Monthly Archives: December 2010
Product Review: 100W Black & Decker Portable Electronics Charger
By Chris Haak Those of us who spend a decent portion of our lives on the road - I personally drive about 300 miles per week, and spend at least 10 or 12 of my waking hours behind...
Beijing’s New Traffic Curbs Will Harm Vehicle Sales
By Chris Haak In China today, Beijing's municipal government imposed some dramatic new rules that will curtail the number of new cars that can be registered in the city starting...
Quick Drive: 2010 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
By Chris Haak Having driven several hundred new and used cars during my 17 years with a driver's license, and especially in recent years as I'm afforded the opportunity to sample...
IIHS Announces 2011 Top Safety Picks
By Chris Haak The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a nonprofit funded by member insurance companies, has released its top safety picks for 2011, and there are a large...
Toronto-Dominion Bank To Buy Chrysler Financial
By Chris Haak Toronto-Dominion, the second-largest bank in Canada based on deposits, announced today that it has acquired Chrysler Financial. Chrysler Financial has had a...
GM Displays Model-Name ADD Again, Changing Aveo to Sonic
By Chris Haak One doesn't need to dig very deeply into the history books to see that GM has shown a pattern of releasing a vehicle that - to put it kindly - did not meet...
Ford and Honda Tops In Customer Retention Study
According to the annual customer retention study conducted by J.D. Power and Associates, the Ford and Honda brands each managed to retain 62 percent of their buyers during 2010,...
Honda Further Undercuts Prius With New Base Insight
By Chris Haak Honda's second-generation Insight, which is based heavily upon the Fit's architecture, but without the conventional car's peppy drivetrain or much of its sporty...
GM, Chrysler Each Set to Add 1,000 Engineering Jobs
GM and Chrysler - yes, the same two companies that shed tens of thousands of white-collar and production employees over the past few years as both firms stumbled into bankruptcy...