Posted in Auto News on Apr 28th, 2010
For their third annual green car-friendly cities list, Kicking Tires used data from a nationwide audience. Using info from cars.com, cities were ranked according to the number of potential buyers in the area who searched for hybrid cars, trucks or SUVs while looking for new vehicles within the past year.
Many Southern cities fell to the [...]
Posted in Auto News on Apr 26th, 2010
A family-owned Atlanta-based Volkswagen dealership is partnering with an automotive industry expert to introduce OdoClub, an unusual dealership rewards program that rewards customers every time they drive.
Jim Ellis Volkswagen General Manager Rodney Woods said the dealership is partnering with 30-year auto industry consultant Danny Alkassmi, the founder of OdoClub — the only program that lets [...]
Posted in Auto News on Apr 23rd, 2010
Ford says its new AppLink — a program that that lets drivers use voice commands to access smartphone apps — is a response to its customers’ requests for a way to keep their hands on the wheel while while they use voice commands to access smartphone apps.
Next year, the hands-free system will be available on [...]
Posted in Auto News on Apr 16th, 2010
Some of the world’s most curvaceous cars were on display recently during the opening — or preview — of the Mullin Automotive Museum in Oxnard, Calif.
Bugattis, Delages, Delahayes, Talbot-Lagos (like the one pictured up top), Voisins and Hispano-Suizas are showcased throughout the 50,000-square-foot facility. In all, there are more than 100 vintage cars on display.
Previously, [...]
Posted in Auto News, OdoClub News on Apr 13th, 2010
A family-owned El Cajon-based Cadillac dealership is partnering with an automotive industry expert to introduce OdoClub, an unusual dealership rewards program that rewards customers every time they drive.
De La Fuente Cadillac General Sales Manager Rick Rodriguez said the dealership is partnering with 30-year auto industry consultant Danny Alkassmi, founder of OdoClub, the only dealership loyalty [...]
Posted in Auto News on Apr 6th, 2010
The Volkswagen Beetle is set to make another comeback. This will be the Bug’s second return — the first was in 1998. (Digital image of what the next-gen VW Beetle may look like.)
And although it will still look like the original Beetle — rounded hood, round headlamps and tail lamps, and separate fenders covering [...]