Posts by Chris Haak
Death Wish? Buy a Brilliance BS6
Last week, photos and video started circulating online of the horrific crash test results of the Chinese Brilliance BS6 sedan. The car was tested using the well-recognized...
Is the smart Too Smart for the US?
By Chris Haak06.25.2007The smart , a diminutive "city car" produced by Daimler, is going to make its official US sales debut in the first quarter of 2008, to be sold by United...
Beware of the Fleet Queens
By Chris Haak06.24.2007Yesterday, I came across some interesting data on fleet sales as a percentage of total sales for each car and truck sold in the US for the first half of the...
The Ten Best Chryslers of the Past 25 Years
For the Ten Worst Chryslers of the past 25 Years, click here. These are in no particular order. Chrysler 300/Dodge Charger/Dodge Magnum (2005-present) The LX cars are probably...
The Ten Worst Chrysler Vehicles of the Past 25 Years
For the Ten Best Chrysler Vehicles of the Past 25 Years, click here. These are in no particular order. Eagle Premier (1998-1992)/Dodge Monaco (1990-1992) The Eagle Premier and...
Is Saturn Really a Success Story?
When GM sends out their press release each month with the prior month’s sales results, they (like other automakers) try to spin the positive and downplay the negative (“our...
75% of Americans Favor 40 mpg by 2010? Really?
On Wednesday, an organization called the Civil Society institute, which advocates a 40 miles per gallon CAFE standard for US vehicles by 2010, issued a press release that has been...
The E85 Road Test
A friend of mine bought a 2007 Chevy Avalanche LTZ a few weeks ago. He really likes his new truck, and doesn’t even complain about its gas mileage. According to him, it’s...
Time for a New Engine Design Paradigm?
I just read a story on Autoblog about Hartley Enterprises’ new 2.8 liter 75 degree V8 engine. It’s a combination of two Suzuki Hayabusa four cylinder motorcycle engines. The...