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According to a new survey conducted by Motorpoint, a UK
- A Third Of U.s. Car Buyers Are Considering Diesels, Survey Finds
The times they are a-changin’ indeed, as Bob Dylan said in his famous song. Not long ago, diesel fuel was mainly used by trucks in the U.S. but now it looks like a third of consumers are considering buying a diesel car when the time of purchase...
- Auto Execs Don’t Believe In Hybrids Or Evs But Continue Investments Just In Case They’re Wrong
Electric vehicles and hybrids have often been touted as a logical solution to effectively reduce CO2 emissions and dependence on fossil fuels – at least until fuel cells become commercially viable. Yet a recent survey conducted by U.S. financial...
- Ford’s Reliability Suffers In Consumer Reports Survey, Japanese Brands Rule And Europeans Are A Mixed Bag
Consumer Reports has published its 2011 annual auto survey in which the main point of interest, as the report states, is a sharp decline in Ford’s so far “solid reliability recordâ€: the Detroit carmaker dropped 10 places in the overall...
- New Poll Shows That 55% Of Americans Support Bailout
A new poll administered by Peter D. Hart Research Associates for General Motors says that 55% of the 804 U.S. citizens that took part in the survey back a $25 billion federal bailout (in loans) to American automakers "so they have the money to manufacturer...
- E.u. Car Taxes: French Pay 7 Times More Toll Taxes Than Italians And Denmark Charges 155% Tax On Cars!
Talking about car ownership costs in Australia in our previous post made me remember an article about car taxation in the EU that I had once recommended writing about in my 9 to 5 job but never did due to office stupidity and bureaucracy (…). Since...
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Survey Unveils that Two-Thirds of UK Car Buyers Plan to Downsize
According to a new survey conducted by Motorpoint, a Motorpoint managing director David Shelton said: “These figures show a potentially massive shift of over two thirds of the motoring population – about 20 million people – into smaller vehicles. It’s clear that the benefits of a smaller car are becoming more important as a whole range of economic and environmental considerations start to biteâ€
- A Third Of U.s. Car Buyers Are Considering Diesels, Survey Finds
The times they are a-changin’ indeed, as Bob Dylan said in his famous song. Not long ago, diesel fuel was mainly used by trucks in the U.S. but now it looks like a third of consumers are considering buying a diesel car when the time of purchase...
- Auto Execs Don’t Believe In Hybrids Or Evs But Continue Investments Just In Case They’re Wrong
Electric vehicles and hybrids have often been touted as a logical solution to effectively reduce CO2 emissions and dependence on fossil fuels – at least until fuel cells become commercially viable. Yet a recent survey conducted by U.S. financial...
- Ford’s Reliability Suffers In Consumer Reports Survey, Japanese Brands Rule And Europeans Are A Mixed Bag
Consumer Reports has published its 2011 annual auto survey in which the main point of interest, as the report states, is a sharp decline in Ford’s so far “solid reliability recordâ€: the Detroit carmaker dropped 10 places in the overall...
- New Poll Shows That 55% Of Americans Support Bailout
A new poll administered by Peter D. Hart Research Associates for General Motors says that 55% of the 804 U.S. citizens that took part in the survey back a $25 billion federal bailout (in loans) to American automakers "so they have the money to manufacturer...
- E.u. Car Taxes: French Pay 7 Times More Toll Taxes Than Italians And Denmark Charges 155% Tax On Cars!
Talking about car ownership costs in Australia in our previous post made me remember an article about car taxation in the EU that I had once recommended writing about in my 9 to 5 job but never did due to office stupidity and bureaucracy (…). Since...