CANADIAN SALES OF SMALL PICKUP TRUCKS (FEBRUARY 2010)

Without greatly reduced fuel consumption but with greatly reduced capabilities, one wonders at the reasons for buying a small pickup truck...

CANADIAN SALES OF LARGE MAINSTREAM SEDANS (JANUARY 2010)

A way, way back in early February, The Good Car Guy decided to take a look at one somewhat forgotten vehicular segment per month and publis...

TOP 10 BEST-SELLING CARS IN CANADA : JANUARY 2010

Beginning on New Years Day - or more likely the day after when dealerships opened their doors - the Mazda 3 roared out of the gate on to w...

TOP 10 BEST-SELLING CARS IN AMERICA (FEBRUARY 2010)

Before Honda gets too excited about the status of the Accord in the two most recent best-selling cars lists, it's worth paying attentio...

WHAT IS THE NISSAN JUKE?

*updated 10/14/2010* Nissan sees this new "crossover" as a younger brother to the Nissan Murano and Nissan Rogue. The Juke, as th...

THE GOOD 12 v3.0 GONE BAD - NISSAN 370Z

In almost every automotive case, removing the roof of a vehicle nets you a higher list price. Why is it that automakers require greater pay...

TOP 10 BEST-SELLING AUTO BRANDS IN AMERICA (JANUARY 2010)

Large recalls are disastrous. No surprise there. Somewhat alarmingly, Toyota can't know what the long-term impact will be on the minds ...

8 PRACTICAL & SPORTY ALTERNATIVES TO THE CAMARO & MUSTANG

Inexpensive and practical performance cars are becoming a harder find than we'd all like to believe. At $28,395, a V8-engined Ford Must...

TOP 5 BEST-SELLING CARS IN AMERICA - 2009 YEAR END EDITION

Remember the old Nissan Altima? You might'nt, since very few people actually bought one. The current Nissan Altima, edition number two ...

TOP 10 BEST-SELLING AUTO BRANDS IN AMERICA (DECEMBER 2009)

December was a much-improved month for automobile sales in the United Stats. Comparing the Graph below with the equivalent November figure...

THE BAD 8 v3.0 - PART VIII

NISSAN VERSA SEDAN Top 3 Reasons For Avoiding: Cars shouldn't suffer from low self-esteem - the Versa sedan does. If a vehicle's des...

THE GOOD 12 SUPERSIZE v2.0 - PART X

NISSAN XTERRA Superior cargo-carrying proficiency can be found elsewhere. Full-bore towing is a task best undertaken by a larger SUV. Heady...

TOP 10 BEST-SELLING CARS IN CANADA : NOVEMBER 2009

Honda continued its reign of Canadian auto-selling dominance with a strong performance in November. Civic sales were nearly 700 higher than...

THE GOOD 12 v3.0 - PART VIII

NISSAN 370Z With a history dating back forty years, the Nissan Z is a known quantity. Also well known are the Z's positive characteris...

WATCH 'THE SOUL OF DRIFT' WITH PLENTY OF OLD NISSANS

What is it about old Nissan two-doors that looks so stinkin' good when they're sideways? One minute they look old and tired. The ne...

HYBRID SALES IN AMERICA DROP IN 2008? BY THE NUMBERS

After gas prices brought Americans to their knees in the summer of 2008, a time when the Honda Civic temporarily outsold the Ford F150, one...

WATCH THE NISSAN GT-R GO 'ROUND THE NURBURGRING.... IN THE SNOW

Video , GT-R, and Nurburgring are three words that have become so intermingled in the last year or so, the sight of another post title tempt...

HANDFUL OF 2009 NISSAN ALTIMAS RECALLED - ALREADY COMPLETE

A very few MY2009 Nissan Altimas have been recalled, NHTSA says, because they were "manufactured with an out-of-specification weld on...

TOP 5 BEST-SELLING ASIAN CAR BRANDS IN AMERICA

As already clearly seen, not a single American or American-owned automaker posted improved sales in 2008 over calendar year 2007 in the Ame...