Last summer as we were experiencing the new Scion iM and iA, we learned about the philosophy of selling cars to buyers without actually “selling them”. This means no more high pressure tactics or gimmicky freebies. Carvana has a similar outlook to car sales, having built a system that works like an intelligent vending machine. […]
3 Basic Ways to Keep Your Ride Looking Fresh
December 18, 2015 by
If you’re driving an older car, you have lots of company. The research firm IHS says the average age of U.S. cars on the road today is about 11-12 years. Keeping your old car looking fresh helps it gain more character even as it gets older. You also want it to perform like it did […]
Gift that Keeps on Giving – A Home Battery
December 16, 2015 by
Tesla and Mercedes-Benz are expanding their lithium-ion technology into your homes with these home battery units (a.k.a. private energy storage plants). They can be charged in a number of ways, but would work particularly well with an existing roof full of solar panels. They function well as a backup power supply in outages and can also help […]
Scion C-HR Concept – Weirdly Cool in a Good Way
November 19, 2015 by
This week at the LA Auto Show, Scion has unveiled their C-HR Concept – which has brought on a lot of question from us. So we decided to answer them ourselves – just because we can. Okay, so isn’t this a lot like the crossover that Toyota showed at the Paris Auto Show last year? […]
James Franco, Jaleel White and a Dealership Tube Man Kick Off the Largest Marketing Campaign for Scion
September 15, 2015 by
This isn’t a joke… but do you know what James Franco, Jaleel White, max museum Steve Urkel, Urbasm and a dealership tube man have in common? Give up? We’re all in love with the new Scion iM and iA. Yeah, after we test drove these cars earlier this summer, we were not only impressed with what […]
2016 Toyota Prius Preview – The Furious and Fuel Efficient
September 9, 2015 by
Making a splash in the automotive world takes more than just a few droplets of water, and last night Toyota packaged up three such drops within the backdrop of the neon lights of the Las Vegas Blvd and crossed their fingers as over 350 journalists and professionals baked under the dry evening heat listening to […]
2016 Toyota Prius World Premier [Live Link]
September 6, 2015 by
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On Tuesday, September 8 at 9PM PT Toyota will be unveiling their all-new 2016 Prius in Las Vegas. If you’d like to join us next to the stage, you can watch the live show through the link below. We’ll see you there!
Top Gear’s Rutledge Wood Talks Cars, Road Trips and Being a Man
August 4, 2015 by
Rutledge Wood is the kind of television personality that you just instantly like. He is genuine, funny, car-obsessed and is the one person you’d want to have as your wingman at an auto show. This guy is a host of the History Channel’s Top Gear (US) and Lost in Transmission. He is an NBC correspondent at NASCAR, […]
2016 Scion iM Review – We’d Buy One for $20,000
June 30, 2015 by
We had the opportunity to test drive the all new Scion iM and iA in Malibu last week (iA review coming soon). However, rather than make you sort through the details to get to the big picture, we thought we’d leave you with the short version right off the bat. Would we purchase a Scion […]
2016 Infiniti QX30 – When Execution Overcomes Brute Power
June 25, 2015 by
There are only a few worthy reasons to take a vehicle from concept form to production. In Infiniti’s case, it has “less to do with size or power, [and] more to do with distinctive design and outstanding execution.” And Infiniti has made a great point with that comment. The Q30 compact crossover understands today’s generation […]