SUV

Ford Sales & Marketing Director Jim Farley may have worked wonders for Scion when he worked at Toyota, but if current Flex sales are any indicator, his magic may have petered out.Based upon thin air, Farley made a prediction of 100,000 sales by the end of the year. So the ...    Read more

Embarrassment is a terrible thing. The most common originator of deep embarrassment stems from a man or woman drinking too much alcohol. You know, the liquid stuff that has the unfortunate side effect of making you court that hottie in the bar with a rousing karaoke rendition of Bon Jovi’s ...    Read more

Just relax. Count to ten and walk away. There is no need to get into a “heated” situation and become known as the town “rage-aholic.” As Yoda of “Star Wars” fame once said, “Fear leads to anger, anger leads to sweatiness and sweatiness leads to the stinky side.” Okay, that ...    Read more

Is Chrysler already making decisions with an eye on a possible merger with General Motors? According to AutoWeek , the troubled automaker introduced two hybrid electric vehicles last summer, the Chrysler Aspen and the Dodge Durango SUVs. Now comes word that Chrysler is killing both. Is the cancellation caused ...    Read more

The upcoming, Camry-based Venza could easily be mistaken for an SUV. An who wants one of those nowadays?Toyota's brilliant answer to this problem? Lower the Venza so that it won't be mistaken for anything other than a car/wagon/hatch thing.It will likely only be a fix for the 2WD models as ...    Read more

DEARBORN, Mich., Oct. 28, 2008 – America’s best-selling pickups for 31 consecutive years are also the most accessorized vehicles in the aftermarket, and this year’s Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show brings new options aplenty for the 2009 Ford F-150. Four F-150 project trucks – running the gamut from a ...    Read more

They say you are what you drive. If you draw that out to its logical conclusion, then one could determine how you vote depending on what you drive. So called experts in this field say that McCain supporters drive domestic cars, SUVs and pickup trucks. Obama supporters are said to ...    Read more

Vehicle sales are at their worst in years. One could say that the automakers brought it on themselves with some of the decisions they made -- like producing a whole lot of large SUVs and pickup trucks when the public was calling for smaller, fuel efficient cars as the price ...    Read more

Scooters are becoming a viable alternative to owning a car. Motorists who want to turn to the alternative have another option to consider -- the new Gilera Nexus 300. This particular scooter comes with a 300cc motor with more torque than the prior 250cc model and at lower revs. 15-inch ...    Read more

Sao Paulo, Brazil - General Motors revealed the Chevrolet GPiX crossover coupe concept at the 25th edition of the Sao Paulo International Auto Show.The Chevrolet GPiX concept was developed by General Motors Design in Brazil and represents a potential new segment for GM in the Mercosur region.The GPiX concept features ...    Read more

Volvo Cars has engaged world-famous Swedish glassworks Orrefors in the work with the company's next concept car, which will be a first taste of the next-generation Volvo S60.The joint creation, a floating centre stack of hand-made Orrefors crystal, will be shown for the first time at the Detroit international motor ...    Read more

DETROIT - For the third consecutive year, Chevrolet teams up with Major League Baseball's World Series to hit another vehicle out of the ballpark - the all-new Chevrolet Traverse crossover. In addition to a brand-new TV spot that debuts tonight during the Chevy Pre-Game Show and Game One on Fox, ...    Read more

Here’s an example of how pervasive technology has become. In the old days before the internet, if a company wanted to promote a product it had to do it via television or radio advertising or print advertising. Then came the internet and websites. Now, due to the development of wireless ...    Read more

October , 2008 - Torrance, CA - The new 2009 Toyota Venza underwent a unique transformation by Street Image resulting in the creation of the SportLux Venza performance show car.The Venza SportLux will be displayed at the Toyota exhibit throughout the 2008 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show in Las ...    Read more

October, 2008 – Torrance, CA - To illustrate the versatility of the new 2009 Toyota Venza a specially modified show vehicle by Five Axis will make its public debut at the 2008 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show in Las Vegas from November 4-7. The Five Axis Venza Active Sports ...    Read more

CHERRY HILL, N.J., OCTOBER 16, 2008 - Subaru of America, Inc. announced that the Subaru Forester was named MOTOR TREND’s 2009 Sport/Utility of the Year.Topping 12 other contenders, the Subaru Forester was, according to MOTOR TREND editor-in- chief, Angus MacKenzie, the judges’ unanimous decision. “The Subaru Forester is the SUV ...    Read more

Adding to America’s perception that Chrysler products are held together with chewing gum and tin foil is news that 2007-2008 Jeep Liberty and Dodge Nitro models have been recalled.Apparently on models equipped with a manual transmission the parking brake can lose effectiveness and allow the car to roll possibly causing ...    Read more

Consumers are now looking for reasons to buy cars rather than “just because they want to.” Yeah, whoever would have thought it would come to this?When consumers do buy, they think of dependability because the realization has dawned that purchasing another car a few years down the line may not ...    Read more

Auburn Hills, Mich., Oct, 2008 - The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety this week revised its crash test rating of the 2008 Jeep® Patriot, upgrading the frontal crash test result to “Good,” the institute’s top rating. In addition to the top rating for frontal protection, the 2008 Jeep Patriot equipped ...    Read more

Now when exactly is Alfa Romeo coming back to the United States? In a recent interview in Automobile Magazine, Alfa chairman Luca De Meo seemed downright defensive when the subject of the North American return of Alfa came up. We know the economy here is slumping but a simple yes ...    Read more

HERNDON, Va., Oct, 2008 - The Audi Q7 luxury sport-utility vehicle earned the highest rating in its category under a new consumer sentiment index aimed at identifying the smartest “green” choices available to U.S. consumers.This is the first year for the SmartGreen Index, or SGI, tabulated by the San Diego-based ...    Read more

Cadillac SRX Crossover’s are ready to roll away from where you parked it.The NHTSA reports that an unknown number out of 17,301 MY2004 Cadillac SRX crossovers have a faulty transmission shift lever. The lever can be moved from park with the ignition on without the brake pedal being held down. ...    Read more

Mercedes-Benz is hybridizing pretty much its entire future fleet, and BMW is not to be left too far behind.The difference being BMW is leaving hybrid models open as an option. In 2009 BMW is busting out the big guns, despite the cloudy auto market forecast. BMW will be introducing the ...    Read more

Question: Would you buy an SUV that was powered by biodiesel, electric-diesel hybrid technology or plug in electric?Indian auto maker Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), a major manufacturer of SUVs, says yes. And they are constructing fuel efficient SUVs for sale in the U.S.First SUV from M&M will be diesel and ...    Read more

It seems that the U.S. Army is getting hydrogen hybrid vehicles. A company called Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide has designed, developed, and will be shipping three new electric hybrid vehicles that use a hydrogen internal combustion engine to the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center for ...    Read more