Although it’s a necessity more often than not, owning a car is also a major expense. One of the biggest factors that push up your vehicle’s expenses are the tires- you can’t drive without them, your car doesn’t perform well when they aren’t in top shape, and replacements always seem to cost an arm and […]
As with every New Year, 2019 brings promise of all sorts of changes and improvements in our lives. This year, however, is particularly exciting within the automotive industry, as automakers look to continue the momentum we saw throughout 2018 and plan to release an array of groundbreaking vehicles in 2019. With sales expected to top […]
For the past decade or so, since electric-hybrid vehicles started popping up on the roads, there has been an ongoing conversation about whether or not electric vehicles actually help or harm the environment. The opposing sides both claim to have the statistics that prove their point, and to a consumer that is looking to shrink […]
This Monday, GM announced that it would be cutting roughly 14,700 jobs across North America, including here in Detroit, by means of closing some of its production plants. Although sales haven’t quite been where they were in 2016, this still comes as a surprise to many and leaves us wondering what will happen with the […]
With the temperature dropping and the first on-and-off snow flurries of Winter starting to hit Detroit, now’s the perfect time to start preparing your car for the Winter if you haven’t already. There are a handful of easy, inexpensive at-home maintenance checks and fixes pretty much anyone can do from home, regardless of their automotive […]
With the Los Angeles Auto Show opening to the public tomorrow it only seems right that this week’s article talks about the reveals with the most hype at this year’s show. In the past, the Los Angeles Auto Show has been known as more of a luxury event; high-end and performance-based vehicles and concepts are […]
For years there have been plenty of rumors and lots of hype surrounding the potential release of a new version of the Jeep Scrambler, the iconic Wrangler pickup truck many drivers remember from a few decades back. This past year, there has been more and more buzz about how Jeep was finally going to release […]
Volkswagen recently made statements that challenged Tesla’s spot as the top selling electric vehicle manufacturer in North America. The German automaker, which already is working on their line of I.D. electric vehicles that will release in the coming years, announced their plans to produce a whopping 50 million fully-electric vehicles, which will be priced significantly […]
After years of feeling like an underdog or little brother compared to Detroit’s other Big Three automakers, FCA recently announced sales numbers which beat Ford’s for the first time since 2015, and matched GM’s sales. As FCA sticks to its big-vehicle roots and consumers continue to gravitate towards larger trucks and SUVs, could we see […]
In comments responding to President Trump’s notion to essentially freeze the fuel efficiency standards put in place by the Obama administration, General Motors (GM) announced this week their proposal for emission and electrification standards for automakers through 2030. GM predicts that their proposal, which is based off of the ZEV program in California, could lead […]
