Helping you become a better informed new- and used-car shopper
Consumer brand perception is everything. Without getting into an existential debate about it, perception is at least someone’s version of reality. That can be a good thing – or a bad thing – depending on whether your brand comes out…
With all the challenges General Motors has faced in 2014, perhaps the last place you might expect to find the carmaker is atop the heap of model/segment winners in the annual J.D. Power Initial Quality Awards. But that’s exactly where…
Honda is no longer the king of green. Hyundai-Kia took the top spot in the Union of Concerned Scientists’ annual environmental performance rankings. The rankings, which measure the pollution emissions of each automaker’s fleet, also showed that the eight best-selling…
Sure, it’s great to have a nice shiny car – new or used. Some may imagine making heads turn admiringly as they drive down an expressway or on a city street. We all know that the outward appearance of our…
American car buyers apparently don’t hold a grudge. Oh sure, almost half of them know about massive recalls recently by Toyota and General Motors, but that hasn’t significantly hurt buyer enthusiasm for products of those two automakers. The majority of…
Edmunds.com and Cars.com are the best third-party websites for new- and used-car shoppers, according to a consumer survey conducted in January by J.D. Power research and consulting firm. The survey, “J.D. Power 2014 Third-Party Automotive Website Evaluation Study,” asked more…