The Ford Fiesta was Europe’s best-selling small car in March and for the first three months of 2013, according to the latest figures from JATO Dynamics. European customers bought Fiestas at a rate of one every 100 seconds during the first quarter for 2013 – 41,600 in March, and 77,800 total in the first three
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The newly redesigned 2013 Nissan Sentra has been named “Most Affordable Compact Sedan of 2013.” After assessing 11 compact sedans equipped with six key features and factoring in five years of fuel costs, the Sentra sits atop the Cars.com list with $730 separating it from the next most affordable car on the list. According to
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How important is it to shoppers to get the latest redesign of a new vehicle? According to recent data from the AutoTrader.com Trend Engine, the answer among a majority of shoppers is: not very important. An online survey conducted by AutoTrader.com revealed that 57 percent of shoppers do not feel that it is important to
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Chevrolet’s Volt and Fisker’s Karma couldn’t be any more different yet alike at the same time. The Volt is techy, but otherwise a sensible compact family car. The Karma is a high-line chariot for those wanting something much splashier than a Volt. On any other day they’d have little reason to be compared except for
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On Friday CODA enthusiastically announced it had delivered its all-electric mid-sized sedan to its first three California customers. Two early reservation holders from the Southern California area, and one from up north stepped up to take delivery of their five-passenger batter electric vehicles that are based on Chinese chassis and which receive final assembly in
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In the past, it was more common to hear of military personnel who’d served overseas and couldn’t wait to get home and spend their hard-earned money on a new car. However in many cases, said car was often something sporty and perhaps a bit frivolous. Tales abound of returning GIs from Vietnam forking out on
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We already knew Toyota Motor Corporation’s products, including its hybrid cars, enjoy a strong following. Today, research firm J.D. Power and Associates added another award to further solidify its reputation. For the fourth consecutive year, Lexus ranked highest in customer satisfaction among luxury brands in the J.D. Power and Associates 2012 Customer Service Index (CSI)
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Sure, there are plenty of great non-economic reasons for wanting to limit your gasoline consumption, but when it comes down to it, most of us want to know how much money we’re spending or saving as a result of our green car buying decisions. Pretty much anyone who’s ever shopped for an alternative-fuel vehicle—be it
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Last year, General Motors officially launched the Chevy Volt, a range-extended electric vehicle (REEV) with an electric range of 35 miles and an EPA-rated electric-only equivalent fuel economy of 93 MPGe. This past summer, Fisker began deliveries of its REEV, the Fisker Karma luxury sports sedan, which will have an official range of 32 miles
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In its first three months on the market, the Hyundai Sonata Hybrid has established itself as the second best selling gas-electric in the United States, trailing only the indomitable Toyota Prius in sales this summer. But according to a recent Consumer Reports review, the Sonata Hybrid comes up short in several areas, with the publication
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