In honor of Earth Day last week, the team over at Kelly Blue Book sat down to generate its annual list of the greenest cars available on the U.S. market. The list goes beyond just fuel efficiency, as the editors selected vehicles from a cross section of the overall vehicle market. Thus, the Chevrolet Silverado hybrid appears on the list along with the easy choices like the Toyota Prius and Honda Insight. In total, only six of the ten vehicles are hybrids. Two normally aspirated small cars, the Honda Fit and MINI Cooper, made the list based on highly efficient gas engines. Two German cars made the list with diesel engines, the Volkswagen Jetta TDI and the BMW 335d. Ford also made the list with both of its hybrid models, the Escape CUV and Fusion sedan.
2010 Toyota Prius
Ford Model B
Les Firestine Ford disappeared from Oakland's Auto Row many decades ago, but this promo film- apparently shown in theaters around the East Bay- makes the Deuce Coupe seem like a pretty good deal, even now.Watch as that Ford Model B flies up Fish Ranch Road (which looks exactly the same today) in top gear, and check out that cool tracking shot through the dealership- why, you can even catch a glimpse of the closer sweating a customer into signing on the line that is dotted!
Older Ford model TAURUS review
The big news for the Ford Taurus this year is that the price has dropped. The base LX is $1000 less than last year, dropping to $17,995. The upscale SE dropped $1080 to $18,995, while the SE wagon is down $1840 to $19,995. And you no longer have to pay for the mandatory emissions equipment, so that's another $170 drop off every window sticker.
Last year, Ford auto made choosing a Taurus easier by trimming the number of models available to just four: LX, SE, SE Wagon and SHO.
Ford has sold more than 4 million Tauruses since its 1986 introduction. It was the best-selling car in the U.S. from 1992 to 1996 and more than 357,000 were sold last year. The Taurus is popular in rental car fleets. And in just one year it has assumed a starring role on the booming NASCAR Winston Cup circuit.
Worst used cars and trucks
According to last year post that you like a lot, top 10 worst looking cars, I am posting new, top 10 worst used (second hand) cars and trucks.
These are used or last model cars up to like 2003/2004 not really current models on sale.
1. Ford Expedition
2. Ford F-150
3. Auto-trans BMW
4. Toyota Prius
5. Ford Focus
6. Dodge Durango
7. Ford Taurus
8. Mercury Sable
9. Older Toyotas
10. GM Dex-Cool
1. Ford Expedition,
2. Ford F-150 and Super-Duty Trucks
The Ford Motor Co. has turned an automotive backside to almost every customer complaining of a spit spark plug, leaving them the option or repairing the truck and keeping it or dumping the vehicle on the used-truck market.
More and more Ford mechanics and technicians are siding with consumers, charging that the troubled automaker is fully aware of a major flaw in Ford engines that causes the power plant to spit out spark plugs at random and without warning.
The mechanics complain that Ford is covering up the defect while squeezing and short-changing technicians and mechanics tasked with repairing the problem for Ford consumers
Many Ford models are also prone to catch fire while parked, so if you buy one, park it outside. And never leave children, pets or disabled people alone inside -- even for a minute. ...
3. BMWs with Automatic Transmissions
The complaints being filed with ConsumerAffairs.Com are similar and describe a transmission that hesitates or refuses to be shifted into reverse.
4. Toyota Prius
The growing number of complaints and problems owners of aging Prius hybrids are encountering suggest that a wary consumer ought to look long and hard before becoming the second owner of one of these hybrids.
5. Ford Focus
The Ford Focus ignition switch is among the most bitter of lemons facing consumers because its ornery behavior can recur. The switch is known to break again and again ... and sometimes even again. Consumers have complained for years, but Ford is standing firm with its corporate back turned on Focus owners.
Our advice: When you see a Focus for sale, try to focus on something else.
6. Dodge Durango
The recall of 328,424 Durango SUVs because of the risk of overheating makes the DaimlerChrysler SUV one of the most troubled vehicles for sale in the U.S. today...
