Tag: VehicleVoice

New lighting technology winding its way through the luxury segment; expensive, but long-lasting and really cool for design.

Audi's new coupes give us a new option for luxury touring.

Last week, R.L. Polk & Co. reported that convertible registrations had dropped 8.6% in 2007. In a 16.1 million-unit year, convertible registrations dropped below 300,000 units, or about 2% total light vehicle market share. AutoPacific, VehicleVoice’s parent company, can predict with near certainty that convertible registrations will be lower yet this year – if only because overall industry sales will almost certainly end up well under 15 million units – a decline of at least 1.1 million units over 2007CY.

It’s been proven, through complicated, peer-reviewed studies chock-full of science (I’m not going to link to them. Let’s be realistic — you weren’t going to read them anyway) that people who think they’re really good at something turn out to be not-so-great at it in reality.
You see this a lot in the audition rounds of American Idol: People who think – nay, know — that they’re the finest vocalists ever to come out of Peoria or Podunk or Sacramento or wherever. And then they sing and we all have a good laugh and nobody gets hurt, except for the idiot singer, who doesn’t count.
However, you also see this phenomenon in effect in other, not-so-harmless situations. For instance, I’ve always thought I’m a pretty good driver.

It’s been proven, through complicated, peer-reviewed studies chock-full of science (I’m not going to link to them. Let’s be realistic — you weren’t going to read them anyway) that people who think they’re really good at something turn out to be not-so-great at it in reality.
You see this a lot in the audition rounds of American Idol: People who think – nay, know — that they’re the finest vocalists ever to come out of Peoria or Podunk or Sacramento or wherever. And then they sing and we all have a good laugh and nobody gets hurt, except for the idiot singer, who doesn’t count.
However, you also see this phenomenon in effect in other, not-so-harmless situations. For instance, I’ve always thought I’m a pretty good driver.

Nissan Murano amazes. Does just about everything very well.

Automotive technology always seems to trickle down from the high end. And why shouldn’t it? Expensive and innovative technologies typically appear in luxury vehicles first, but as they increase in popularity and volume, economies of scale ultimately make them financially viable to mainstream consumers.
Coincidentally, a whole host of formerly pricey accoutrements are making their way into small vehicles at a time when interest in small vehicles is increasing. Yes, fuel prices have a lot to do with increased consumer interest in smaller vehicles, but it’s also a steadily increasing number of young, Generation Y first time buyers coming into the marketplace.


Just last week, Suzuki announced that navigation will be standard – yes, standard – in the 2009 Suzuki SX4, their little entry level car. And it’s no bare bones nav either – it includes all the latest in navigation technology, [...]

Car-Buying Tips To Make The Best Choice Car-Buying Tips To Make The Best Choice

Posted by admin on April 9, 2013 at 9:09 am

While
you have no real chance of turning into a professional car buyer while not
getting any special preparation and degrees in the field, you can get pretty
close to becoming a good car buyer. There are several hundred thousand professional
car dealers
in the U.S. alone, and today we decided to provide you with some tips and advice
originating form their own practical experience.

Tips For
Your First Visit At A Car Dealership  

The
first time you visit a car dealership, do not show your intention of wanting to
buy a car. Do not let yourself be mesmerized by the stories the dealers are
going to try to convince you with, and insist you are only there [...]

Okay, let me run some names by you:

Charger

Camaro

GTO


Pop quiz, hot shot: What decade is it?

Crude oil has just gone comfortably over $120 per barrel and we are well on our way to a national average price of $4 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. What is doing this? And where is it going?