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Main > Car Makers News > Cadillac > Cadillac CTS review - better than A4 and 3-series? The Cadillac CTS is not a car. No, really. It looks like a car, and it does all the things a car should - most of them exceptionally well - but it’s not a car. It’s a statement.It says, loud and clear, to all the luxury sport sedans of the world, “Come and get me.”[source] Full article... Article added: 2008-08-08 07:30:24 Article Views Rating: 278 Main > Car Makers News > Lexus > Lexus Leaps Forward In JD Power and Associates VDS Dependability Study Deterioration in vehicle quality during the first three years of ownership—determined by comparing long-term dependability rates to initial quality problem rates—strongly affects overall customer satisfaction as well as customer willingness to recommend their vehicle model, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2008 Vehicle Dependability StudySM VDS released today.The study, which measures problems experienced by original owners of 3-year-old 2005 model year vehicles, finds that, on... Full article... Article added: 2008-08-08 07:30:22 Article Views Rating: 224 Main > Car Makers News > Lexus > Lexus leads J.D. Power dependability for 14th straight year Click above for results 2008 J.D. Power Dependability StudyJ.D. Power and Associates has just released its 2008 Vehicle Dependability Study that attempts to measure vehicle quality throughout the first three years of owning a vehicle, and for the 14th year in a row Lexus leads all manufacturers with a rating of just 120 problems per 100 vehicles PP100. This year's runner up, surprisingly, is Mercury, though it's a distant second at 151 PP100. Cadillac 155 PP100, Toyota 159 PP100 and Acura 160 PP100... Full article... Article added: 2008-08-08 07:30:19 Article Views Rating: 233 Main > Car Makers News > Mercedes-Benz > In the Autoblog Garage: 2008 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG [w/VIDEO] Click above for high-res gallery of the AMG S63There was a time when what we might call super-sedans were largely the province of a dedicated cadre of aftermarket tuners. Companies like Brabus, Alpina and, of course, AMG would generally start with mid-sized German sedans and transform them into something truly special. AMG in particular came to the forefront in 1987 after two decades of building special Mercs when they unleashed the Hammer. They had been building cars for two decades already, but the... Full article... Article added: 2008-08-08 07:30:18 Article Views Rating: 227 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Auto dependability scores improve Industrywide the long-term dependability of cars and trucks increased 5 percent, but General Motors Corp. saw many of its volume brands slip in a three-year J.D. Power and Associates quality study released this morning. Toyota Motor Corp.'s Lexus brand topped the 2008 Vehicle Dependability Study, the 14th consecutive year the brand held that position. Ford Motor Co. also faired well: All three of its brands scored marked improvements and the Ford brand's 7.7 percent decline in reported quality problems... Full article... Article added: 2008-08-08 07:29:56 Article Views Rating: 107 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > Ford revs in quality survey Ford Motor Co.'s three domestic brands all received above-average marks in J.D. Power and Associates' influential annual survey of vehicle dependability, but several General Motors Corp. brands slipped in the rankings and all Chrysler LLC brands remained well below the industry average, led by a steep decline for Jeep. Toyota Motor Corp. continued to dominate the top of the chart, with its luxury Lexus brand holding on to first place with 120 problems reported per 100 vehicles. Ford's Mercury brand --... Full article... Article added: 2008-08-08 07:29:54 Article Views Rating: 221 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Keep the cruising mood going with these tunes These aren't songs about cruising, which with the Woodward Dream Cruise has evolved into a tame, family-friendly street festival. These are songs about the original outlaw, teenage activity we came to call cruising -- songs that make it feel like you're already speeding down the highway under the moon, in a powder-blue Corvette. • Nat King Cole, "Route 66" The coolest of the paeans to the old road. • Nelson Riddle, "Theme from Route 66" Sense a pattern here? If only I had Todd's Corvette from... Full article... Article added: 2008-08-08 07:29:53 Article Views Rating: 104 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Cool rides: Fins, fumes, fans rule the road for next 10 days A hazy twilight settles over Woodward Avenue as a low-slung, 1961 Cadillac convertible glides down the big road, delivering its occupants to an ice cream stand in a style befitting the king of rock 'n' roll or a Mafia chieftain. The Eldorado's soaring, sensuous tail fins recall a more opulent, optimistic Detroit. As it eases down the avenue, this could be a hot summer evening in 1958, '68 or '08. For even in a year when miles per gallon trumps speed and style, there's no denying the magnetic pull of a... Full article... Article added: 2008-08-08 07:29:52 Article Views Rating: 99 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Pininfarina CEO killed in motorcycle accident The CEO of Pininfarina, Andrea Pininfarina, was killed early this morning after the motorbike he was riding on collided with a car near the company’s Cambiano design center in Turin, Italy. While details are still scarce, preliminary local police reports claim the car crashed into Pininfarina’s motorbike at 8.15am local time. Andrea Pininfarina was the grandson of the design studio’s original founder, Battista Farina, and son to the chairman of the company, Sergio Pininfarina who was inducted... Full article... Article added: 2008-08-08 07:29:47 Article Views Rating: 103 Main > Car Makers News > Cadillac > Lexus rates highest in latest J.D. Power dependability study, followed by Mercury and Cadillac Lexus has once again taken top honors in the annual J.D. Power and Associates vehicle dependability study, a position it’s held for the past 14 years. Last year, however, saw Buick sharing the top spot but in the latest study the GM division has slipped to sixth place. The annual study looks at a number of measures in determining the dependability scores, but the key factor is the number of problems experienced by original owners of 3-year-old 2005 model year vehicles. The study found that, on... Full article... Article added: 2008-08-08 07:29:46 Article Views Rating: 226 |
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