One of the largest public figures in the world that have been considered one of the most macho men in the world is Arnold Schwarzenegger. As a star on the big screen, former bodybuilding champion and former Governor of California, the Terminator needs to have vehicles to drive that fit his personality but also have the ability to work with the direction that California is headed with the desire to have more models offered on the market that are EV or hybrid in nature for the future. While Arnold would look strange in a Prius, he’s turned to one company to help him have the right models to drive and enjoy.
Scott Boyd
2017 Maserati Gran Turismo: Something Different; Something Better
There should be a particular feeling you get when you hear the brand name of Maserati. That feeling is one that brings a smile to your face and allows you to know you’re going to be driving something special and interesting for you to have the drive and the quality you want to enjoy on the road. The Gran Turismo is a car that makes it easy for you to have the ride you’re looking for and the quality you want in order to make a huge difference on the road with you behind the wheel.
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Finding Ways to Branch Out
If an automaker has built their hybrid systems or their EV batteries to be fully integrated and only have a single application, they are being extremely narrow-minded and not considering what the batteries they have could mean. On the other hand, some companies are looking at how the batteries they create can be used for more applications than just in the vehicles they build and offer. We’ve heard about Tesla batteries being used to add power to a home in a renewable format and now know that another company has found a great way to use their batteries for more than just automotive use.
Volkswagen is Making Good
The trust you had in the Volkswagen brand may have disappeared once you learned of the cheating scandal that was allowing VW models to emit as much as forty times the allowable limit of NOx into the air. NOx is a pollutant that has been linked as a cause of cancer and is easily something we don’t want in the atmosphere. Although the numbers have varied since Volkswagen agreed to buy back or fix the offending models, they are said to be spending as much as $25 billion between current vehicle owners, regulators, states and dealers to try and make good on this problem.
The Engineer’s Nightmare is the Accountant’s Dream
The two aspects of automotive building that are nearly always at cross purposes with each other are the engineers and the accountants. The accountants have the job of figuring out how to save money during the production of the vehicles their company produces while the engineers are concerned with making vehicles operate better than ever. At some point during the process of building cars these two relatively unrelated professions must come to an agreement and make vehicles that bring advanced engineering aspects to the market while fitting into the budgets that are managed by the accountants.
The New Kid on the Block
The thought that small diesel powered cars were dead when Volkswagen was caught cheating certainly hasn’t come to fruition. A few different automakers have stepped forward to create their own small passenger cars powered by diesel. Right now there’s one standout that seems to be the right model to give us what we want when it comes to diesel power in a compact car size. That mode is the new 2017 Chevrolet Cruze diesel which has what you want and gives you exactly the power you’ve been after to go along with why you bought a diesel passenger car in the past.
Will There be a Return and in What?
Do you remember Dodge being part of NASCAR? If you do then you’ve been watching the sport since at least before 2012 because that was the last year that Dodge was part of the NASCAR circuit. The decision to pull Dodge out of NASCAR came in 2009, but the current contracts had to run out in 2012 before the brand could leave the sport altogether. The decision, which was made by FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne, was a simply one of being able to pay the bills that were coming in for FCA which as facing the bankruptcy that was part of the world wide downfall of the automotive market.
The Chevrolet Bolt Begins its Eastward Deliveries
As an EV the place you would expect the Chevrolet Bolt to begin being delivered is in California. As the strictest state in the country in regards to emissions, this was going to be where this new long range and highly affordable car would be delivered first. Chevrolet made a promise to begin shipments of the new Bolt EV before the end of the 2016 calendar year. In order to make this happen, three Bolt models have already been delivered to customers to let them begin their enjoyment of the new model that’s perfect for the ride for these owners.
2017 Ford C-Max: Drive Longer With Less Fuel
Automakers are challenging each other every year to build the model that will give us as consumers the drive we want with a gas-electric hybrid powertrain or a plug-in hybrid. In either case, the C-Max from Ford makes a great choice for you to have the drive you want and enjoy the ride wherever you need to go. This compact car is the one that can give you the ride you’ve been searching for and make it easy for you to have the fuel efficiency you want to enjoy on the road.
Another New Experience
Most of us are terrified of driving on the ice and some even fear driving in the rain. It makes sense to fear driving on ice; when there’s ice on the roads in your area it’s easy to see how a vehicle could spin out, end up in a ditch, run into other vehicles and cause some serious accidents. the fact that ice can get between the tires and the road to cause you to have no traction at all is frightening and will leave you wanting to get to your destination even more than ever or have you turning back the other way to avoid driving on the ice.