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Ever since the debut of the second-generation Honda Fit in late 2008, I've been hoping that Honda would introduce a sportier Si-badged version of the sexy hatch, complete with sporty chassis upgrades and a slightly more...
The government-funded Car Allowance Rebate Systems (CARS), or "Cash For Clunkers" as it is better known as, helped raise July's new car sales numbers by more than one million units, but the program is also...
Despite posting losses for the past four consecutive quarters for the North American market Toyota says they are scheduled to return to profitability by 2010.Additionally the company says it will reach it's U.S. sales goal of 1...
It was announced earlier this year that Indian Automaker Mahindra's mid-size pickup truck would be available in the United States by the Fall of 2009 but reports out of India are now saying that the truck's launch...
The former king of the Cash For Clunkers program, Ford's Focus, has been dethroned by Toyota's top-selling Corolla. For now, atleast.Ford sold 21,830 Focus coupes and sedans in the United States in July, a 43...
General Motors announced Thursday the decision to cut it's workforce even further and eliminate a total of 6,000 more hourly positions as the employees accepted the company's buyout offer.Linked to the company's recent Chapter...
Honda has reported that they are expanding on a previous recall of Accord, Civic, and Acura TL vehicles due to faulty airbag inflators that have the possibility of sending shrapnel through inflated airbags. The total number of vehicles affected by...
The fledgling Toyota FJ Cruiser, which has seen it's sales drop almost 57% so far this year with only 7,148 units sold is getting a few changes for the 2010 model that Toyota hopes can boost interest in...
The government-funded Car Allowance Rebate System, better known as "Cash For Clunkers", officially kicked off yesterday and it looks to have a warm reception thus far.The program, allowing you to recieve up to $4,500...
The standard manual transmission vehicle is a dying breed here in Birmingham and the United States in general. No longer is the ability to operate a stick shift taught in driver's education classes and most would rather opt for...