised when these 3 types of cars flood the market”
Are the American auto manufacturers giving up on cars?
A few years ago, familiar American nameplates started to disappear, Plymouth, Mercury, Oldsmobile, Pontiac victims of overcapacity. These models share most components with other corporate models. Plymouth shared engines, suspensions with Chrysler and Dodge. Mercury with Ford and Lincoln. Chevrolet, Buick shared parts with Oldsmobile and Pontiac. American manufactures have long struggled building fuelContinue reading “Are the American auto manufacturers giving up on cars?”
Zzzzzz Your next-NEXT car will be Electric!
Yes, your next NEXT car will be electric. A report from research firm,Bloomberg New Energy Finance says by 2022,” the report says, the cost of ownership of battery electric vehicles will fall below that of an internal combustion engine vehicle. Bloomberg projects by 2040 25% of the cars globally will be electric. In 2016, nearlyContinue reading “Zzzzzz Your next-NEXT car will be Electric!”
A new direction for Cadillac?
If your a person who reads Car magazines you know Cadillac is building drivers cars. Cars that out BM BMW, out Mercedes, Mercedes Benz. The ATS-V and CTS-V have won rave reviews through the years. The new CT6 has received positive notices. The problem is few people are buying Caddies. As Buick is rapidly sheddingContinue reading “A new direction for Cadillac?”
This is going to hurt, Volkswagen
By: Jamie Kitman/Automobile Magazine If one can call a battle with cancer a “personal Vietnam,” as writer and critic Susan Sontag once did, then maybe it is fair to term the lyin’-cheatin’-pollutin’ scandal that Volkswagen brought upon its house its personal nuclear holocaust. I mean, kaboom: VW’s loud proclamation that its new line of turbodieselContinue reading “This is going to hurt, Volkswagen”
Automakers’ dependence on China sharpens share declines
A man reacts as he looks at stock markets at a brokerage house in Shanghai China, Monday. The Shanghai Composite index fell by 8.5 % Monday. Photo Associated Press On what is shaping up to be one of the ugliest days ever on financial markets, General Motors, Ford and Fiat Chrysler are taking body blowsContinue reading “Automakers’ dependence on China sharpens share declines”
Why you might own at Tesla or and Electric car in the Next Five years!
By CityFella A few years ago the State of California approved rules requiring 15 percent of cars sold in California to be all-electric, plug-in hybrid electric or hydrogen vehicles. This means in your an automaker 15% of your fleet must be one of above. Compliance begins with model year 2018. Full compliance is expected byContinue reading “Why you might own at Tesla or and Electric car in the Next Five years!”
