Today's Fresh Blogs...

• What's In a Brand Name?

  Published: July 31, 2007, 1:56 pm

  Tags: Car Buying, Chevrolet, Pop Culture, Scion

  In addition to showing the cars with their true names, it switched badges to see what, if any effect, brands had on consumer perceptions about quality and reliability and if the name had any impact on whether they held the car in high or low esteem. The conclusion: name matters. CNW found that when Cobalt carried its original Chevy badge, it

  Comments (0)   Blog link Rating: 0

• Infiniti Prices New G37 Coupe

  Published: August 1, 2007, 12:07 pm

  Tags: Car Buying, G37, Infiniti

  $320    Trunk Cargo Net: $60    Trunk Mat: $100 Destination and handling $715.

  Comments (0)   Blog link Rating: 0

• Buick Enclave in Short Supply

  Published: August 1, 2007, 1:38 pm

  Tags: Buick, Car Buying, Enclave

  be more surprising is if the car was an Oldsmobile. "We have 3,000 Enclaves on a waiting list nationwide, said Buick spokesman Dave Darvitz. Demand has been a pleasant surprise." Darvitz said Buick will employ a third shift at its Delta Township, Mich., plant for six months to boost crossover output, with most earmarked for the

  Comments (0)   Blog link Rating: 0

• Hybrids Ready for Breakout, but Big SUVs Still Sell

  Published: August 3, 2007, 11:29 am

  Tags: Car Buying, Hybrids Alternative Fuels, Jim Mateja

  with up to 65 hybrids 28 cars and 37 light trucks in the market by 2010, when sales are expected to reach nearly 775,000 units. Still, hybrids only account for 2.3% of sales today and even with the projected growth, they'll still only account for about 4.6% of the total U.S. new car market by 2010. The Toyota Prius continues to be the

  Comments (0)   Blog link Rating: 0

• Top 10 Cars for $10K

  Published: August 3, 2007, 12:13 pm

  Tags: Car Buying

  We may have launched Ask.cars.com just a few months ago but for years, one of the most common questions we've gotten at Cars.com is: What can I get for $10,000? Now we've finally answered the question with our latest Top 10 list. Cars.com's experts studied the used car market to determine which vehicles offered the best safety equipment

  Comments (0)   Blog link Rating: 0

• Top 10 Cars for $10K

  Published: August 3, 2007, 12:13 pm

  Tags: Car Buying

  We may have launched Ask.cars.com just a few months ago but for years, one of the most common questions we???ve gotten at Cars.com is: ???What can I get for $10,000???? Now we???ve finally answered the question with our latest Top 10 list. Cars.com???s experts studied the used car market to determine which vehicles offered the best safety

  Comments (0)   Blog link Rating: 0

• Hybrids Ready for Breakout, but Big SUVs Still Sell

  Published: August 3, 2007, 11:29 am

  Tags: Car Buying, Hybrids Alternative Fuels, Jim Mateja

  with up to 65 hybrids ??? 28 cars and 37 light trucks ??? in the market by 2010, when sales are expected to reach nearly 775,000 units. Still, hybrids only account for 2.3% of sales today and even with the projected growth, they???ll still only account for about 4.6% of the total U.S. new car market by 2010. The Toyota Prius continues to be the

  Comments (0)   Blog link Rating: 0

• Tesla Building First Dealerships in California

  Published: August 6, 2007, 4:01 pm

  Tags: Car Buying, Hybrids Alternative Fuels

  electric-powered sports car announced it will open a showroom and service center in Menlo Park, Calif. The area is known for its proximity to Stanford University and Silicon Valley. The company is also in the middle of building a Los Angeles dealership. The company says the Menlo Park dealership could be open by the end of this year.

  Comments (0)   Blog link Rating: 0

• Ford Takes on Sound Quality

  Published: August 8, 2007, 10:52 am

  Tags: Car Buying, Ford, Forecast

  Engineering a quiet car is not a new endeavor. Lexus seemed to perfect the nearly silent cabin years ago, but now companies like Ford are looking at chimes and the sound the door makes when it closes, too. For the new Taurus, Ford designers worked on the rickety-sounding door of the previous Five Hundred. Now the company says the Taurus has a

  Comments (0)   Blog link Rating: 0

• Toyota Chief Admits Buyers Loath Dealerships

  Published: August 8, 2007, 3:01 pm

  Tags: Car Buying, Toyota

  we've known for years: Car buyers dread going to the dealership. Jim Lentz, one of Toyota's top sales execs in the U.S., said, We have to improve, streamline and put the fun back into buying a car." We're not sure about the fun part, but making the buying process less painful is always welcome. It's also interesting to note that

  Comments (0)   Blog link Rating: 0

• Surprises Top J.D. Power Dependability Ratings

  Published: August 9, 2007, 12:00 pm

  Tags: Buick, Car Buying, Jim Mateja, Lexus

  50,000 owners of 2004 model cars to determine vehicle dependability and reliability after three years of ownership. Yet another surprise: rounding out the top five most dependable vehicles were Cadillac, Mercury, and Honda. In other words, three of the top five were domestics and two were Japanese at a time when Japanese car sales are rising

  Comments (0)   Blog link Rating: 0

• Tires, Toothpaste and Toy Recalls, Oh My! Chinese Cars Coming Soon

  Published: August 9, 2007, 3:46 pm

  Tags: Car Buying, Chrysler, Jim Mateja

  take a stand and not buy a car made in China when they get here," said Rebecca Lindland, senior auto analyst for Global Insight. "If you buy a computer and it goes bad, you dispose of it in the garbage along the street. You can't do that with cars," she said. Before the Chinese start selling cars here, they need to clean up their act---and

  Comments (0)   Blog link Rating: 0

• Should Car Loans Differ By Make?

  Published: August 13, 2007, 10:48 am

  Tags: Car Buying

  Purchasers of American cars were older (45 years versus 41 and 38 for purchasers of European and Japanese cars, respectively). Purchasers of American cars borrowed more relative to the purchase price (80 percent versus 65 percent and 76 percent for purchasers of European and Japanese cars, respectively). European car purchasers

  Comments (0)   Blog link Rating: 0

• Domestics Lose Grip on Chicago

  Published: August 14, 2007, 10:18 am

  Tags: Car Buying, Pop Culture

  crossovers, entry-level cars, compact SUVs, midsize cars, midsize luxury SUVs and subcompact cars while those losing ground were ones prone to burn more fuel midsize SUVs, large cars, luxury cars, sports cars, full-size SUVs and minivans. The only market segment dominated by a traditional domestic was full- size pickups. The

  Comments (0)   Blog link Rating: 0

• Ch-Ch-Changes: 2008 Nissan Sentra Drops Manual Base Model

  Published: August 14, 2007, 4:55 pm

  Tags: Car Buying, Forecast, Nissan, Sentra

  Nissan Sentra Expert Review (Cars.com)

  Comments (0)   Blog link Rating: 0