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Monday, March 15th, 2010
The Audi A3 TDI is a luxury vehicle that sends out some serious mixed messages. First off the A3 is supposed to be a luxury car yet it only comes as a five door hatchback? Doesn't Audi know Americans equate hatchbacks with cheap? And boy must we get extra confused ...
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Monday, March 15th, 2010
The nice thing about buying advanced-technology cars is that many of them, at one point or another, come with financial incentives meant to encourage fuel efficiency. Even if the car in question is a 2010 Tesla Roadster, the $109,000 two-seat all-electric convertible that blasts from 0 to 60 mph in ...
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Monday, March 15th, 2010
Recently, BusinessWeek ran an article called Nissan ready for electric vehicle offensive. In the article Carlos Ghosn, head of the Nissan-Renault alliance, points out that Nissan has more than just concept cars, they have a plan for mass production of the electric car. Think of the Nissan Leaf as today's Model ...
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Monday, March 15th, 2010
The 2011 Honda CR-Z has been making news since it went on sale in Japan back on the 25th of February. In fact, the day after we reported on the price, which was pretty affordable at right around $25K. It seems that we weren't the only ones who thought so either. Today, ...
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Monday, March 15th, 2010
Residual values are perhaps one of the most important aspects of car ownership. Residual values determine monthly payments, lease rates, costs of ownership, and on and on. When new vehicles are released, it is often difficult to accurately determine residual values until several years later when the market demand determines ...
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Monday, March 15th, 2010
Instead of plunking down the $30K+ for a new 2011 Mustang GT why not try to win one. Ford Customer Service Division has you covered as they are giving away a new 2011 Mustang GT with the all-new 5.0-liter V-8 as part of the "Mustang 5.0 Fever" sweepstakes. For the ...
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Sunday, March 14th, 2010
As federal government agencies add electric vehicles to their fleet, will consumers notice and follow along? If an agency such as the USPS, who is seen be everyone, employs electric vehicles in daily use will consumers believe that EVs are feasible, reliable means of transportation and follow suit? These questions ...
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Saturday, March 13th, 2010
The winner of the 2010 World Green Car award will be announced at the opening of the New York Auto Show in April and we will have to wait until then to see which vehicle prevails, but the list has now been narrowed down to only three remaining vehicles. The ...
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Friday, March 12th, 2010
We write a lot about green cars, here at GreenCarReports.com. Surprise, right? Now our partner TrueCar has provided some data about which cars are greenest. That is, which cars are most often ordered in the color green. Consider this our automotive St. Patrick's Day preview. It's long been known that ...
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Friday, March 12th, 2010
() Unlike some of its Toyota brethren, the 2010 Prius hybrid was never pulled off sale due to recalls. But U.S. sales fell 6.1% in February anyway, against the previous month, though they rose versus February 2009, when the new 2010 model hadn't yet hit dealers. Currently, the 2010 ...
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