Toyota is giving you the chance to win not one, but two 2012 Toyota Camrys this week. It’s part of a promotion called “The Camry Effect”, which involves a new ad campaign, the Shazam smartphone app, and Sunday’s Super Bowl broadcast. Sound confusing? That’s because is. Let us break it down for you: • The first commercial of “The Camry Effect”…
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While nearly every automaker reported brisk, upbeat sales numbers for the first month of 2012, General Motors didn’t have much to cheer. GM sales were off by 6 percent last month, while its crosstown rivals were up, strongly in the case of Chrysler, which reported a sales increase of 44 percent, while Ford rose 7 percent. Also on the upturn were…
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The last time Gallup polled people about the insurance industry, only 10% of respondents thought their agents were “highly honest and ethical”. But a new study from J.D. Power shows that, despite such misgivings — and despite some serious changes in the way insurance companies do business — folks are generally happy with their insurance…
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With Chrysler reporting its first profitable fiscal year since 1997, the news that the company’s one millionth “Pentastar” engine rolled out of its Trenton, Mich., marks more progress in its turnaround. The milestone comes a mere eighteen months after production began in July of 2010. “To build one million of anything, and in an impressively short…
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The Chicago Auto Show is next week, and as usual, we’ll be there in full force. This year, Nissan is again inviting fans to come hang out at the show during Thursday, February 9, the second press day which has been formally dubbed by the Chicago Auto Show as “Social Media Day.” Nissan has put together plenty of things for its fans to do during…
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has ramped up its investigation of the popular Jeep Liberty after dozens of reports of airbags deploying without warning. According to a report in the Detroit Free Press, the problem affects Liberty SUVs from the 2002 and 2003 model years. In all, Jeep’s parent company, Chrysler, has received some…
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Today at High Gear Media, details of the Dodge Dart SRT4 have begun to emerge, while GM is adding EcoLabels to its lineup. We reviewed the 2012 Subaru Outback and the 2012 Chevrolet Volt has qualified for a rebate in California. All this and more in today’s car news, right here on The Car Connection. California has passed a landmark law requiring…
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Saab is dead, but the dream of Saab lives on — at least in the U.S. According to a report in AutoNews, a group of Saab dealers in the States have banded together to petition a U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Chapter 11 status. Why Chapter 11? Because it allows the possibility — no matter how slim — that Saab might still get its act together…
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Mazda has issued a recall for its Tribute SUV from the 2001 and 2002 model years. Those vehicles may suffer from a fluid leak that could cause a fire in the engine compartment. According to a bulletin from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Tribute recall stems from a faulty brake master cylinder reservoir cap. Under certain…
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Last Friday, the influential California Air Resources Board adopted new emission rules that will require carmakers to sell increasing number of zero-emission vehicles in the state, starting in 2018. By 2025, fully 15.4 percent of the cars sold annually in California must be zero-emission vehicles–either battery-electric and hydrogen fuel-cell…
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