Helping you become a better informed new- and used-car shopper
Will you go shopping on Black Friday? No, not the day after Thanksgiving, which still is several months away. But its car-shopping equivalent (according to Fortune magazine): Labor Day, which falls on Sept. 7 this year. “Labor Day means the…
We’re dummies when it comes to hybrid and electric vehicles. That’s what green-car experts seem to think anyway. Because of that, we don’t buy as many alternative-fuel vehicles as we should – they accounted for only about 3.5 percent of…
The future of car-hacking is now. That appears to be the lesson of the recent demonstration of hacking involving a Jeep Cherokee, which instigated the recall of about 1.4 million vehicles by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA). Evidence suggests that drivers…
American drivers find vehicle technology very appealing. Safety technology, especially, increases vehicle appeal, reports J.D. Power and Associates, which conducts an annual survey of Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout (APEAL). For example, the overall APEAL score among new owners of…
This isn’t the first – and it won’t be the last – vehicle quality awards list you’ll read. But Strategic Vision of San Diego, CA, is certain they have the formula for a definitive list. And Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA)…
Buying a used car is something millions of Americans do every year – some better than others. Those that do it right – or simply get lucky – can enjoy many years of driving pleasure in their vehicle. But doing…