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Why Labor Day Is the Best Time to Buy a Car?

Jay — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:30:17 +0000

If you’re considering buying a new car, you may want to consider buying it this weekend. According to Juan Flores, director of vehicle valuation for Kelley Blue Book, Labor Day is traditionally the best time to buy a car. That is because manufacturers offer generous incentives on current-year models to clear them out and make room on dealer lots for vehicles from the next model year, which traditionally start arriving this month. “If you just isolated this calendar year, Labor Day Read Full Article (Click here)...

Bugatti – World’s Expensive Car, $1.4-million – 1001 HP!

Jiltin — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:46:55 +0000

DETROIT introduced a $1.4 million 1001 horsepower monster at this sagging economy. Leather from cattle raised in special high-altitude pastures. The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport roadster is less a car than a visit to an alternative reality. The Grand Sport roadster is new for 2009, part of Bugatti’s 100th anniversary. The 16-cylinder engine produces more power than a small tugboat. It could push a barge of rice up the Mississippi, except the Veyron would exhaust its 26.4-gallon gas Read Full Article (Click here)...

What you need to Know – Oil Change?

Jiltin — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:11:41 +0000

Engine oil is a type of liquid oil used for lubrication by various types of internal combustion engines. While the main function is to lubricate moving parts, motor oil also cleans, inhibits corrosion, and cools the engine by carrying heat away from the moving parts. In engines, there is inevitably some exposure of the oil to products of internal combustion, and microscopic coke particles from black soot accumulate in the oil during operation. Also the rubbing of metal engine parts inevitably Read Full Article (Click here)...

India’s Tata Motors to launch ultra-cheap Nano car – World’s Cheapest Car! – Rolled out by March 23, 2009

Jiltin — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:41:03 +0000

MUMBAI, India – The much-awaited Tata Nano will be launched at a function in Mumbai on March 23.Tata Motors said it will launch its ultra-cheap Nano car in Mumbai on Monday — a vehicle meant to herald a revolution by making it possible for the world’s poor to purchase their first car. But few predict the snub-nosed Nano will be able to turn around the company, which has been beset by flagging sales and high debt, anytime soon. The Nano, which is priced starting at about 100,000 Read Full Article (Click here)...

Which of Consumer Reports picks for best used cars gets the best gas mileage?

Jiltin — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:37:24 +0000

Consumer Reports released its annual list of best cars recently, naming the 2009 Toyota Prius as the overall best-value new car. It’s in its own class in terms of fuel economy, as The Daily Green’s Most Fuel-Efficient Cars and SUVs of 2009 feature shows. It bests its nearest rival (the Honda Civic Hybrid) in city driving by 20%. But the annual report also includes a list of the most reliable used cars on the market — reminding us that for fuel efficiency, Read Full Article (Click here)...

The World’s Cheapest Car – Being rolled out by March 23, 2009

Jiltin — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:34:32 +0000

India’s Tata Motors announced Thursday the snub-nosed Nano, billed as the world’s cheapest car, will be launched next month. “The much-awaited Tata Nano will be launched at a function in Mumbai on March 23,” said Tata spokesman Debasis Ray. “It will be a big day for the company,” adding details about pricing and distribution would be announced at the launch. The sporty-looking four-door Nano has drawn worldwide attention due to its planned price tag of just Read Full Article (Click here)...

Marcelo da Luz – Solar-car evangelist’s journey detours through Palo Alto – Making a world record

Jiltin — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:47:42 +0000

From stem to stern across the continent, skirting blacktop and blue highway in his oddball little electric car, Marcelo da Luz has devoted the last eight months of his life to following the sun. It keeps him going. It powers the silicon cells covering his three-wheeled roadster like a rattlesnake skin, bringing his record-breaking quest this week to Palo Alto, where he’s taking a break. And it fuels his solar evangelism, sharing with a fossil-fueled world his passion for sun Read Full Article (Click here)...

Aptera 2e – An exclusive drive of an aerodynamically slick electric vehicle that looks to change the world three wheels at a time.

Jiltin — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 02:39:18 +0000

Reproduced from Yahoo: I’m accelerating and cornering — hard — on three wheels, little wisps of tire smoke curling out of the slender front wheel pants as steering is cranked in and “throttle” applied. And no, I’m not in an early Volkswagen GTI that hikes up its inside rear tire. Rather, I’ve been given a drive in the Aptera 2e, a soon-to-be-produced electric vehicle whose shape is slipperier than a Teflon-coated salmon on glare ice, and whose composite Read Full Article (Click here)...

Six cars will be put out of manufacturing! six cars on Death Row

Jiltin — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:18:39 +0000

Courtesy: http://autos.yahoo.com Sometimes we pretend that we buy a particular car for practical reasons. We say that we think of a car as an appliance or a line item in a household budget. But deep down, we all know that sometimes a car chooses us for reasons we don’t understand. You see one pulling away from a stoplight, or staring back at you from a computer screen, and your mind is made up. Someday, you tell yourself. Often, you can wait for that day. Unless, of course, the car is Read Full Article (Click here)...

Toyota to launch pure electric car in U.S. by 2012

Jiltin — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:03:04 +0000

DETROIT (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp said it would launch an all-electric car for city commuting by 2012 in the United States as part of its plan to speed up the introduction of green cars as its global sales falter. The FT-EV concept made its debut at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit Sunday, where the world’s top automaker is also unveiling two new gasoline-electric hybrid cars. The FT-EV concept shares a platform with the tiny iQ urban commuter car, which Read Full Article (Click here)...

How “Affordable” is Your Affordable Small Car?

Jiltin — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:27:14 +0000

If you base your car buying decisions on what you pay at the dealer, you’re in for a shock. Cars cost a lot more than just the sticker price. Factor in taxes, financing charges, maintenance costs, insurance, fuel and depreciation and you can easily inflate the cost of your “affordable” small car to nearly double its sticker price in just five years. Fortunately, industry analysts provide a host of ownership cost calculators that factor these expenses into a single estimate Read Full Article (Click here)...

Air Cars: A New Wind for America’s Roads?

Jiltin — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:00:06 +0000

A new carmaker has a plan for cheap, environmentally friendly cars to be built all over the country An air-powered car? It may be available sooner than you think at a price tag that will hardly be a budget buster. The vehicle may not run like a speed racer on back road highways, but developer Zero Pollution Motors is betting consumers will be willing to fork over $20,000 for a vehicle that can motor around all day on nothing but air and a splash of salad oil, alcohol or possibly a pint of Read Full Article (Click here)...