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2012 Detroit Auto Show: hits and misses among new model intros

2012 Detroit Auto Show: hits and misses among new model intros

The North American International Auto Show — better known as the Detroit Auto Show — is underway now, with more new model introductions, including concept vehicles, than the public has seen in years.  The auto industry is bouncing back, but even so, not everything is a hit.  There are some misses.  Here’s what the industry
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2012 Cars With Best Resale Value: Toyota, Lexus

2012 Cars With Best Resale Value: Toyota, Lexus

How much a vehicle costs when you buy it or lease it is just one part of the equasion. You also need to factor in how that vehicle rates for operating costs, maintenance costs and resale value. Since depreciation —  or loss of value — is typically a car buyer’s biggest cost expense during ownership,
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More than 50 new vehicle intros at 2011 LA Auto Show

More than 50 new vehicle intros at 2011 LA Auto Show

The upcoming 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show is the biggest in years, with more than 50 North American and world debuts  of new cars, SUVs and trucks. The intros show that the auto industry continues to be a surprise bright spot in the overall economy. Green cars, including electric cars, diesel cars and extended range
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Audi, Land Rover unveil concept cars at Frankfurt Auto Show 2011

Audi, Land Rover unveil concept cars at Frankfurt Auto Show 2011

Every auto show features a concept car or several.  Concept cars are important, because they give us a sneak peak at the car company’s design and technology direction, and the reaction of the media and the public can determine whether the concept gets put into overdrive, or parked in the garage and forgotten. Here’s what
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Green B&Bs use solar energy and offer electric car charging stations

Green B&Bs use solar energy and offer electric car charging stations

California B&Bs have gone green with a variety of innovative and eco-friendly practices, including using solar power and geothermal energy systems to reduce electric costs, and providing electric car charging stations for guests arriving in plug-in hybrid and pure electric vehicles such as the Chevrolet Volt, Nissan Leaf and Mini E. In Santa Cruz, The
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2011 Honda Models Get Top Ratings for Green, Fuel Efficient Cars

2011 Honda Models Get Top Ratings for Green, Fuel Efficient Cars

For the eleventh year in a row, Honda is the most green, most fuel efficient car company in the world.  That’s the word from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), which rates five Honda models as among the “greenest vehicles of 2011” . The greenest, most fuel efficient of them all  is the
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End of the Road in 2010 for Hummer, Mercury, Pontiac, Saturn

End of the Road in 2010 for Hummer, Mercury, Pontiac, Saturn

Despite all the promising year-end headlines about the Chevrolet Volt, Nissan Leaf and other new models, 2010 will be remembered as the year Detroit killed off four car brands and sold off several others. It was the end of the road for Hummer, Pontiac and Saturn, killed off by General Motors as it trimmed its
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2011 Nissan Leaf Electric Car Named European Car of the Year

2011 Nissan Leaf Electric Car Named European Car of the Year

The 2011 Nissan LEAF has been named the 2011 European Car of the Year, the first electric car to win the prestigious award.  The Nissan LEAF award comes just two weeks after its top competitor for world headlines, the Chevrolet Volt, won the important Green Car of the Year award at the Los Angeles Auto
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Hybrids and Electric Cars Headline Los Angeles Auto Show

Hybrids and Electric Cars Headline Los Angeles Auto Show

Green hybrid and electric cars are the big news at the Los Angeles Auto Show, which opens to the press on Wednesday, November 17th and to the public two days later. You’ve been hearing a lot about the extended-range plug-in hybrid-electric Chevrolet Volt, and all-electric Nissan Leaf. They are the headliners, for sure.  But several
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2011 Car of the Year Finalists Include Electric Cars, Hybrids and Sportscars

2011 Car of the Year Finalists Include Electric Cars, Hybrids and Sportscars

Which 2010 or 2011 model gets your vote of the most desirable vehicle of the year? The best green car?  There are three important awards being announced at the press preview days of the important 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show next week. First, is the title of Automobile of the Year, awarded by Automobile Magazine. The
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