Toyota
Review: 2011 Scion tC 6MT
By Chris Haak "Why do the people in front of me have to drive so slowly?" "Why did they have to paint over the passing zones on this road?" And most importantly, "why is that...
Toyota Sees a Future With Prius as #1 Seller
Toyota's sales chief, Bob Carter, told analysts today on a conference call that by the end of the decade - that is, by 2020 - he expects that we will see the Prius nameplate in...
IIHS Announces 2011 Top Safety Picks
By Chris Haak The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a nonprofit funded by member insurance companies, has released its top safety picks for 2011, and there are a large...
GM Displays Model-Name ADD Again, Changing Aveo to Sonic
By Chris Haak One doesn't need to dig very deeply into the history books to see that GM has shown a pattern of releasing a vehicle that - to put it kindly - did not meet...
Ford and Honda Tops In Customer Retention Study
According to the annual customer retention study conducted by J.D. Power and Associates, the Ford and Honda brands each managed to retain 62 percent of their buyers during 2010,...
Honda Further Undercuts Prius With New Base Insight
By Chris Haak Honda's second-generation Insight, which is based heavily upon the Fit's architecture, but without the conventional car's peppy drivetrain or much of its sporty...
Platform Sharing Set to Increase Dramatically
By Chris Haak Automotive News reported this week on an analysis prepared by consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers that projects huge global production volumes for shared...
Who Killed the Electric Car? Economics.
Chris Haak In spite of the relentless hype that the electrification of the automobile has generated over the past few years, culminating in the nearly-simultaneous launches of...
Why Insurgents Love The Toyota Hilux
By Chris Haak Newsweek published an interesting piece recently that explored why it seems that the Toyota Hilux pickup has appeared as the insurgent vehicle of choice in nearly...