Posts Tagged ‘car’

Full Review – Buying a 2012 LaCrosse could expose you to what appears to be a trick question: Do you get the 303 hp 6-cylinder or the 182 hp 4-cylinder + 15 hp electric motor – for the same price? The case for the eLaCrosse is not exactly convincing and quite confusing, but it’s something we may have to get used to sooner or later.

Toyota’s cat is out of the bag: If you want to get your hands at one of the first Prius plug-in hybrids, you may want to plan with $40,000, excluding dealer markups.

GM is sharing more information about its upcoming Camaro ZL1 which will arrive with 580 horses and the confidence that this car will be able to run with exotics for a fraction of their price.

The Audi A7 is one of a number of Audis that actually has a named tech company behind its driver information system, NVIDIA, and it is the best blend of automobile and technology I’ve seen so far.   The A7 is pretty impressive as well and since it is designed to appeal to the young father who doesn’t want to give up his sports car and reminds me of the Aston Martin DBS V8 (just a little) in “On Her Majesties Secret Service” it is a near magical blend of practicality and fun. I’m a big fan of fun, but no so much the idea that a fun car has to be designed to be impractical.

Cadillac will be putting the previously shown electric concept car Converj into production.

The British Insurance Warranty Direct has assembled the world’s most unreliable car. Based on statistics this car would have a major defect six times per year and eat up more than $3000 in repair cost annually.

We recently planned a roadtrip from Chicago to Santa Fe with a route that reminded us very much of the route taken by the Griswold’s in National Lampoons Vacation and appeared to be a wonderful opportunity to realize our thoughts on a modern sequel with a Cadillac CTS-V sport wagon. Given gas prices of north of $3.50 a gallon and the Caddy’s fuel efficiency of about 12 MPG, we quickly abandoned that plan and thought about an economic car instead: We chose the Chevy Cruze Eco, which we reviewed earlier and found to be capable of hitting 58 MPG in a rather unrealistic scenario. What MPG can you expect in the real world over the distance of almost 2700 miles?

BMW has been talking about its electric cars for nearly five years and more recently unveiled its i sub-brand that will be leveraged to market future electric cars: Today, the company unveiled the i3, a compact car for the city, which will be extremely light and accelerate from 0-60 mph in about 8 seconds.

On Site – Geez, another cloud device? Yes, but this is one you would want to know about. This is one of the first examples of a cloud application I could get excited about – and a feature that uses cloud-like digital communication features that truly reach beyond uploading a picture to iCloud. Welcome to your cloud car.

It’s not a secret the automotive industry is developing driver assistance systems that will be much more intelligent than today’s technology and ultimately aim to control more of daily driving tasks.

Chevy was criticized for charging too much for its 2011 Volt plug-in hybrid, but the company is confident that it can charge even more for the 2012 model, which will now be sold nationwide.

It is nothing short of amazing how intelligent cars have become over the past 10 years. Provided there is enough cash available, you can load up on gadgets and gizmos and get the impression that technology can virtually drive your car by itself. We tried just that with a QX56 full-size luxury SUV from Infiniti.