Auto Returns

Remember when the Cash for Clunkers program was in full swing last year, when significant efforts were made to help keep the auto industry in the U.S. from collapsing under a huge pile of debt? It was no surprise to anyone that people rolled in with their collapsing wheels and got some new product. In fact, they got plenty of new product. Which led some people to decry that this was nothing more than a scheme to pull ahead future sales, which would then lead to a point in the not-too-distant future when sales would be sucking wind like a lung with a bullet hole. – Read More

2010 Subaru Legacy 2.5 GT Limited

2010 Nissan Versa 1.8 SL Hatchback

2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS

The Sound of One Hand Clapping: Consumer Reports & Lexus
If you recall, last month Consumer Reports made a “Don’t Buy: Safety Risk” judgment vis-à-vis the Lexus GX 460 SUV. – Read More

U.S.P.S. Getting Green
Here's a laudable goal for any company or organization: "Quite simply, we want to be the best — best neighbor, best business partner and the best place to work when it comes to sustainable practices." that John E. Potter, U.S. Postmaster General. – Read More

Chevy Cruze & the. . .Oil Filter?
Admit it: The last time you thought about your oil filter was. . .just about this side of never.

But in point of fact, things like oil filters—and we're not just talking about the gusher in the Gulf—need to be considered. – Read More

Design Your Own Rolls-Royce Ghost
This is the Rolls-Royce Ghost, with its stately "Yacht Line" styling, with large, flowing bodyside surfaces, strong shoulders that tighten toward the rear of the vehicle, an upward sweeping sill, low-cut roof, sharply raked A-pillar, and long hood. – Read More

Upcoming Industry Events:
Telematics Detroit
June 8-9

Automatica
June 8-11

Management Briefing Seminars
August 2-5 

Always ON
(And Always Open)
Continental is deploying the Android operating system to drive forward the connected car—not something that is going to happen in the "future," but may be in your garage by 2013.
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