7. Ford Taurus
8. Mercury Sable
There may not be much the current owner can do, but if you are looking for a low-price second-hand family sedan, stay away from the Taurus or the Sable.
There are plenty of dull, dependable cars out there. Why settle for something that's dull and undependable?
9. Toyota Engine Sludge
Summary: Be very careful buying a used Toyota. Have the engine examined and the oil tested.
10. General Motors and Dex-Cool
Secondhand General Motors products deserve attention here because ten years after GM began using Dex-Cool as an antifreeze in most of its cars and light trucks, GM car and truck owners continue to complain that the coolant corrodes and clogs radiators and radiator caps, erodes water pumps, rots radiator hoses, causes chronic overheating and engine damage while leading to leaky engine gaskets.
Dex-Cool is now used in almost 40 million vehicles sold by GM since 1996.
Consumers looking at used General Motors vehicles should pay additional attention to the engine and have an trusted mechanic examine the cooling systems and engine gaskets....
1. Ford Expedition
2. Ford F-150
3. Auto-trans BMW
4. Toyota Prius
5. Ford Focus
6. Dodge Durango
7. Ford Taurus
8. Mercury Sable
9. Older Toyotas
10. GM Dex-Cool
1. Ford Expedition,
2. Ford F-150 and Super-Duty Trucks
The Ford Motor Co. has turned an automotive backside to almost every customer complaining of a spit spark plug, leaving them the option or repairing the truck and keeping it or dumping the vehicle on the used-truck market.
More and more Ford mechanics and technicians are siding with consumers, charging that the troubled automaker is fully aware of a major flaw in Ford engines that causes the power plant to spit out spark plugs at random and without warning.
The mechanics complain that Ford is covering up the defect while squeezing and short-changing technicians and mechanics tasked with repairing the problem for Ford consumers
Many Ford models are also prone to catch fire while parked, so if you buy one, park it outside. And never leave children, pets or disabled people alone inside -- even for a minute. ...
3. BMWs with Automatic Transmissions
The complaints being filed with ConsumerAffairs.Com are similar and describe a transmission that hesitates or refuses to be shifted into reverse.
4. Toyota Prius
The growing number of complaints and problems owners of aging Prius hybrids are encountering suggest that a wary consumer ought to look long and hard before becoming the second owner of one of these hybrids.
5. Ford Focus
The Ford Focus ignition switch is among the most bitter of lemons facing consumers because its ornery behavior can recur. The switch is known to break again and again ... and sometimes even again. Consumers have complained for years, but Ford is standing firm with its corporate back turned on Focus owners.
Our advice: When you see a Focus for sale, try to focus on something else.
6. Dodge Durango
The recall of 328,424 Durango SUVs because of the risk of overheating makes the DaimlerChrysler SUV one of the most troubled vehicles for sale in the U.S. today...
7. Ford Taurus
8. Mercury Sable
There may not be much the current owner can do, but if you are looking for a low-price second-hand family sedan, stay away from the Taurus or the Sable.
There are plenty of dull, dependable cars out there. Why settle for something that's dull and undependable?
9. Toyota Engine Sludge
Summary: Be very careful buying a used Toyota. Have the engine examined and the oil tested.
10. General Motors and Dex-Cool
Secondhand General Motors products deserve attention here because ten years after GM began using Dex-Cool as an antifreeze in most of its cars and light trucks, GM car and truck owners continue to complain that the coolant corrodes and clogs radiators and radiator caps, erodes water pumps, rots radiator hoses, causes chronic overheating and engine damage while leading to leaky engine gaskets.
Dex-Cool is now used in almost 40 million vehicles sold by GM since 1996.
Consumers looking at used General Motors vehicles should pay additional attention to the engine and have an trusted mechanic examine the cooling systems and engine gaskets....
Also, visit this consumer reprt about worst cars and trucks, to be sure what I am talking about.
Coming soon: best and worst cars, ever!
Chinese Lamborghini DIABLO
This is realy funny and interesting, actuly I crashed my glass laughing when I sow this: Chinese Lamborgini made from some nissan or something:)
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