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Friday, April 18, 2008

The Differences Between The Sexes and The Cars They Want

There is an interesting ongoing debate regarding the differences between the sexes and their cars.

According to the results of J.D. Power & Associates' Power Information Network's (PIN) most recent survey of the cars with the highest percentage of female ownership is the Volvo S40. The luxury car with the highest male ownership is the high-performance Audi RS4. It does not take a psychologist to conclude that men are more likely to buy cars with their heart and women with their head.

The RS4 has a starting price of over $66,000 and can zoom from 0 to 62 mph in 4.8 seconds. The S40 has a sticker price of around $25,000. Apparently it doesn't matter how fast the S40 can go from 0 to 60. What does matter is that it aced the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's frontal crash test.

Interestingly enough, there wasn't a sports car to be found in the top 10. Instead, there were sensible, entry-level cars and small SUV's that emphasized safety, quality, reliability, and value.

Of course, that is not to say there aren't thousands of women who don't enjoy driving fast or wouldn't choose a Ferrari over a minivan given the choice, but these women would seem to be the exception. To arrive at its conclusions, PIN surveyed hundreds of dealerships around the U.S. through the end of August, 2007. The nationwide sample includes about 24% of U.S. retail automotive sales, including both loans and leases, luxury and non-luxury brands, but excluding fleet sales.

Make Your Used Car Look New Forever

There millions of people the world over interested in buying used cars. If you are among them then you really need to check out some tips before you actually get inside the market. You further also require knowing how you keep your car look new forever. That might sound little difficult, but it is not impossible. You just need to follow some basic steps and tips to keep this happen. Remember dents, cracks and dings are few items, which age the look of your vehicle. Luckily, today's technology has assisted us in advance the answers to these troubles, making the repairs faster and less costly. Along with mobile fix units, these items usually could be taken cared on site simply at your home or work, adding up more expediency.

Many kinds of door dents or tiny dings are repaired without sanding, stuffing or painting also, protecting the reliability of your vehicle's unique factory look. Technician's uses particularly intended tools, which permits them to solve the problem and really massage it out so that it looks new. If in case paint touch-ups are needed, the expertise is accessible to go with your vehicle and fix scrapes, small chips and blemishes on almost all surfaces.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

He's no Darling to Motorists

Alistair Darling has hit motorists hard in his first budget as chancellor and he is justifying his swingeing tax and fuel duty hikes as 'cracking down on pollution'.

Even though the chancellor delayed the 2 pence per litre increase in fuel duty due to be imposed in April until October, it is only temporary respite for motorists who have seen fuel prices soar in recent months. In addition to increasing running costs, many motorists face higher-than-inflation duty charges on their vehicles as Darling aims to penalise the highest polluting drivers.

What is a Hydro Powered Car?

What do you think of when you see the term "hydro powered car?" Do you picture the high-tech hydrogen powered cars being developed by companies like BMW? Or do you think of a car that somehow uses water instead of gasoline as fuel? Or perhaps one of those old steam-powered monsters that inventors tinkered with 100 years ago? When I think of a hydro powered car, I think of something slightly different, a cross between an all-hydrogen car and one that somehow uses water as fuel. You can call it a hydrogen-gasoline hybrid. Many people just call it a car that runs on water.

Ways of Buying Cheap Cars

Seized car auctions are held regularly in monthly bases or every few weeks at various parts or regions of the country. Seized car auctions are the way of getting rid of vehicles that are seized by the federal, state or local government agencies. The purpose of these auctions is to convert the seized vehicles into cash as quickly as possible, so they won't cost the government for their maintenance and storage.

The BMW Hydrogen Car, Is It Worth The Price Tag?

2000, BMW introduced the world's first production-line hydrogen car, the BMW 750hL. The 750hL had a 12-cylinder, 204 horsepower engine that could run on hydrogen as well as on regular fuel...a must since hydrogen fuel was not...and still isn't...commonplace.

In 2007 it introduced the BMW Hydrogen 7, a so-called 'eco-luxury' performance car, with an internal combustion engine that runs on both hydrogen and regular fuel. Unfortunately for the rest of us, these were offered only to celebrities and other "special" people, so most of us will probably never get the chance to own one.

BMW's hydrogen cars, because they use both hydrogen and gasoline, have two separate tanks that can be switched back and forth simply by pushing a button, a must for driving any distance, since hydrogen refueling stations are few and far between in the US.

In-Depth Automotive Review - 2008 Honda Accord - It's Fantastic & Revolutionary

Just when you think the mid size sedan market could not get any more competitive, Honda has released a fantastic new Honda Accord. Honda's hottest selling car makes large strides to keep it on top of the volume leader boards with head turning style, comfort, and the reliability like nothing else out there.

The one most striking difference is how well designed the Accord is, in its segment, it was easily a couple years ahead of its time. Additionally, the Accord is a little bit bigger car, not exactly a negative, consumers can all use the extra room. Wheels were designed nicely, paint quality outstanding, and feature all of the top of the line safety and security hot spots. A definite winner!

Driving dynamics was exactly what I expected with quick witted transmission and fantastic power from the four banger I drove. And so we close with some endearing news, if consumers thought the sedan is a marvelous car, the 2-door coupe is absolutely stunning. The new 2008 Honda Accord will be a perennial fave with families for generations to come, there's no stopping the success gauntlet! A truly inspiring stepping stone to further sales success.

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