Reprinted from maxdigital.com The rising success of automotive disrupters like Carvana, who sold more than 90,000 cars in 2018 without a single salesperson, may have some dealers worried traditional dealerships are going by the wayside. [ full article available here ]
5 Disappearing Cars We’ll Miss in 2018
Reprinted from msn.com Everything has a lifespan, and that includes cars. Each year automakers decide that some nameplates have run their course and stop producing them. Following are five cars we’ll remember fondly–and why. Not all of them earned a CR recommendation, but they all etched a place in our collective CR memory as likable, […]
Walmart is going after one of Costco’s most lucrative businesses
Reprinted from finance.yahoo.com Walmart is going after one of Costco’s most lucrative businesses: car sales. The retailer is diving into the car business through a partnership with CarSaver, a website that lets customers shop for, finance, and insure vehicles, Automotive News reports. [ full article available here ]
Cars we’re most looking forward to in 2017
Reprinted from msn.com This year has been a great one for new cars. Just consider the long list of vehicles we drove in 2016 with more than 500 horsepower, and the cars we drove that we liked best. Yes, there’s some overlap there, too – more evidence of how great a year it was. Thankfully, […]
NADA Economist: Vehicle Sales Remain Strong in 2016
Reprinted from NADA.org TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (August 2, 2016) – Despite some economic and political uncertainty ahead with the upcoming elections, the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) is holding steady its sales forecast of 17.7 million new cars and light trucks for 2016. “We’ve had six straight years of steadily rising sales, which has been […]
How smartphone technology is improving your ownership experience
Reprinted from autoblog.com It is a good possibility that your life could get much easier if you have a Smart Phone and a vehicle that’s less than 3 years old. What do you mean, you ask? An explanation is necessary. For the past few years auto manufacturers have been adding more and more functionality to […]