August 2008

2010 Chevy Volt Spied

Ladies and gentlemen, this is the real deal.  You’re looking at the production version of the 2010 Chevrolet Volt Electric Car.  These shots were taken from the Transformers 2 movie set.  The last pic shows the rear of the Volt clearly – the letters VOLT are unmistakable.  So as you can see, the Volt doesn’t [...]

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2010 Chevy Volt Interior Spied

Holy iPod batman, that’s the Volt’s interior!  If you’re like me, the first thing that sprang to your mind just now is – how very Mac of Chevy.  You’re looking at the center stack of the revolutionary 2010 Volt, and it simply screams iPod.  Not that the iPod is bad ( there are more around [...]

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65,000 Hyundai Elantras Recalled

Attention owners of 2008 Hyundai Elantras equipped with the 2.0 liter “Beta” engine – Hyundai will be mailing you a letter soon.  This recall affects roughly 65,000 Elantras – not a small number given Hyundai’s sales numbers.  What’s the big deal, you wonder?  Nothing horrible, actually.  Ethanol present in gasoline ( such as the E10 [...]

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2009 Toyota Yaris Pricing Released

The 09 Yaris 3 door hatch will start at a cool $12205, while the sedan starts at $12,965.  If you want the 5 door shown here, base price is $13,305.  Any trim level you want, the price starts out well below the $14,550 base of the 09 Fit.  Granted, there are equipment differences.  But then [...]

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Aquapel Glass Treatment Review

No one likes driving in the rain.  Your car doesn’t handle as well, nor does it stop as quickly.  Perhaps even more importantly, it’s hard to see.  Sure, windsheild wipers help, but they’re only on the front glass.  What about the side windows?  Or the rear glass?  Aquapel helps repel water Aquapel® glass treatment bonds [...]

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2009 Acura TL Review

We all knew a brand new TL was due, since Honda recently redid the Honda Accord that the TL is based on.  Sure enough, here is the 2009 TL -  traditionally Acura’s best selling vehicle.  I say traditionally, because we may have some problems this time around. Sure, performance is up – the base engine [...]

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2009 Honda Fit Pricing

  Base price on the 2009 Fit is up a bit, to $14,550 before destination charge.  That’s if you want to row your own gears and don’t care about fancy things like keyless entry.  I’m cool with a meat cleaver, but I have to have keyless.  That would put me in a Fit Sport, which [...]

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2009 Honda City Spy Shots

This is the 2009 Honda City – available just about everywhere except the US.  It’s basically a sedan version of the insanely popular Fit.  The Fit translates quite nicely into sedan form, and the City is one of the nicer looking subcompacts around.  Under the hood is the same 1.5 liter 4 banger that powers [...]

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