It’s no secret that car buying trend news has been pretty much devoted to hybrids, plug-in electric hybrids, and fully electric cars for the past few years, and that’s fine, because going green is important, but something you may not find out from the nightly news is that there’s been a new upsurge in the [...]
According to a recent report in Consumer Reports, Honda has made top scores in a survey of customers’ opinions of service and quality among seven major brands of automobiles.
The survey, which was conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Center, rated Honda, as well as Ford, Nissan, Chevrolet, Toyota, Hyundai and Chrysler. 1,700 consumers, [...]
It might seem odd that the auto industry is affected by a volcano in Iceland, but both BMW and Nissan have parts shipments that were grounded because of the recent eruption. BMW is idling three of their European plants and reporting parts shortages in Spartanburg County, while Nissan is expecting that Cube, Rogue and Juke [...]
Hybrid Cars reported this morning that Nissan has announced that the price for the new Nissan Leaf electric car will be $32,780 while the lease price will be $349/month. Depending on where one lives, there are a wide range of federal and state incentives for the purchase of this car, which will reduce the total [...]
According to a report by Reuters printed by Auto News, Houston, a city whose wealth and prominence was established by its oil and gas companies, now wants to be the electric car capital of the world.
Speaking at an event on February 5 to promote the all-electric Nissan Leaf, Houston mayor Annise Parker said, “We are [...]
