Posted in car shopping, Cars For Commuting, Compact cars, Fiat, Future Cars on Nov 17th, 2011
The Fiat 500 has captivated Americans with its ultra-compact size and heavy dose of style, two things that don’t normally go together. Now, Fiat is going to try to captivate a different sort of American by releasing the Fiat 500 Abarth in the U.S. The 500 Abarth is a high performance version of the stylish […]
Posted in Car Reviews, car shopping, Cars For Commuting, Chevrolet, Commuting, Compact cars, Comparisons, Honda on Nov 14th, 2011
The 2012 Chevy Sonic is all new for 2012 to take on the small car segment where its predecessor the Aveo failed. The 2012 Honda Fit is one of the most established (and therefore most due for a refresh) small cars on sale right now. So how do the two compare? Common knowledge says if […]
Posted in Car Reviews, car shopping, Compact cars, Diesel, Fuel Economy, Fuel Prices, Gas Prices, Volkswagen on Nov 11th, 2011
Diesels have long been touted as the frugal alternative to gasoline engines in small cars. For years, they offered much higher gas mileage for a small price premium. Now that carmakers are putting out small gasoline powered cars with 40 miles per gallon though, is the diesel dead? The 2012 VW Jetta is one of […]
Posted in Car Reviews, car shopping, Cars For Commuting, Compact cars, Comparisons, Hyundai, Mazda, Reviews on Nov 4th, 2011
Want a small car that’s great on gas but also in posession of enough grunt to allow safe merges onto the highway? Hate the idea of joining the ‘I don’t give a flying rat’s rear about cars, just give me something that will get me to work” crew that swarms the Toyota and Honda dealerships […]
Posted in Car Reviews, car shopping, Cars For Commuting, Commuting, Compact cars, Comparisons, Honda, Hybrids, Hyundai, Sports cars on Sep 27th, 2011
With the Hyundai Veloster and Honda CR-Z, the annoyingly-similar named Japanese and Korean car companies have both come out with sporty hatch backs designed to bring back the fun-to-drive-even-though-it’s-not-a-speed-demon class of cars (I know that’s a long name for the segment, so we’ll go ahead and stick to the traditional “hot hatch” nomenclature, even though […]
Posted in Chrysler, Compact cars, Dodge on Aug 29th, 2011
Dodge has announced that the 2011 Dodge Caliber will be the last year of the wagon-only small car. The Dodge Caliber, which replaced the Neon as Dodge’s entry level small car for the 2006 model year, had the unfortunate luck to launch just as rising gas prices began to turn public favor away from SUVs, […]
Posted in Cars For Commuting, Chevrolet, Commuting, Compact cars, Diesel, Fuel Economy, Future Cars, Gas Prices on Jul 27th, 2011
Chevrolet has announced that the 2013 Chevy Cruze will be available with a diesel engine. The Cruze, like many vehicles, is already sold in Europe and other parts of the world with a diesel engine for the increased fuel economy, so Chevrolet will not need to do much engineering for the additional engine choice. Automakers […]
Posted in Compact cars, Future Cars, Sports cars on Jul 26th, 2011
Fiat has announced via the company’s official twitter page that the 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth will be introduced to the United States at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show. The 2011 LA Auto Show will be open to the public on November 18 through November 27, so stop by if you want to see the […]
Posted in Car Reviews, car shopping, Cars For Commuting, Chevrolet, Compact cars, Comparisons, Ford on Jul 26th, 2011
2011 Chevy Cruze 2012 Ford Focus The 2011 Chevy Cruze and 2012 Ford Focus have both been redesigned for this year. The new Ford Focus was not ready for launch at the beginning of the 2011 model year, so Ford released it as a 2012 model. The 2011 Chevy Cruze base model starts at $16,525, […]
Posted in car shopping, Chevrolet, Compact cars, Comparisons, Hyundai on Jun 28th, 2011
The 2011 Chevy Cruze and 2011 Hyundai Elantra are both have both been redesigned for this year, and both are part of a new generation of small cars capable of more than 40 miles per gallon on the highway. The 2011 Hyundai Elantra starts at $14,945 while the Cruze starts at $16,525 ($18,425 with the […]
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