Filed under: Car Buying , Chevrolet , Honda , Toyota 2011 Chevrolet Cruze – Click above for high-res image gallery Even with the impending launch of the Volt later in the Fall, the Chevrolet Cruze may be the biggest vehicle General Motors will launch in the U.S. this year. The reason is money. The Cruze should make some of… Read the rest

Rahm Emanuel, former Democratic congressman and President Obama’s chief of staff, gave the UAW the Gettelfinger during the GM and Chrysler rescue debate, according to former auto czar Steve Rattner ‘s new book. This could get messy. Especially because there’s more. More

Filed under: Crossover , Kia 2011 Kia Sorento SX – Click above for high-res image gallery Back in March , Kia debuted a new top-shelf version of its most popular vehicle, the Sorento crossover , dubbed the ‘SX.’ The announcement included word of a redesigned front clip and more equipment, but we were most interested in the SX’s lower… Read the rest

Chrysler is on a roll with SUV designs, and though the Durango doesn’t quite hit the sweet spot the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee does, it’s not far off the mark. Sleek, smooth, and modern, the 2011 Durango’s look wraps what Dodge is pitching as a “performance-tuned” setup, and does it with three rows of seating. Performance SUVs are hardly… Read the rest

by Sean Tucker $200 a month: It’s less than $7 a day. Sacrifice your daily latte habit, and voila! You have the budget for a new car. In today’s market, you have options. There are a number of appealing cars you’d genuinely enjoy owning available for less than $200 a month. They’re lease deals, which have drawbacks. You’ll need… Read the rest

Joel Ewanick is the relatively new Vice President of GM Marketing, and from what little I’ve dealt with him, a terrific guy. He is charged with improving and advancing GM’s brands in consumers’ eyes and bringing in new sales.  The launch of the Volt (and Cruze) later this year is extremely

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In the green-car world, the leaf is the king of all icons. The 2010 Honda Insight fertilized the idea when it bowed in 2008; it still promotes greener driving with electronically rendered displays of plants that add leaves as the car’s computers sense a light, planet-conscious foot on the gas pedal. The king of the leaves? The 2011 Nissan… Read the rest

Ford , current ‘merican automotive media darling, saw sales drop 11% in August. At least they did better than Toyota ! More

Some big questions are being asked of the Chevrolet Cruze compact, which is just about hit the market. First, will its conservative styling draw showroom traffic? Will GM’s new marketing minds–namely new marketing Vice President Joel Ewanick and his hand-picked Chevrolet marketing chief Chris Perry, both Hyundai veterans–come up with a way to get consumers interested in this car… Read the rest

When I was in college I had a newish Vaio desktop (with a 1-gig AMD! OMG!) and a Sony monitor and was fairly happy with myself. It was kind of purplish, but awesome. When my The University of Texas at Austin dormmate Eddie installed Counter Strike on it I suddenly had less time to study or try to get… Read the rest