smart IS SELLING EVERYWHERE

Roger Penske, Mercedes-Benz' chosen importer for their smart fortwo city car, sounds very excited about the long-term prospects for th...

BHP FIGURES TO JAR YOU

Yesterday , The Good Car Guy showcased three nice vehicles with shockingly large vehicles. Volkswagen's Passat Wagon, Toyota's full...

CHEVROLET HAS HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR THE TRAVERSE

Badge engineering, the forming of multiple automobiles from the same foundation while adjusting the fascias and switching the logo, is aliv...

FORD, POLAND & THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

Get this: Ford Motor Company is an American automotive production business. The Ka is a small car, two sizes down from the Focus, that this...

CHRYSLER UK RETHINKS ITS BUSINESS

Simon Elliott, the boss at Chrysler's UK branch, wants something better. Since returning to the UK after a couple years managing Chrysl...

THE RUSSIAN CAMRY

Oh , America moans and groans and protests when Vladimir Putin exercizes far-reaching authority in Russia. True, Russia isn't a big fan ...

GERMANY vs JAPAN - luxury

In March of 2007, the trio of Japanese luxury marques - Acura, Lexus, and Infiniti - reached total US auto sales of 59,718.  That is more t...

PSEUDO-AMERICAN LUXURY

Ford Motor Company's remaining luxury brands post -Land Rover/Jaguar sale form a duo that is eerily similar to General Motors' uppe...

VALUE BRAND SALES IN MARCH

The Good Car Guy r eviewed March auto sales in the States , took a look at how Volvo pushes older models in Canada , continued with a numer...

LAND OF OWNERSHIP: BRITISH BADGES

Brits still tighten the lugnuts and stitch the leather. The pride is still resident in the United Kingdom. In some ways, so much has change...

FORD DECIDES QUALITY TOYOTA-LIKE

Politicians use more than CNN or USAToday polls to decipher the mood of the nation. Dick Morris is one such famous pollster who works direc...

VW.CA TALKS AUTOBAHN AND $$$

Volkswagen feels that autobahn  is at the core of each and every... er, Volkswagen. There's a fair degree of sense here. Volkswagen is ...

WHERE THE BMW X6 SITS $$$-WISE

BMW has taken some heat - from here and other sources - for the effort it has taken to introduce an uglified X5. Not only is the X6 odd-loo...

SIGNS OF THE TIMES - General Motors

It seems as though the land underneath some car dealerships is worth more to dealer principals than the idea of continuing to sell vehicles...

AUDI BOOMS IN CHINA & RUSSIA

Audi's four rings seem to be quite the hit under China's five stars. During the first three months of 2008 Volkswagen's German ...

SKODA COMES TO NORTH AMERICA

To make this story as multicultural as possible, let's start from the beginning. The Good Car Girl's cousin and his wife are cruisi...

STRUGGLING CONVERTIBLES

April is almost half gone and the first quarter of what many called a "bad winter" in North America is in the distant past. Shoul...

HORSEPOWER per CC - Diesel & Gas

Mercedes-Benz recently introduced a strong four-cylinder diesel powerplant. It's not unusual for a German luxury automaker to introduce...

NISSAN & CHRYSLER - Pros and Cons

Nissan , a large Japanese automobile manufacturer which has at the heart of its North American product line the Altima and Sentra in additio...

COUPEIZING GOOD SEDANS

Turning your garden variety sedan into a two-door coupe isn't a simple chop job. Automakers rightly assume that the coupe buyer needs t...