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2014 Automobile Magazine All-Stars Announced

Submitted by AutoBuying101.c... on April 10, 2014 - 4:26pm
2014 Audi RS7 - Automobile Magazine All-Star

Every year the editorial staff of Automobile Magazine reviews all of the passenger vehicles in America and votes for their favorites. The votes are tallied and the Automobile All-Stars list is created. The magazine states that there is no specific criteria for selecting the winners, the staff simply chooses their favorite vehicles. For 2014, they rounded up all ten of the chosen winners and took them on an epic road trip.

Automobile Magazine Automobile of the Year – 2014 Corvette Stingray

Submitted by AutoBuying101.c... on November 29, 2013 - 5:30pm
2014 Corvette Stingray Automobile of the Year

With 2013 coming to a close and 2014 just over a month away Automobile Magazine has named the 2014 Chevrolette Corvette Stingray the Automobile of the Year. The new Stingray has been a favorite of automotive enthusiasts since it was launched earlier this year.

Automobile Magazine names Tesla Model S Automobile of the Year

Submitted by Gordon Blau on November 5, 2012 - 12:34pm
Tesla Model S

In what surely must be considered a surprise choice, Automobile Magazine has named the all-electric Tesla Model S its Automobile of the Year for 2013. It’s not the first electric car so honored - the range-extended Chevrolet Volt won in 2011 - but with only 250 of the Model S having been delivered to actual customers, this upstart startup is barely even an infant when compared to the rest of the automaking world.

This Week In Blurbs

Submitted by Gordon Blau on July 27, 2012 - 9:14am
This Week In Blurbs

Here are stories from this week that are interesting, odd, entertaining, and/or of remotely tangential interest to the auto buyer, in blurbs:

Cadillac ATS - Ready To Tackle BMW?

Submitted by Gordon Blau on July 23, 2012 - 11:22am
Cadillac ATS

We mentioned the Cadillac ATS in a previous post, but due to a press embargo, there were no road tests released yet. Until today, that is. Embargo lifted, the reviews came flooding in today. The verdict? It looks as though Cadillac has a winner on their hands.

Compacts are the volume sellers in the premium segment, and for Cadillac to continue their renaissance, they badly need a winner here.

This Week in Blurbs

Submitted by Gordon Blau on July 20, 2012 - 6:16am
This Week in Blurbs
Here are stories from this week that are interesting, odd, entertaining, and/or of remotely tangential interest to the auto buyer, in blurbs:
 
  • The European version of the upcoming FIAT 500L includes an optional espresso maker. Why do they get to have all the fun?

Do Poor Sellers Mean Great Deals?

Submitted by Gordon Blau on July 17, 2012 - 10:17am
Deal or No Deal?

When we hear that a car is not selling particularly well, our spidey senses start tingling. Our intuition is that when they're not moving metal, there are probably going to be great deals available.

Automobile magazine recently published an article called The Best Cars That Nobody Buys. They looked at eight very competent and seemingly desirable vehicles, offering some analysis on why these cars may not be selling.

Let's take it one step further and see if, in reality, there are great deals to be had on these eight poor-selling cars.

Strippers!

Submitted by Gordon Blau on May 15, 2012 - 3:35pm

Oh please, get your mind out of the gutter. Sorry, we’re not talking about exotic dancers, but if it’s any consolation we are talking about cars that have the, shall we say, bare minimum of standard equipment.

The concept of strippers has seemed to become very nearly obsolete these days. Indeed in the subcompact and compact ranges, cars that were once considered purely entry level vehicles, it is now possible to get levels of comfort and high end features that were once the province of luxury brands only. Likewise, there once was a time long ago when pickup trucks were purely utilitarian, before Cowboy Cadillac entered the lexicon.