Posts Tagged ‘Automakers’
Automotive Demographics
March 14th, 2010
Automotive demographics deal with the population characteristic of automobiles. Generally, the automotive demographics involve the analysis of demographic variables such as how many people are using automobiles, the age of the drivers, the gender of the driver and the demand of different automobiles. The main means of transportation in the United States is road travel. There are about 4 million miles of public roads in the US. Highways and byways are getting heavily crowded with the arrival of more and more automobiles. According to the automotive demographics, about 17 million new domestic and imported cars and trucks are purchased by the Americans. To compensate this high level of consumer demand, automakers in the US have to produce about 12 million to 13 million new cars and trucks eac read more
Three of Ford’s Vehicles Score High in Crash Tests
January 16th, 2010
Ford Motors has been trying hard for the past few years to improve the quality, safety, and design of its vehicles. And just recently its 2007 Acura MDX SUV together with the 2008 Ford Taurus, and the Mercury Sable were able to obtain the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s Top Safety award. This simply shows that all the efforts of Ford were not in vain since it bears positive results.Vehicles that are given such designation are those that possess superior overall crash protection among the vehicles in their class—-that is according to an Institute press release. How to qualify? For a vehicle to qualify for Top Safety Pick award, they must be able to earn the highest rating of good in all three (front, side, and rear) Institute tests.Another qualification is for vehicles to b read more
Gm, Ford, Honda, Dcx Win Top Awards in Ward’s
December 29th, 2009
General Motors – maker of quality GMC hitch, Ford, Honda and DaimlerChrysler were the proclaimed big winners at the 2007 Ward’s “Interior of the Year” awards during the Ward’s Auto Interiors Show that is being held this week at the Cobo Center in Detroit. From 11 manufacturers, 334 vehicles contended for an “Interior of the Year” award in the yearly competition sponsored by Ward’s AutoWorld magazine.The winners were determined in two ways. The first one is through the two-month review and analysis conducted on the 34 nominated vehicles by Ward’s editorial staff. They selected the winners based on eight evaluation categories that include comfort, safety and design harmony. The other way was through online voting which encourage the auto industry at read more
Today & Tomorrows Full Featured Automotive Air Bags
October 27th, 2009
By now just about everyone who drives in north America and Europe drives a car or truck that has a safety airbag positioned at least in the steering wheel. However; on many newer cars and you may the owner of one, safety airbags are positioned in other strategic locations around the interior of the vehicle.Fewer Deaths and Injuries In Spite of More CrashesFront & back side panels and even in the ceilings. What this and other types of similar automotive safety technologies have accomplished, is making vehicles incredibly safer to drive. In fact the figures speak for themselves. Fact: In spite of total crash figures steadily rising each decade, serious injuries and deaths have continued to decline.Automotive Airbag Technology Yesterday Today & Tom arrowSo what took automakers so lo read more
Kelley Blue Book Lists Vehicles With Best Interior Styling
October 21st, 2009
Today, unlike before, consumers are keener on the appearance of the vehicles they buy. The style and gadgetry that a vehicle offer now play an important part as much as what’s under the hood, such that car parts like Honda car accessories are now receiving more attention from both consumers and automakers.Just recently influential auto resource Kelley Blue Book and its marketing research team have listed the brands with the best interior styling according to the results of its consumer automotive perceptions study. Results showed that Toyota brands have topped the rankings for four vehicle segments, with two of America’s Big Three taking a top spot as well as one German.For the luxury sedan category Lexus took the top spot, while Toyota took out the best non-luxury sedan, non-luxury SU read more
