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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

CADILLAC CTS COUPE, VOLVO S60 & MINI COUNTRYMAN IN MOTION

It's not unusual for The Good Car Guy to pass a verdict on a specific car's styling before changing, or slightly altering, that ver...

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

2011 VOLVO S60 - STYLE EXAMINATION

304 horsepower generated by a turbocharged 3.0L six-cylinder isn't such a bad standard output for the 2011 Volvo S60 . Of course, Volvo...

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

BEST-SELLING LUXURY AUTO BRANDS IN AMERICA - JANUARY 2010

Lexus was nowhere nearly as harmed by the Toyota fiasco in January as Toyota itself. Sales of Lexus cars and SUVs were actually up 5.4% com...

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

2009'S YEAR END COMPARISON OF SALES OF ENTRY-LUXURY CARS IN THE USA

With an almost innumerable variety of configurations, the BMW 3-Series has become a gigantic success for the Munich-based purveyor of luxu...

COMPARING SALES OF ENTRY-LUXURY CARS IN THE USA (DECEMBER 2009)

In the coming months, a transition to a new luxury segment may well occur for a Graph just like the one you see below. As in November'...

Sunday, January 10, 2010

2009'S SALES OF SMALL LUXURY SUVs IN THE USA

Even restricted to less than a full year on sale, the Mercedes-Benz GLK still comes out on top of America's small luxury SUV sales for...

GLK TOPS ALL SMALL LUXURY SUVs IN U.S. SALES IN DECEMBER

From the instant Mercedes-Benz put the GLK350 4Matic on sale in the United States the baby Benz SUV has sold at a significantly greater rat...

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

2009'S BEST-SELLING LUXURY AUTO BRANDS IN THE USA

Week after week, month after month, Lexus sells more luxury automobiles than anybody else in America. Big-name players like BMW and Mercede...

BEST-SELLING LUXURY AUTO BRANDS IN AMERICA - DECEMBER 2009

Not only was Toyota successful in its attempts to sell more cars than anyone else in December, Lexus out-sold all other luxury contenders i...

Thursday, December 17, 2009

ENTRY-LUXURY CAR SALES IN CANADA (NOVEMBER 2009)

Merge the Mercedes-Benz C-Class with the Audi A4. Quite a car, eh? One would also assume that the combined Sales Stats would be wicked swe...

BEST-SELLING SMALL LUXURY SUV IN CANADA (NOVEMBER 2009)

Every one of the vehicles listed below were their respective brand's best-selling SUVs in November. Except one. The oft-rejected BMW X3...

Thursday, January 15, 2009

LUXURY CAR SALES IN AMERICA CIRCA 2008 - NUMBERS

Eleven automotive brands compete in the luxury segment in the United States. These eleven brands represent eight (more like nine) conglomer...

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

TOP 5 BEST-SELLING EUROPEAN CAR BRANDS IN AMERICA

Toyota took the overall sales crown in America for 2008. Chevrolet beat out Ford for tops among American automakers competing in the U.S....

TOP 5 BEST-SELLING AMERICAN CAR BRANDS IN AMERICA

As will become customary, Tuesday is Top 5  day at GoodCarBadCar.net. With a showcase of American automobile manufacturing going on right n...

Monday, November 24, 2008

VOLVO S60 CONCEPT PREVIEW IMAGE

In late October, The Good Car Guy expressed excitement over Volvo's S60 concept interior . Nobody was in any doubt that, for production...

Friday, May 16, 2008

SMALL VOLVO RECALL

Volvo's two highest-priced vehicles are faced with a recall affecting their engine mounts. The S80 sedan and XC90 SUV could have been m...

Monday, April 28, 2008

VOLVO RECALL of XC&V70s

It's like Honda recalling engines, Audi recalling all-wheel drive components, or Mitsubishi recalling turbochargers. Volvo.... yes, Vol...

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

VOLVO CANADA INCENTIVE UPDATE

It's no secret that the U.S. dollar has been struggling. That fact has been a boon to the Canadian dollar. However, for the most part, ...

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

PSEUDO-AMERICAN LUXURY

Ford Motor Company's remaining luxury brands post -Land Rover/Jaguar sale form a duo that is eerily similar to General Motors' uppe...

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

VOLVO CANADA INCENTIVES HEAVILY

The S60 and XC90 are Volvo's current senior citizens. While the C30 and XC70 may be newer; younger; and hipper, the midsize sedan and S...