Toyota’s top-quality reputation is tarnished these days because of a rash of safety recalls. But that’s not stopping the Toyota Camry from outselling all other cars in the country.
In fact, sales this calendar year of the Camry, a perennially popular family sedan over the years, total nearly 190,000 and are up 2.8 percent through the first seven months of 2010 compared with the year-earlier period.
For years, the Camry has been a sedan known as a smart buy because of its popularity, reliability and class-leading quality. For 2010, the “smart buy” …

For most of 2009, car dealers had more cars than they could sell.  Now, the opposite is true.
“With Ford, General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC kicking a decades-long habit of building more cars than customers want, dealers are howling that they can’t get enough models to drive sales back to pre-recession levels,” reports  Businessweek. “This newfound discipline preserves the automakers’ profit per vehicle and draws praise from investors. At the same time, it cuts retailers’ volumes.”
If you’re shopping for a new car, getting the one you want can be …

With Ford trimming the fat on its other divisions and axing Mercury, higher end Lincoln is now free to move about the cabin according to an article published Monday by motor authority’s Viknesh Vijayenthian.
Now on its own, Lincoln is free to transform its lineup into the upscale of the future according to the article.  What may we see from this creative upheaval?  According to Viknesh, we may actually be seeing a progression toward the smaller car market on Lincoln’s part, or at least a few new small cars to accompany …

And here we go.  Chevrolet’s previous forays into the small car market were less than successful, but with a first drive from autoblog out it looks like the GM company may actually have something going here.
Lets face it, small cars are not necessarily the forte of the American auto company.  Until that’s been left to the foreign makes.  However, recent offerings like the Ford Fiesta and the 2011 Cruze, it may actually look like a payoff for them and a good buy for you if you’re looking for a worthwhile …

MSNBC reported Sunday that Toyota is at the recall game again, pulling over 412,000 passenger cars in the US.  Most of the recalls are for 2000 to 2004 Toyota Avalons, which have been found to have improper casting for the steering lock bar.
The problem with the casting can cause the bar to break, which can potentially lock up the steering wheel and lead to a collision.  According to the article only three crashes have been reported in the US with the improper casting to blame.  In each of the crashes, …