Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog » 3WTP http://blog.dealerdex.com powered by DealerDex.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:33:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 What’s Wrong With This Picture: That’s Riich Edition http://blog.dealerdex.com/what%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-this-picture-that%e2%80%99s-riich-edition/ http://blog.dealerdex.com/what%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-this-picture-that%e2%80%99s-riich-edition/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:32:25 +0000 The Truth About Cars http://blog.dealerdex.com/what%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-this-picture-that%e2%80%99s-riich-edition/

We got a good giggle (and several excellent limericks) out of Chery’s Bentley-aping Riich brand logo back in March, so we thought we’d show off a peek at what qualifies as upmarket for Chery. Priced at about $8,165, the Riich X1 makes do with an 84 hp, 1.3 liter engine which motivates the tiny crossover

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]]> http://blog.dealerdex.com/what%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-this-picture-that%e2%80%99s-riich-edition/feed/ 0 What’s Wrong With This Picture: Mahindra MIA Edition http://blog.dealerdex.com/what%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-this-picture-mahindra-mia-edition/ http://blog.dealerdex.com/what%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-this-picture-mahindra-mia-edition/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:14:01 +0000 The Truth About Cars http://blog.dealerdex.com/what%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-this-picture-mahindra-mia-edition/

Autoblog ran this picture purporting to show the locations of future dealers of Mahindra and Mahindra pickup trucks. This piqued our interest because we’ve been curious to see how the Indian firm’s plans to bring diesel-only compact pickups and SUVs to the US market would play out for some time. Over a year ago Mahindra

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]]> http://blog.dealerdex.com/what%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-this-picture-mahindra-mia-edition/feed/ 0 What’s Wrong With This Picture: Tomorrow’s Award Today Edition http://blog.dealerdex.com/what%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-this-picture-tomorrow%e2%80%99s-award-today-edition/ http://blog.dealerdex.com/what%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-this-picture-tomorrow%e2%80%99s-award-today-edition/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:12:49 +0000 The Truth About Cars http://blog.dealerdex.com/what%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-this-picture-tomorrow%e2%80%99s-award-today-edition/

Time Magazine goes ahead and gives an unproven, unavailable vehicle a “Best Invention of 2009″ award.

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]]> http://blog.dealerdex.com/what%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-this-picture-tomorrow%e2%80%99s-award-today-edition/feed/ 0 What’s Wrong With This Picture: Onstar Puts Us At Ease Edition http://blog.dealerdex.com/what%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-this-picture-onstar-puts-us-at-ease-edition/ http://blog.dealerdex.com/what%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-this-picture-onstar-puts-us-at-ease-edition/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:36:37 +0000 The Truth About Cars http://blog.dealerdex.com/what%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-this-picture-onstar-puts-us-at-ease-edition/

OnStar’s Privacy & Compliance Officer Jane Speelman has an “I can’t let you do that Dave” moment in a Fastlane webchat titled “Onstar Debunks Privacy Misconceptions.” Yikes!

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]]> http://blog.dealerdex.com/what%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-this-picture-onstar-puts-us-at-ease-edition/feed/ 0 What’s Wrong With This Picture: The Standard of the World Edition http://blog.dealerdex.com/what%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-this-picture-the-standard-of-the-world-edition/ http://blog.dealerdex.com/what%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-this-picture-the-standard-of-the-world-edition/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:03:53 +0000 The Truth About Cars http://blog.dealerdex.com/what%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-this-picture-the-standard-of-the-world-edition/

Celebritycarsblog.com commentator sunbeam shows that the first cut isn’t always the deepest: “Cadillacs are for old people, or in the this case, maybe just people that are old news.” Ouch.

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Customers in this segment want emotional appeal, sporty design and dynamic driving properties. The S60 has it all. We are convinced that it will be one of the strongest contenders around Volvo CEO Stephen Odell explains in the press release for the new S60 why people who buy 3 Series sedans don’t cross-shop Volvo… and why

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]]> http://blog.dealerdex.com/what%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-this-picture-bmw-by-volvo-edition/feed/ 0 Are Easy-to-Recycle Cars Less Durable? http://blog.dealerdex.com/are-easy-to-recycle-cars-less-durable/ http://blog.dealerdex.com/are-easy-to-recycle-cars-less-durable/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:54:06 +0000 The Truth About Cars http://blog.dealerdex.com/are-easy-to-recycle-cars-less-durable/

In tune with the times, automakers are making their vehicles easier to recycle. But is this effort making the vehicles less durable?  Look at the designs Toyota put into the Prius to make it easy to dismantle for recycling (to comply with the Japanese recyclability laws). Wiring connections that come loose when you pull on them?

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]]> http://blog.dealerdex.com/are-easy-to-recycle-cars-less-durable/feed/ 0 Kirkland Signature Nano? http://blog.dealerdex.com/kirkland-signature-nano/ http://blog.dealerdex.com/kirkland-signature-nano/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:34:31 +0000 The Truth About Cars http://blog.dealerdex.com/kirkland-signature-nano/

The Economic Times of India reports that Tata is considering offering knock-down kits of its Nano microcar and allowing franchisees to offer the world’s cheapest car as a private-label brand. The move is being considered as Tata’s dedicated Nano plant is still ramping up to its 350k unit annual production level, and the company is

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]]> http://blog.dealerdex.com/kirkland-signature-nano/feed/ 0 What’s Wrong With This Picture: Flunked in Forida Edition http://blog.dealerdex.com/what%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-this-picture-flunked-in-forida-edition/ http://blog.dealerdex.com/what%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-this-picture-flunked-in-forida-edition/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:48:40 +0000 The Truth About Cars http://blog.dealerdex.com/what%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-this-picture-flunked-in-forida-edition/

A US District Judge has ruled that South Carolina’s proposed “I Believe” license plate (modeled on the already-banned Florida model, above) violates the First Amendment’s establishment clause.

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]]> http://blog.dealerdex.com/what%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-this-picture-flunked-in-forida-edition/feed/ 0 What’s Wrong With This Picture: Onward & Upward…? http://blog.dealerdex.com/what%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-this-picture-onward-upward%e2%80%a6/ http://blog.dealerdex.com/what%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-this-picture-onward-upward%e2%80%a6/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:05:41 +0000 The Truth About Cars http://blog.dealerdex.com/what%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-this-picture-onward-upward%e2%80%a6/

What can we learn about GM’s R&D from the direction of the arrows in the departmental graphic identity…?

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