http://www.thecarconnection.com/reviews Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:53:49 -0500 Car Reviews -- Get the consensus and opinions from TheCarConnection and from around the Web on your favorite car. Lifestyle/Fashion http://static.thecarconnection.com/website/tcc-feed.jpg http://www.thecarconnection.com/reviews http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1020851_nielsen-is-watching-you-possibly-right-now http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1020851_nielsen-is-watching-you-possibly-right-now Wed, 20 May 2009 12:10:00 -0400 We may not always understand how Nielsen gets its survey data, but the results are usually pretty interesting. Case in point: Nielsen's online division--cleverly named Nielsen Online--and its new Brand Advocacy Quotient research. By collecting data from blogs (like this one!), message boards, fan sites, complaint sites, and, we assume, major ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1018278_link-love-from-the-car-connection-weird-accidents-ferrari-laptops-and-grandpa-finds-the-camcorder http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1018278_link-love-from-the-car-connection-weird-accidents-ferrari-laptops-and-grandpa-finds-the-camcorder Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:49:54 -0500 It's freezing outside, y'all. Stay in and fire up some hot links. Cruising a different highway: Love Italian sportscars but hate the pesky fact of their high sticker prices? Maybe you should nab the latest Acer laptop, designed by Ferrari. The badge says "vroom", but the Windows Vista inside says "crash". [MotorAuthority] Baby fall down and go ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1018180_isuzu-officially-bows-out http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1018180_isuzu-officially-bows-out Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:29:26 -0500 Here in the States, Isuzu's been laying low for a while, wisely spending marketing dollars in southeast Asia and other parts of the world where it holds a better market share. And day after tomorrow, nearly three decades after Isuzu launched passenger vehicle sales in the U.S., the company is stepping out of the American marketplace entirely: ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016263_trailblazer-envoy-latest-casualties-of-war http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016263_trailblazer-envoy-latest-casualties-of-war Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:40:06 -0400 GM has confirmed that the Moraine, Ohio, plant that builds GMT360 SUVs (Chevy TrailBlazer, GMC Envoy, Saab 9-7x) will be shuttered just in time for Christmas. That's the lump of coal that 1,100 Moraine workers will be getting in their stockings this December 23. Originally, the plant was supposed to go offline in 2010, but recently the ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015125_the-week-in-reverse-53 http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015125_the-week-in-reverse-53 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:09:25 -0500 TCC readers, we laud your taste: your favorite car review from January was also one of our favorite test cars in recent memory. And yet you're pessimistic on gas prices? Maybe you'll cheer up now that the smart fortwo is on sale--even though the chances of getting lucky in the back seat are approaching zero. Autocar magazine tells us there's a ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015121_isuzus-luv-long-lost http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015121_isuzus-luv-long-lost Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:35:06 -0500 Joe Isuzu is long gone; soon Isuzu vehicles will, too. Isuzu today announced that it will withdraw from the U.S. market in January 2009. Present-day, no big loss. Currently the brand's U.S. lineup is limited to a couple of pickups, the i-290 and i-370, a rebadged version of the Chevrolet Colorado/GMC Canyon, and the Ascender, a ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015120_isuzu-drops-out-of-the-us-market-whos-next http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015120_isuzu-drops-out-of-the-us-market-whos-next Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:13:14 -0500 Isuzu's long battle to stay in the U.S. market ends next year, as the Japanese automaker announced today that it would stop selling new vehicles in the U.S. as of January 31, 2009. Isuzu's withdrawal has been expected for years. In the early 1990s, the company sat at the forefront of the truck market with its Trooper sport-utility vehicle. ..]]> http://www.thecarconnection.com/fullreview/isuzu_rodeo_2005 http://www.thecarconnection.com/fullreview/isuzu_rodeo_2005 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 03:00:00 -0400 (2004 model shown) Rodeo Continuing for 2005 with only minor updates anticipated, the mid-size Rodeo has long seemed dated compared to later and more-sophisticated sport-utility vehicles. Power comes from a 205-horsepower 3.2-liter V-6 engine, while a new top motor was added last year, which is the same direct-injection 250-horsepower ...]]> http://www.thecarconnection.com/fullreview/isuzu_axiom_2005 http://www.thecarconnection.com/fullreview/isuzu_axiom_2005 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 03:00:00 -0400 Axiom One of the first mid-size "crossover" sport-utility vehicles, the Axiom never quite caught on among U.S. SUV intenders, even though it rides lower to the ground and affords a sleeker look than most models in its class. Available with rear-wheel drive or four-wheel drive, the Axiom is sufficiently powered by a direct-injection ...]]> http://www.thecarconnection.com/fullreview/isuzu_ascender_2005 http://www.thecarconnection.com/fullreview/isuzu_ascender_2005 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 03:00:00 -0400 Ascender Continuing with only minor changes for 2005 in a choice of rear- or four-wheel drive, the Ascender is Isuzu's version of the sport-utility vehicle that's otherwise known as the Chevrolet TrailBlazer EXT and GMC Envoy XL. The Ascender comes powered by the TrailBlazer and Envoy's 4.2-liter in-line six-cylinder engine that ...
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]]> http://www.thecarconnection.com/fullreview/isuzu_axiom_2002 http://www.thecarconnection.com/fullreview/isuzu_axiom_2002 Mon, 16 Jul 2001 03:00:00 -0400 by Dan Carney You review the '02 Axiom In 1993, Isuzu abandoned the car market, in favor of the truck/ SUV market, where the company had met with better success. Isuzu had tried, and failed, to compete with Toyota, Nissan and Honda as a full-line car company. But the 1980s, a time when all it seemed a car needed was a Japanese ...
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