http://www.kelownacar.com Thu, 03 May 2007 22:20:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en American automaker Chrysler Group has announced that they would launch the gas/electric hybrid versions of their Dodge Durango and Chrysler Aspen SUVs next year. These models would be powered with their 5.7-liter Hemi V8 engine. The company said in a statement that these SUVs would use a “two-mode” hybrid system they ... http://www.kelownacar.com/2007/05/03/chrysler-to-launch-dodge-durango-and-chrysler-aspen-as-hybrids/ Japan's Toyota has overtaken US rival General Motors to become the world's biggest carmaker, a spokesman for the company has said. According to company figures, Toyota sold 2.348 million vehicles in the first three months of 2007. General Motors (GM) is estimated to have sold 2.26 million cars and small trucks during ... http://www.kelownacar.com/2007/04/24/toyota-worlds-largest-carmaker/ Now that they both have big pickup trucks on the market, Toyota Canada Inc. and Honda Canada Inc. intend to open new dealerships in Western Canada, senior executives of both companies say. Without full-size pickup trucks to sell until recently, both companies have felt shut out of farming communities and other ... http://www.kelownacar.com/2007/04/10/toyota-tundra-rocks-western-canada/ Willa Norris, 8, left, and Hannah Fowler, 10, sit in a 2008 Chrysler Town and Country minivan during a demonstration of Sirius Backseat TV on Thursday, March 29, 2007 in New York. Chrysler, which invented the minivan, is teaming with Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. to bring three channels, Nickelodeon, Disney ... http://www.kelownacar.com/2007/03/30/sirius-to-launch-tv-service-in-chrysler-dodge-and-jeep-autos/ “This generation is huge, and if you miss the boat with them, or alienate them entirely, you’ll have a hard time winning them back,” said Rebecca Lindland. “There are 75 million of them and they’re going to be a huge part of the buying market in the next 5 ... http://www.kelownacar.com/2007/03/22/toyota-scion-marketing-to-generation-y/ Automakers kicked off National Alternative Fuel Autos Week by announcing that there are 10.5 million Alternative Fuel Autos on the nation's roads today, according to 2006 sales data from R.L. Polk and Co. The Polk sales figures also reveal that an unprecedented 1.5 million Alternative Fuel Autos were sold in 2006, ... http://www.kelownacar.com/2007/03/13/105-million-alternative-fuel-autos-on-roads-today/ GM have slashed their advertising budget across the board all except in their internet ad spending, has advertising reached the tipping point? Is the web the Holy Grail of advertising now? The facts point to newspapers as being the worst hit. (the chart compares January through November '05 to spending during the ... http://www.kelownacar.com/2007/02/26/gm-autos-slash-their-advertising-spend-but-not-online/ President Bush peered under the hood of an all-electric sport utility truck parked at the White House Friday to stress that his goal of reducing gasoline use by 20 percent over the next decade is realistic. “I firmly believe that the goal I laid out—that Americans will use 20 percent ... http://www.kelownacar.com/2007/02/23/bush-checks-out-battery-powered-autos-in-capital/ This is a sneak peak at a possible new arrival Freelander SUV from Land Rover. Initially aimed at the European market, it is uncertain whether the baby ute will be brought to North America. However, with rising fuel costs and the demand still high for so-called SUVs, discussions are ongoing. ... http://www.kelownacar.com/2007/02/21/new-baby-landrover/ According to the stats December saw the fastest increase in sales in the last 9 years. The strongest markets were automobiles and retail. Bloomberg stated: Canadian retail sales rose at the fastest rate in nine years in December, adding to recent gains in exports and wholesaling that suggest the economy ... http://www.kelownacar.com/2007/02/21/did-you-get-a-new-car-for-christmas/