November, 2016 - Car Reporters

30Nov

By Carl DurrekNo Comments

Buick

A Wagon with a European Flair

Wagons haven’t been popular on the market for years, but the fact that the compact SUVs are no larger than a wagon and some wagons have the drive you want to enjoy has made it possible for some wagons to make it on the market and even be introduced as new models. What type of driving do you want on a wagon? You want to have a European style of driving, which means you need a car that can deliver this if you have a wagon. Thankfully, Buick will bring you the Regal Wagon which is the Opel Insignia Country Tourer with new badging on it to give you the drive you want. (more…)

30Nov

By Emma SchmidtNo Comments

News

Do You Know how to Load a Trailer?

When you have a vehicle that can haul a trailer you’ve given yourself a fantastic advantage on the road or trails over other vehicles that don’t have the ability to pull a trailer behind them. This means you can help move your friend’s stuff with just your truck, bring home a load of materials for the weekend project or take extra gear that you need with you when camping to the campsite. This also gives you the ability to pull a trailer with a boat on it or a couple jet skis, but those items aren’t the subject of this article so we’ll leave them out of the conversation. (more…)

29Nov

By Manny BatemanNo Comments

Jeep

Find a Way

When something is needed to improve lives and give people new items that will help give them more time back, create a convenient way to perform tasks or to just be better than what is already in production, there needs to be someone willing to find a way to bring the item to the masses. Jeep is an American company that has a global reach with their off road read vehicles that are perfect for tackling nearly every terrain and many companies around the world have taken Jeep models and made something new out of them to fit the performance needs they have. (more…)

Forget the Fact the Gas Prices are Down; Plug-Ins are Up

29Nov

By Nathan EhingerNo Comments

News

Forget the Fact the Gas Prices are Down; Plug-Ins are Up

Over the past few years the price of gas at the pump has dramatically decreased to make it more affordable than a decade ago to drive your vehicle on the road. This has raised at least one question and that is whether or not the market for EV models and hybrids would continue to be strong. With a wide variety of these vehicles on the road and the fact that you can now enjoy ranges that are better than ever the EV market is actually experiencing strong numbers over the past several months. (more…)

28Nov

By Carl DurrekNo Comments

Chevrolet

The Off-Road Enthusiast 4×4

We’ve talked often about driving purists and how much they tend to hate the automation of everything, even so much as to want the manual transmission to live on much longer. While this group can complain about their electronic aids that make it easier for everyone to hit the track with confidence, the off-road enthusiasts that have been driving forever have similar complaints to lodge. Their complaints are more about terrain assistance technology which makes it so their vehicles do a vast majority of the work in an off road setting, taking the control virtually out of their hands. (more…)

28Nov

By Rocco PennNo Comments

News

The One Factor that Matters

Like it or not, the one single factor that matters the most for your driving, no matter where you’re doing your driving, is your tires. The tires are what touches the road and makes contact which means you need to have the right tires for the job. This is why there are so many different tires that you can have on your vehicle to give you the right traction and capabilities wherever you need it to be. It important you make sure the tires you have are made to give you the performance you want, especially if you choose to head onto terrain that requires it. (more…)

Before Its Release New Plans are in Place

22Nov

By Nathan EhingerNo Comments

Hyundai

Before Its Release New Plans are in Place

Industry and technology are moving a faster pace than they ever have before. It used to be that an automaker could introduce a new model on the market and expect it to be the one that leads the way for a few years before all other automakers caught up, but that’s no longer the case. The market is changing every year and before a vehicle ever makes it to the showroom plans are already in place to make changes to improve what that vehicle is and how it performs because that’s the speed of the competition and everyone has to keep up. (more…)

22Nov

By Emma SchmidtNo Comments

News

Can You Get Work Done in a PHEV?

There haven’t been any successful pickup trucks that have been made has plug-in hybrid electric models on the road yet, but one may be on its way very soon. While this pickup won’t come from your typical truck manufacturer, a new one is creating a truck that you will consider to be a great truck that can get the job done that you need. This new truck will be one that you can easily admire and will come to you at a fairly reasonable price when you want to have a truck that is perfect for business needs. (more…)

21Nov

By Manny BatemanNo Comments

Volkswagen

Exciting News for the Volkswagen I.D.

September was the month for Volkswagen to pull itself out of the gutter that was caused by the diesel scandal from only a year ago. What happened in September? Volkswagen came to the Paris Motor Show with a vehicle concept that looks like it’s ready to hit the production line right away and be a great new model for us to drive and enjoy. The new Volkswagen I.D. concept showed us the beginning of the commitment from this company to be a leader in EV technology and offer us the vehicles we want to enjoy on the road. In this way, Volkswagen is correcting errors from its past. (more…)

Faraday Future Has Tesla in its Cross Hairs

21Nov

By Carl DurrekNo Comments

News

Faraday Future Has Tesla in its Cross Hairs

There’s no doubting the fact that Faraday Future is looking to be a leader in the EV market and this is before they even put one vehicle on the road. The only vehicle we’ve seen all of from this company so far is the FFZERO1 which is a concept supercar that could be a track ready sports car that will ride fast and offer a long range. While this supercar is certainly admirable a car that can actually challenge Tesla is what Faraday Future has in store for us now. The latest car that will be offered from this EV automaker is one that will resemble the Tesla Model X. (more…)