Helping you become a better informed new- and used-car shopper
The competition for World Car of the Year has narrowed again. And 17 still are in the running in six award categories, three for the top prize. Finalists were announced at the Geneva International Motor Show in Switzerland in the…
Not everyone buys a NEW vehicle. In fact, franchise car dealers, alone, sell millions of used, or pre-owned, vehicles each year, while non-franchise dealers and private parties sell many millions more. But even then, shoppers are looking for much the…
New or used? It’s a vexing question. Whether ’tis smarter in the mind for vehicle shoppers … oh, you get the point, even if William Shakespeare wasn’t thinking of cars when he wrote Hamlet. You have a big choice to…
Quality AND value. Two things most of us want in our vehicles. That’s true whether we’re shopping for a new or pre-owned car, truck, SUV or minivan. Still, it’s not always easy to find those qualities, especially if you’re doing…
Look behind the numbers. The subcompact Chevrolet Spark may be Kelley Blue Book’s five-year, cost-to-own overall winner but that doesn’t mean shoppers should automatically pass on other brands and models. The Toyota Yaris iA and Nissan Versa, for example, finished…
And then there were … 31. Three months after the awards program announced 51 candidates in five 2017 World Car of the Year (WCOTY) categories and overall World Car, they’ve trimmed the number by 20. That leaves five finalists each…