Posted in Car Reviews, Car of The Year, Ford, Ford Focus, Hybrids, car shopping on Feb 28th, 2010
Each year, Consumer Reports recommends Top Picks for a variety of car and truck segments. Vehicles on the Top Picks list combine high scores from Consumer Reports` tests with above average reliability, as reported by Consumer Reports readers. Consumer Reports also compiles a list each year of American made Top Picks for consumers [...]
Posted in Automotive, Car Reviews, car shopping on Feb 27th, 2009
If you’re in the market for a new car, you should check out this list just released by Consumer Reports. The magazine tested more than 300 vehicles at its Auto Test Center to come up with the top picks for 2009.
Reliability is such a huge factor right now in car shoppers’ vehicle considerations, especially since [...]
Posted in Automotive, Mercedes Benz, car shopping on Feb 23rd, 2009
Next time you make, oh, I don’t know, another $150,000, and want to really throw your middle finger up at high gas prices, put this Mercedes on your shopping list. This is the ultimate urban assault vehicle, a G-Class Benz tuned by Brabus, as reported on Autoweek.com. One of the few groups who think a [...]
Posted in Automotive, Budget-friendluy, Honda, Incentives, Toyota, car buying incentives, car shopping on Oct 30th, 2008
In an obvious attempt to compete with Toyota’s recently announced 0% financing incentive, American Honda has just announced a few incentives of it’s own. Though Honda’s program does not cover 11 models like Toyota does, it does cover it’s most popular model, the Civic.
Qualified buyers can now get 1.9% financing for a period of 24 [...]
Posted in Automotive, Financing, car shopping on Jul 21st, 2008
Good Housekeeping magazine has a story on their Web site about how to haggle. Not only does it address consumers’ fears about the process, but it actually tells you what to say. And it tells you what the salesperson at the dealership will probably say back to you throughout the conversation.
Here are some tips from [...]
Posted in Automotive, Financing, car shopping on May 12th, 2008
SANTA MONICA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Edmunds.com, the premier online resource for automotive consumer information, today announced the launch of the Edmunds.com Savvy Shopper Sweepstakes (at http://www.edmunds.com/promotions.html), which will award up to $3,500 to winning entrants who demonstrate their ability to accurately research and price selected vehicles.
“Anyone who ever plans to buy a car should be familiar with [...]
