2009 Toyota Venza: Toyota Flash Mini Site
February 7, 2008 by Malcolm
Filed under Automotive, Cross-Over SUV, Toyota
2009 Toyota Venza: Toyota Flash Mini Site
Automakers are developing more and more mini sites with flash presentations of new upcoming models. Toyota has join the rankings with the new 2009 Toyota Venza Flash Mini Site. This is a very nice representation of an ocean/beach house scene over a cliff. Automotive marketing at its best comes from all angles. The flash site is complete with video, car features, and walk-around images.
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2007 Mazda CX-9 Test Drive
June 27, 2007 by Malcolm
Filed under Automotive, Cross-Over SUV, Mazda, Test Drives
The all-new 2007 Mazda CX-9 adds Mazda’s signature ‘Zoom Zoom’ driving fun with the versatility of the new breed of sport utility vehicles, the ‘crossover’ sport utility. Combining a more car like ride while retaining the versatility of a sport utility, crossover sales are fast overtaking sport utility sales.
Why we need big hybrid SUVs
June 12, 2007 by Malcolm
Filed under Cross-Over SUV, General Motors (GM), GMC, Hybrid
This is an excellent article! I usually do not copy over articles from other sites but I could not resist this one… Enjoy!
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Think a GMC Yukon Hybrid sounds silly? It can save more gas than a Civic Hybrid.
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNNMoney.com staff writer
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Outrage. Disbelief. Downright disgust. Those were readers’ reactions to our recent story about 13 great fuel efficient cars, which featured several trucks and SUVs.
Many of the emails went something like this: “Did you sell your soul to Detroit? Since when is 16/24 ‘great’ fuel-efficiency?”
Actually, 16 miles per gallon in city driving and 24 on the highway is really good for a large SUV. That’s what the GMC Acadia gets.
Compare that to another big General Motors SUV, the GMC Yukon, which has similar interior space. The Yukon gets 14 miles per gallon in the city and 19 on the highway.
Win a Dodge Nitro R/T
May 31, 2007 by Malcolm
Filed under Automotive, Cross-Over SUV, Dodge
By: Jeffrey RossAutotropolis.com
Every once in a while, an event sweeps over the blogosphere that lessens the competitive nature and proves that the Internet truly is a community. For the automotive blogging community, that event is a celebration of a site’s new design.
From May 23 through June 15, Autoblog.com is teaming up with Dodge to give readers an added reason to check out its new look. Autoblog is giving its readers 23 chances to win a fully loaded, 2007 Dodge Nitro R/T. Readers can enter to win Dodge’s midsize SUV once a day until the contest ends.
The Nitro is Dodge’s latest SUV and features the aggressive styling that Dodge is known for. The R/T model comes with 20-inch wheels, a 260-horsepower, 4.0-liter V6 and Dodge’s MyGIG™ Multimedia Infotainment System. The MyGIG™ system features 3D GPS navigation system, a 20 gigabyte hard disk drive, USB and AUX input jacks and supports JPEG/MP3/WMA formats. While the Nitro’s fuel economy of 17 in the city and 21 on the highway is not breathtaking by any means, for a 4,000 pound midsize SUV it provides some relief for the pain at the pump.
Autoblog was first launched in 2004 and offers readers a one-stop site for any and all automotive news. From new car releases and spy shots to consumer information and exclusive road tests and more, Autoblog covers a wide variety of topics to provide its readers a comprehensive and informative site.
With the MSRP for the Nitro R/T starting at $26,265, the Autoblog contest is sure to get plenty of traffic. Click here to enter for your chance to win.
2007 Ford Edge AWD SEL – Test Drive
May 19, 2007 by Malcolm
Filed under Automotive, Cross-Over SUV, Ford
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With sales of mid-size, sport utility vehicles on the way down in 2006, Ford has joined the growing list of crossover sport utility vehicles by introducing the all-new 2007 Edge.
LOOK! It’s a bird, a plane, a Kia, a Hyundia, No, it’s the new 2008 Saturn Vue
May 13, 2007 by Malcolm
Filed under Automotive, Cross-Over SUV, Saturn
I thought I would share the newest 2008 Saturn Vue Images with everyone. If you have not seen the vehicle online or in any other automotive publication, then here it is.
Some asked me if this was a new Kia or Hyundia SUV and I just simply shook my head at them and politely explained it was a new GM design with some of the shared underpinnings of other GM platforms. Saturn’s are starting to evolve somewhat. Saturn’s big push a few years ago was the simple slogan “A different kind of car company” well Sir Saturn the 3rd, I have to beg to differ on this one Sir! Lately they really resemble GM’s other cash cow’s of the industry not to mention the new Saturn Aura and Saturn Outlook… resembling there 1st cousin’s Pontiac G6 and GMC Acadia respectfully. While I am not knocking what GM is doing, they have really uped the aenty a little here the pass couple years, although still too late to compete directly among the new Giants, (cough cough Toyota).
So the new Saturn Vue has to grow on me and I will have to etch in my brain that it is not a Korean SUV. Maybe we will all have to see it in person before I talk about it again. Until then, Enjoy the photos.
2007 Lincoln MKX Test Drive
May 7, 2007 by Malcolm
Filed under Cross-Over SUV, Lincoln, Magazine Articles
Lincoln takes the crossover segment into the luxury level with the all new MKX.
Based on the all new Ford Edge crossover, Lincoln adds its own signature styling and interior upgrades to make it one of the best in the growing crossover segment.Lincoln MKX’s elegant design is combined with a sporty stance, powerful V6 engine, and quiet interior. It also boosts such technological advances as adaptive headlamps, a panoramic glass sunroof, heated and cooled front seats, heated rear seats, 14-speaker THX II audio system and DVD navigation.
