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Fuel mileage makes buying a new car not all it's cracked up to be

Could the American love affair tied in to the purchase of a new car be losing some of its luster? Perhaps, it seems, as ever-increasing gas prices impact U.S. driver's pocketbooks, J.D. Power and Associates is reporting a decline in new car owner satisfaction for the first time in five years. Despite the fact that consumers have been reporting mileage numbers in line with the EPA's newly-revised ratings, the cost of filling up the tank is doing nothing but increasing. Interestingly, though, it is not the fuel-sippers that are scoring the ... Read more →

J.D. Power: Hybrids losing popularity to diesels Sam Abuelsamid

It looks like consumers are starting to come to the realization that although hybrid vehicles have the potential to provide big increases in fuel efficiency, that improvement is not universal ...

Fuel economy slips in car-shopper priorities Mike Magda

If the majority of consumers don't care about fuel economy, then who is driving the energy decisions these days? Early in the year, fuel economy ranked 18th out of 56 car-buying considerations. In ...

Yahoo! and Environmental Defense simplify the green car buying process with Green Ratings Derrick Y. Noh

If only we could put everything on a linear scale, it would be so much easier to see if one thing is better or worse than another. Yahoo! teamed up with Environmental Defense to do just that for the ...

The forgetfulness is real: large pickup and SUV sales numbers increase Sebastian Blanco

That upswing we saw just over a week ago in customer interest in large pickups and SUVs is real. While last week the numbers came from the types of cars people were searching for online, news out ...

AMES Award longs to be environmental J.D. Power 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

When the AMES award debuted in 2000, the writer of this Car Connection story was hardly impressed and raised legitimate questions about the award's formula. In an update to the company's plans, another story finds that the company has landed a patent for the business process to determine winners. ...

JD Power on high gas prices and auto consumers 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

It seems like all summer as we watched gas prices rise, we also saw countless reports on how American auto consumers were moving towards more fuel-efficient vehicles. J.D. Power and Associates has another report to add to the list called the 2006 Escaped Shopper Study with a few more insights. ...

No shift in engine size buying habits 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

J.D. Power reports consumers are still buying the same proportion of new vehicles with 4, 6, or 8 cylinder engines. The turnover rate for vehicles in dealer lots has also remained constant. If you look at them in detail, vehicles with eight-cylinder engines do stay on the lot slightly longer then ...

U.S. Light Duty diesel sales expected to rise significantly 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

While the headline for this J.D. Power survey highlights the significant rise in global demand for diesel engines in light-duty vehicles, the article points out that the increase will be seen outside of Western Europe, which has been the driver for growth of diesel vehicle demand in the last 10 ...

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