Thomas Ieracitano

  From: Jeff Glucker Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 7:29 PM Subject: Video: First Bugatti Veyron Super Sport comes Stateside Filed under: Car Buying , Coupe , Videos , Bugatti Take a walk-around the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport - Click above to watch video after the jump The first Bugatti Veyron Super Sport has touched down on United States soil. It's one of only five examples produced that will hit the same top speed as the 268-mile per hour world-record setting version . The other 35 examples to be built will be limited to just 258 mph , because, you know, that extra 10 mph would simply be overkill. Symbolic Motors of San Diego, California is the lucky dealership holding the keys to this amazing machine. It retails for $2.58 million, though we're pretty sure that this one was snatched up before it even arrived Stateside. Click past the jump for a video walk-around of the very first Bugatti Veyron Super Sport to hit the States. Thanks for the tip, Ma...

  From: Aaron Richardson Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 2:58 PM Subject: Study reviews break-even point for hybrid vehicles Filed under: Car Buying , Hybrid , Sedan , SUV , Ford , Toyota 2010 Ford Escape Hybrid - Click above for high-res image gallery Buying a hybrid is a responsible environmental move but, given their premium over standard cars, they aren't always a money-saving purchase. A study by CarGurus showed that gas would have to top $7 a gallon to make most hybrids the economical choice. Hybrids command, on average, a 17-percent markup over their standard-powertrain counterparts, which stunts their economy at the pump. The $7-a-gallon break even point is an average. For some cars, the break-even is point is even higher. For a Cadillac Escalade Hybrid to make you money, gas will need to climb to $15 a gallon. On the lower side of the scale are the Toyota Camry Hybrid and Ford Escape Hybrid . The Toyota's break-even point came out to $4 a gallon...

  From: Mike Levine Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 1:52 PM Subject: Coverage of the 2011 NTEA Work Truck Show We're headed to Indianapolis to cover the 2011 National Truck Equipment Association Work Truck Show, March 7-10. It's North America's largest commercial truck convention. Thousands of vocational, government and private fleet managers and truck buyers will meet with hundreds of manufacturers, distributors and dealers in the Class 1-8 market segments to learn about the newest truck products. We'll be scoping out the latest work truck gear and on-hand for new product introductions, including an announcement from Ram Trucks on Tuesday morning, March 8. Be sure to check back next week under our " NTEA " tagged posts or follow us on Twitter .

  From: Steven J. Ewing Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 6:59 PM Subject: 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan gets new $23,995 base MSRP, now least expensive minivan in U.S. Filed under: Car Buying , Minivan/Van , Dodge 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan - Click above for high-res image gallery Chrysler has announced that the 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan will get lob $1,000 off of its base MSRP, making it the least expensive minivan in the United States. This savings applies to the base Express model, which is now priced at $23,995, not including the $835 destination charge. The slightly higher-grade Mainstreet model (no, the naming structure doesn't make sense to us, either) also benefits from a bit of cost savings, taking $250 off of its base price. The mid-range minivan now wears a $25,745 sticker price. Both the Dodge Grand Caravan and its Chrysler Town & Country twin were substantially refreshed for the 2011 model year. In addition to the higher-quality, more comfortable inte...

Thank you, Thomas Ieracitano Thomas@Ieracitano.com TheDigitalCarGuy.com Can't Make it Here, We'll Take it There! Facebook Twitter   want a website or an email like this ?   go to http://123BrandMe.com From: Aaron Richardson Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 4:40 PM Subject: <i>Consumer Reports</i> releases 2011 list of American Top Picks, Ford again on top Filed under: Car Buying , Etc. , Ford Ford Fusion Hybrid - Click above for high-res image gallery For the second year running , the Ford Fusion has not only come out as the top family sedan pick in Consumer Reports ' list of the 2011 American Top Picks, once again eclipsing the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry in reliability. Topping the list in the budget car segment is the Ford Fiesta , though CR admits they aren't sure how reliable the car will be, given that it's a clean-sheet design. The Chevrolet Cruze takes the small car category. Ford captures CR's small SUV category with the Esca...

2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302 -- First Drive Posted 2/24/2011 12:02 PM As you plunge through the fabled Corkscrew at Monterey's Laguna Seca Raceway literally unable to see the apex of the next corner that you hope to brush in a hundredth of a second or so, you realize the scale of the task Ford engineers cut out for themselves as they went to create the 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302. Their clearly defined goal was to create a Mustang that could lap Laguna Seca faster than the highly praised, super-specialty BMW M3 , a car that has a Kelley Blue Book Fair Purchase Price in excess of $60,000. Oh, and by the way, the new Boss 302 should do nothing to detract from the legend created by the first Boss 302, a 1969 model that quickly cut a swath through American road racing. What Ford engineers have created, led by Mustang chief engineer Dave Pericak, succeeds on many levels, and if it falls short in an area ...

2012 Ford Focus SE Sedan with SFE package joins the 40 mpg club Posted 2/25/2011 3:33 PM Final EPA figures are now in and the news is good for Ford's latest offering. The 2012 Ford Focus SE Sedan with the optional SFE (Super Fuel Economy) package has notched a 28 mpg city rating from the EPA and officially returns 40 mpg on the highway. The Focus SFE becomes the fourth model in the corporate lineup to earn at least 40 mpg, joining the Ford Fiesta SE with SFE package (40 mpg highway) and the Ford Fusion Hybrid and Lincoln MKZ Hybrid (41 mpg city). Several functional enhancements help the 2012 Ford Focus SFE make its mileage bogey. For starters, the most fuel-efficient version of this new compact four-door model is fitted with Ford's six-speed dual-clutch PowerShift automatic transmission, a cog-changer that improves mileage by up to nine percent compared to a conventional four-speed autoshifter. The other key SFE-spec enhancement is an active grille shutter system that automa...