2010 Ford Taurus, 17/25. Really?

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

Ford dealers are rolling the first 2010 Taurus and Taurus SHO models on to their showroom floors and the company is hoping for a success equal to that of the epic 1986 Taurus. Put the two side-by-side, however, and you’d be hard pressed to say the vehicles are related, much less bear the same name. [...]

Assessing Cash for Clunkers

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

Cash for Clunkers ends Monday and already debate is swirling about whether or not the program was a success. Well, the politicians are debating. Consumers loved the program and car dealers, some of whom have been making 20 or more sales a day, are pretty happy as well. (They’ll be happier when the paperwork goes [...]

Is the Chevy Volt Tempting?

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

General Motors has announced that when the Chevrolet Volt goes on sale late in 2010 it’s going to have a government mileage rating of 230 mpg. CEO Fritz Henderson kinda went for the understatement on the statement, “Having a car that gets triple-digit fuel economy can and will be a game changer for us.”
Of course [...]

Cash Clunking Stimulus

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

CNN offered up an