Posted in Celebrities, Compact cars, Female Drivers on Jan 13th, 2010
Tom Cruise’s daughter Suri Cruise will soon be the proud owner of a $30,000 IndyCar replica. Apparently Suri Cruise loves watching IndyCar races on TV and since her parents are obscenely rich, they can afford to have a miniature replica custom-built for her.
Since Suri is only three years old, she will only be driving [...]
Posted in Compact cars, Honda, Hybrids, New cars on Jan 12th, 2010
The 2011 Honda CR-Z hybrid has been revealed at the Detroit Auto Show. With styling reminiscent of Honda’s famous sporty hatchback CRX and even more famous Insight hybrid, think of the CR-Z as Honda’s version of a retro model. According to Autoblog, the CR-Z will feature a mild hybrid system that will allow [...]
Posted in Compact cars, Maintenance, Nissan, Recalls on Oct 27th, 2009
Just days after revealing their new Rogue Krom to the world, Nissan has issued a recall on 163,659 Rogues from 2008 and 2009. The Rogues being recalled could lose steering control thanks to a screw that was apparently not tightened properly at the factory.
A screw in the steering gear housing could work itself lose [...]
Posted in Compact cars, Uncategorized on Jan 23rd, 2009
Indian auto manufacture Tata Motors has recently unveiled their expected sales for the upcoming Nano micro car. The company wants to have 80,000 of these little cars on the streets by as early as March 2010. Though production of the tiny Nano has been riddled with problems, including protests at the site where the Nano [...]
Posted in Automotive, Compact cars, Ford on Nov 6th, 2008
Ford has been delaying the launch of the new F-150 pickup truck for some time now. With gas prices reaching a fever pitch lately, no amount of marketing could counter $4 per gallon gas prices. So with the fall of gas prices, the new F-150 ads have come out on TV in a push to [...]
Posted in Automotive, Cars For Commuting, Compact cars, Toyota on Oct 13th, 2008
If there ever was a better business case for selling fuel efficient cars, the current state of things is it. While not even an option a few years ago, small “city cars” are becoming more and more attractive for automakers because they feel they can profit on this situation.
Case in point, the Toyota iQ city [...]
Posted in Automotive, Cars For Commuting, Compact cars on Aug 22nd, 2008
The Kia Spectra has been a steady seller here in the states. While not a real threat to cars like the Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla, the Spectra was still a decent alternative at a much lower price point.
Recently though, Kia has made a major effort to get on the same level as it’s competitors [...]
Posted in Automotive, Budget-friendluy, Cars For Commuting, Chevrolet, Compact cars, GM on Aug 21st, 2008
This car has to succeed. General Motors is in no shape to be able to handle this car flopping. The Chevrolet Cruze has to make it, it has to sell.
That’s because the new Cruze replaces the Cobalt and is now prime set to become GM’s bread and butter in the new automotive landscape that [...]
Posted in Automotive, Chevrolet, Compact cars, GM, Pontiac on Jul 17th, 2008
Lordstown, Ohio and the entire Northeast Ohio area’s economy is struggling like many other smaller cities across the U.S. Jobs are few and far between, homes aren’t selling and talk of closing the GM plant in Lordstown has caused locals to seriously worry about their futures.
Area residents have heard rumors for a few years now [...]
