Toyota have just announced that they will recommence construction on its Mississippi plant about the same time they are going to begin producing the Corolla there late next year. 2010 Toyota Corolla Sedan With the Corolla being produced at this particular plant once again a major shift in production will occur due to the current [...]

Well, it’s pretty sad to be semi-celebrating when Lexus sales for the month of June are off by 16.68% compared to the same month in 2008; however, the sales gap in June was not nearly as pronounced as in May when year-over-year sales were off a whopping 36.37%! The fine folks at Autoblog.com recently reported [...]

Dongfeng’s Mengshi Backside of the Dongfeng Coupe The American marketplace may be sluggish right now, but manufacturers and investors are betting big on China. Not only is there a fair amount of money floating around that country–the new home of Hummer and Volvo–but China is also set to become the world’s biggest auto market in [...]

The folks at The Detroit Bureau are reporting that for the second year in a row Cadillac was the Highest Satisfaction Brand in consulting firm AutoPacific’s 13th Annual Vehicle Satisfaction Awards (VSA). While Cadillac took top brand honors, Lexus won the distinction of highest ranked vehicle in overall satisfaction, car or truck, with the Lexus LS sedan. The [...]

Remember the Yugo? When it was introduced in 1986 and priced at only $3,990, it was the epitome of the no-frills car. But it sure wasn’t alone in the 1980s, when to keep cars moving at that other turbulent time for the auto market, a number of automakers sold stripped-down, bargain versions of some of [...]

The Tata Nano, India’s equivalent of the Ford Model T a century later, finally went on sale on April 9th. And while it may not seem like much of a car to US buyers, more than 200,000 eager Indian buyers put down deposits for cars that won’t be delivered for as long as two years. [...]