KBB 2012 Best Resale Value awards dominated by Toyota

Filed under: Car Buying , Audi , Chevrolet , Chrysler , Ford , Honda , Jeep , Lexus , Toyota Kelley Blue Book has announced the company’s 2012 Best Resale Value Awards. The honors are handed out based on projections crafted by the KBB staff of automotive analysts for cars and trucks expected to retain the largest percentage of their original list price after five years. For 2012, KBB has named Toyota as the best resale brand with Lexus taking the top honor in the luxury brand category. There aren’t any surprises there, and the list of individual winners isn’t likely to shake anyone’s tree either

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Consumer Reports picks side in V6 pony car wars

Filed under: Car Buying , Coupe , Performance , Chevrolet , Ford 2011 Ford Mustang V6 – Click above for high-res image gallery If you’ve found yourself stuck on the fence between the sultry styling of the Chevrolet Camaro V6 and the downright impressive sports car performance of the Ford Mustang V6, Consumer Reports may just have something to help you make up your mind one way or the other. Those responsible for some of the most aggressive consumer testing in the industry have awarded the Blue Oval a ‘Very Good’ road test score while the Bowtie was saddled with a mere ‘Good’ rating. The testers went so far as to say that picking the six-pot in the Mustang didn’t take too much away from the car’s fun factor, while doing the same in the Camaro did. That’s no surprise to us

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Daily U-Turn: What you missed on 9.7.10

First Drive: 2011 Hyundai Equus The Hyundai Equus isn’t Phaeton Part Deux – it’s the ultimate value proposition. Consumer Reports picks side in V6 pony car wars If you’re debating between the sultry styling of the Chevrolet Camaro V6 and the downright impressive sports car performance of the Ford Mustang V6, CR has something to make up your mind. 2011 Bentley Continental GT arrives with new design, optional V8 The Continental GT goes under the knife and comes back with new sheetmetal and an optional V8. Also of interest: Scion tC to get TRD performance version?

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Autoblog Podcast #175 – Bob Lutz joins in

Filed under: Concept Cars , Podcasts , Etc. , Audi , BMW , Buick , Cadillac , Chevrolet , Ford , GM , Subaru , Earnings/Financials , Celebrities , Design/Style Click above for the Autoblog Podcast in iTunes, RSS or listen now! Chris Shunk, Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Paukert and Dan Roth are joined by the car executive we all wish we could be when we grow up, General Motors Vice Chairman Bob Lutz. After an hour of peppering Bob with questions about his career, we come away better informed as to where the man stands on the industry’s future, how GM will fare, his favorite concept cars, what he plans to do in his retirement, and – pivotally – how to get your wife to let you buy a MiG fighter jet. It’s a hour and thirteen minutes of class lecture from Mr

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V6 Throwdown: Motor Trend pits Hyundai Genesis against 2011 Mustang, 2010 Camaro and Challenger

Filed under: Coupe , Budget , Performance , Chevrolet , Chrysler , Dodge , Ford , GM , Hyundai , By the Numbers Hyundai Genesis 3.8 Track – Click above for high-res image gallery By now, we’ve all read the various incarnations of the muscle car shoot-out, which means that had the crew from Motor Trend decided to simply line up the V6 versions of the 2010 Dodge Challenger , 2010 Chevrolet Camaro and 2011 Ford Mustang against one another, odds are you could have picked the podium without breaking a sweat (or reading the article). And that’s why we’re guessing the editors decided to throw in the Hyundai Genesis Coupe for spice. At first glance, this feels like the easiest game of “which one doesn’t belong” ever played, but on closer inspection, the Genesis 3.8 looks right at home among Michigan’s Neapolitan pack of muscle cars. The Hyundai boasts 305 horsepower from its sizable V6, which is more than any of the big domestics

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