For the third year running, Honda picked up a top rating from Consumer Reports as the builder of “the best all-around vehicles for American drivers.” That’s high commendation, especially when you consider that not one vehicle made by Chrysler, Dodge, or Jeep even managed to be “recommended.” Worse than that, cars rolled out by those [...]
As General Motors scrambles to keep its federal loan funds and to get even more, the fate of some of its brands, including Saturn, has been thrown into question. Last night, about a million and a half Saturn owners received a letter indicating the brand might be spun off of the GM mother ship to [...]
The 2010 Prius that will be available later this year (fully loaded for around $30,000), will be sporting an automotive first — integrated solar panels. Hold on. Don’t get your green shorts in a twist. The panels won’t contribute to propulsion or battery life, but will help power the air conditioning and will reduce the [...]
Don’t be looking for the 2009 Saturn Astra compact in the United States. The Astra is built at the GM plant in Antwerp, Belgium and is based on the Opel/Vauxhall Astra. If you’re here in the States and you want an ’09, you’re going to have to go to Canada to get one. Why? They [...]