Posted in Diesel, alternative fuel, Research on Jul 30th, 2008
The Philippine police force are about to try out the idea of running their police cruisers partly on used cooking oil from McDonald’s restaurants. The oil is used to cook french-fries and the restaurant’s famous chicken McNuggets.
The 60 percent diesel/40 percent French-fry-oil blend could become a standard fuel for the police fleet if it proves […]
Posted in Safety, Recalls, Research, Automotive on Jul 4th, 2008
General Motors continues to be under investigation for the reports of engine fires in GM’s full-size SUVs and pickups since early this year.
The NHTSA said recently that it has upgraded the effort to an “engineering analysis” in an estimated 2.7 million vehicles. The investigation, which has not reached the recall stage, includes all of GM’s […]
Posted in Future Cars, Safety, Research on Apr 22nd, 2008
Prevent, a European company, is trying to build the first “uncrashable” car. Even if someone is the safest driver ever, how can a car be “uncrashable”, considering all the bad drivers out there? Prevent is trying to manufacture the car to be as deathproof as physics will let it. Their goal is to use ”an integrated […]
Posted in Cars For Commuting, Electric cars, Cost of Ownership, Research, Automotive on Mar 22nd, 2008
In a world where hybrid cars seem to only extend the life of fossil fuel usage, it’s only right to give credit when a company comes up with an alternative (key word here) that does not run on dead dinosaurs at all.
Mitsubishi is that company, and recently they revealed a prototype for a full on, […]
Posted in Safety, Research, Automotive on Feb 18th, 2008
The Nürburgring. It is a legendary race course with a pedigree and history unmatched by almost any other circuit in the world. Affectionately nicknamed the “green hell”by the famous race car driver Sir Jackie Stewart, the Nurburgring cuts through a dense section of Germany’s famed Black Forest. It is a grueling circuit and is widely […]
Posted in Buying vs Leasing, Cost of Ownership, car buying incentives, Research, Financing, Automotive on Jan 25th, 2008
Times have changed. The days of going into your friendly neighborhood dealership and sitting down with a smiling salesman are coming to a close. The way we shop for cars is not the way your dad shopped for cars.
The internet has vastly improved a consumers resources. Any average Joe is just a few clicks away […]
Posted in Electric cars, Research, Automotive on Dec 21st, 2007
Hyundai has long shed itself of it’s economy car image of recent years. Cars like the Tiburon and the Azzera have started to push perception of the brand skyward. People no longer hold Hyundai in the same vain as a Daewoo.
Well now rumors are flying that Hyundai is working on a plug-in hybrid that can […]
Posted in Safety, Research, Automotive on Nov 16th, 2007
The U.S. Goverment wants to protect your head. They want new passenger vehicles to provide head protection in dangerous side-impact crashes, which kill thousands of motorists every year and leave others with serious brain injuries.
They are giving automakers until September 2012 to make head protection systems standard on all passenger vehicles. A review has been […]
Posted in Cost of Ownership, Safety, Research, Automotive on Nov 8th, 2007
Imagine a tire that lasted twice the life span of an ordinary tire. One that could go for twice the distance with no sacrifice in wear, ride, comfort, or handling whatsoever.
Well Michelin, the world’s second-largest tire manufacture, has just announced it is working on several new advances in tire-technology aimed at reducing your cars […]
Posted in Cost of Ownership, Car Budget, Research, Financing, Automotive on Nov 1st, 2007
How much does your car cost? No, not just the purchase price, but the cost of ownership. Still confused? Well, Edmunds.com has just released their popular Truest Cost to Own list for October 2007. What does truest cost to own mean? Well this means which vehicles cost the least over the life of the car, […]