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First of all we'd like to state the obvious: Gasoline prices were low. Although OPEC’s September announcement to restrict oil production hiked pump prices during the final quarter, the nationwide average price for regular has yet to top $2.40 per gallon. Back in February 2016, retail prices fell as low as $1.72. Low interest rates continued to keep financing and leasing attractive. Through the third quarter of 2016, 86 percent of all new-car buyers financed in some capacity, at average rates of 2.6 percent and 3.6 percent for the two top credit tiers, and the national aver...
Questions about Uber's driver screening aren't about to go away any time soon. A Dallas woman is suing Uber and Honda after her ridesharing driver ran a red light, leading to a crash that left her paralyzed from the chest down. The lawsuit alleges that the parties involved (including the driver and the Odyssey minivan's owner) not only didn't provide adequate safety, but let the driver operate the vehicle without insurance. He had also been arrested for drug and gambling charges that should have been red flags, according to the suit. An Uber attorney had no comment. ...
The F-series, best known for the popular F-150, has been America’s best-selling truck for the 40 consecutive years since its launch. Ford says it’s sold more than 26 million since the model line came out in 1977. The F-series has also been the best-selling vehicle of any kind in America for 35 years, the company said. Ford has sold 818,580 of the trucks in the years since it launched the F-series. It started with the F-100 as a base truck back in 1977, and replaced it with the F-150 in 1984. The evolution of the F-series followed changes in how people perceived and used ...
Donald Trump, the new US president threatened to levy a “big limit tax” on Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles build in Mexico. The new elected president also threatened General Motors and Ford Motor Co. who planned on opening new plants in Baja, Mexico. He wants these companies to enlarge their plants here in US. In his tweet, Trump appears to upset Toyota’s skeleton for a $1 billion plant in Guanajuato, Mexico, with a existent bureau in Baja, a western Mexico shred that abuts California. The Baja plant in Tijuana builds a Toyota Tacoma pickup, while a designed Guanajuato...
BMW vehicles which have an electric motor and battery are now approximately 1 out of every 16 BMW USA passenger car sales (6.4% of such sales). The sales include BMW i3, BMW i8 and BMW 330e models. The BMW X5 xDrive 40e was not included in this calculation since it falls under BMW’s light trucks category — it accounts for 4.3% of that category’s sales. Overall, that means plug-in cars accounted for 5.55% of all BMW brand sales in the US in November. BMW, Nissan, and GM are often identified as the Big Auto companies most focused on advancing electric cars in th...
