Archive for September, 2009

Tired of seeing only foreign automakers’  products on the best used cars lists? If you’ve been paying attention, you’d see there are some really good American cars out there. We’ve even listed them. But they’re usually farther down the list, edged out by perennially reliable Toyotas and Hondas. That’s the bad news. [...]

By Suzanne Kane
Sometimes you just need a bigger vehicle to accommodate all the personal, family work, fun or occasional needs. With a great stable of full-size SUVs available to the discerning used car shopper, how can you possibly choose?  One way is to take note of what some of the automotive experts have to say [...]

By Suzanne Kane
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you know that sport utility vehicles or SUVs come in small, midsize and fullsize versions. Automakers – both U.S. and foreign – have really stepped up to the plate to deliver the kinds of vehicles Americans want to drive. And that includes [...]

By Suzanne Kane
Whether you consider them a crossover, small SUV or something in-between, the advent of the car-based SUVs in the late 1990s brought tons of flexibility, styling and performance to consumers looking for alternatives to station wagons or truck-based SUVs. Today there are more than a dozen different models with varying size, power and [...]

By Suzanne Kane
Looking for the best used car overall? Of course, you’ll want reliability, but also performance, safety, fuel economy, comfort and convenience and a few other considerations. According to Consumer Reports, the most reliable vehicles come from the Asian nameplates. Topping the lists are vehicles from Honda and Toyota.
The top 3 best used Japanese [...]