CAA-Quebec published its 2013 Study of New-Vehicle Warranties, providing consumers with a practical, at-a-glance tool for comparing the warranties offered by the major automakers. Among other highlights, the study reveals that increasingly widely available plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) are sold with extra protection, which will likely be reassuring to
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Clean diesel car registrations increased by 24.3 percent in the U.S. from 2010 through 2012 following similar trends of double-digit diesel car sale increases throughout the country, according to new data compiled for the Diesel Technology Forum. Data also revealed South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and Mississippi are the fastest growing states for hybrid car registrations.
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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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Ford said today it delivered its best hybrid sales quarter ever in the first quarter of 2013 with sales totaling 21,080 vehicles – marking the first time Ford has sold more than 20,000 hybrids in a quarter. Ford’s hybrid sales were up 324 percent nationally over 2012, achieving 16 percent share of the electrified vehicle
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Polk data research firm just released its 2012 Polk global market registration data and the Ford Focus is officially the world’s best-selling passenger car. Ford’s products are well featured at the top as the Ford F-Series pickup comes in third and the Ford Fiesta comes in as the best-selling subcompact. Sales of the compact Focus
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It is not only in the U.S. that the Chevy Volt gets chosen by celebrities. Everton and England international soccer player Phil Jagielka has taken delivery of England’s Volt cousin, the Vauxhall Ampera extended-range electric vehicle. A central defender with 16 international caps, Jagielka will be driving a top-of-the-range Ampera Electron in Power Blue. “I
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Hyundai’s ix35 Fuel Cell CUV has been selected for the second consecutive year by the European Commission-backed Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU) to demonstrate the real-world benefits of hydrogen fuel cell technology. Considered by Hyundai as the world’s first production fuel cell electric vehicle, the ix35 Fuel Cell will be made available
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Toyota’s hybrid lineup has received quite a few awards and is adding to this with awards for the Prius and the Highlander hybrid, but Ford’s Fusion has been deemed best hybrid for families. The Toyota Prius and Highlander Hybrid have garnered category honors as part of U.S. News and World Report’s Best Cars for Families
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Nissan has reported Canadian monthly sales and, at 5,635 total unit sales of all Nissan models, February performance is down 11.1 percent over the same month last year. Although the brand as a whole is down, the Leaf electric vehicle is performing well, with a total of 37 units sold in February 2013. This is
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Californians who have the impression they see Toyota’s Prius everywhere are not far from the truth. Toyota’s Prius-badged vehicles were the most popular new vehicles with California drivers during the 2012 calendar year. According to R.L Polk, the Prius family cars, which included the Prius Liftback, Prius v, Prius Plug-in, and Prius c, accounted for
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