What’s shocking about the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s safest car list isn’t so much which cars made the list as which cars did not. You won’t find any models from the world’s largest manufaturer - Toyota — on the list. Last year Toyota had eleven models, but this year, not even the best-selling Camry made the grade. [...]
After NHTSA reports 285 fires and one potential death due to a faulty cruise control switch, Ford has decided to recall vehicles with potentially dangerous switches. Ford’s faulty cruise control switch was already the largest recall in automotive history prior to Tuesday announcement of an additional 4.5 million vehicles.
The biggest obstacle? It runs on diesel. Out of control gas prices have forced Europeans to make the switch to diesel or natural gas, so why are we lagging? Take a look at some of the great cars that Americans can’t have! Technorati Tags: fuel efficient,gas prices,economy The 65-mpg car Ford won’t sell in [...]
Ford announced a big recall today, involving 3.6 million vehicles with a faulty cruise control switch that could potentially cause a fire. This is essentially a follow-up to the January recall involving 6 mil light trucks for basically the same concern. This newest recall affects about a dozen different Ford, Lincoln and Mercury models from [...]
