Category Archives: Makes

Guest Post: Enthusiast Trends in SoCal

What separates a simple car owner from a true car enthusiast is the amount of money, time and energy that they spend on their vehicle post purchase. To the true enthusiast, having a car that just moves does not meet … Continue reading

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Fusion Energi Titanium – quick road test

The video gives you all the tech goodies and take on the car from the Marketing folks. Sorry I couldn’t get the information on MyFord mobile for iPhone but YouTube does limit the length of the videos.  Suffice it to … Continue reading

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2013 Fabulous Fords Forever recapped

What a great show this one was. Absolutely loved that the  older A’s and T’s had a bigger presence than years past.  Found it interesting that more Pinto/Bobcats showed up than in years past as well. My personal favorite, “Best … Continue reading

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Fabulous Fords Forever on Sunday April 21 at Knott’s Berry Farm

Its here, the single biggest Ford only auto show is returning to Knott’s Berry Farm on Sunday April 21, 2012.  Fabulous Fords Forever is one of my most favorite shows to attend every year.  For all the details on the … Continue reading

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Drive 2 years Carbon Free with the help of Simi Valley Ford

Yes, its possible to be carbon neutral in a gasser. How? Simply purchase your new Ford from Simi Valley Ford and they will purchase the carbon offsets to make you carbon neutral for the first 2 years of driving.  The … Continue reading

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Quick Drive 2013 Honda Accord in 2 flavors V6 and a Plug in Hybrid

One of the fun parts of the L.A. Auto Show is the Press Days Green Car Ride and Drive.  Having a 2013 Honda Accord Plug-in Hybrid there was a no brainer given the 115 MPGe rating.  The big surprise there … Continue reading

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2013 Ford Fusion Hybrid named Green Car of the Year

As promised a couple of posts back here is the review of the 2013 Ford Fusion SE Hybrid. It just happened to have won Green Car of the Year this week at the 2012 L.A. Auto Show. Much has changed … Continue reading

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L.A. Auto show reveal of 2014 Ford Fiesta ST and Fiesta Titanium

Probably the most dramatic Press Reveal was by Ford for its new for 2014 Fiesta Titanium and Fiesta ST, the latter being the one I am most excited about.  As a spoiler if you want to skip all the marketing … Continue reading

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2014 Acura RLX revealed at L.A Auto Show

The production version of the 2014 Acura RLX was unveiled at the L.A Auto Show.  By all means it appears that Acura has put the drivers soul back into the RLX.  Tons of tech goodies as well as serious engineering … Continue reading

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2013 Ford Fusion, multiple flavors for multiple drivers

I’ll focus on the gassers in this post, but do be aware there will be a review of the Hybrid (and hopefully the +Engeri even later) in the coming days. For 2013 Ford took some very bold moves with the Fusion. … Continue reading

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