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Facebook Or Face-To-Face: How Do You Learn About New Cars?

An article came across the news feeds yesterday suggesting that manufacturers of green cars rely more heavily on social media than other automakers. Eh, we're not so sure. It's true that different markets need to be reached in different ways. Pickup truck buyers, for example, have traditionally...

January 12, 2011 by Richard Read 2

2011 Toyota Avalon Gets Mild Facelift

January 6, 2011

2011 Toyota Sienna XLE: A Step Up

January 6, 2011

Best Selling Cars in 2010

January 6, 2011

Obama Signs 'Bell Bill' To Make Electric Cars Better Heard

Even a couple of years from now, we'll likely have hundreds of thousands more electric vehicles and hybrids on the road. And the concern, for pedestrians and especially the... January 5, 2011 by Bengt Halvorson 9

Consumer Reports: Ford Ranks Most Favorable With Shoppers

Ford has put a lot of polish on its image over the past several years, with a number of reliable, high-quality, well-designed, and tech-savvy products over the past several... January 5, 2011 by Bengt Halvorson 1

2010 Sales Stats Are In: A Look At The Winners & The Losers

If you're old enough to read this, you're old enough to remember 2009's slumping auto market. Economists and auto analysts predicted that the U.S. would see a rebound in... January 5, 2011 by Richard Read 6

Video: Toyota Creates Entune To Take On Ford's SYNC

As automakers try to play catch-up to Ford's SYNC system, Ford has announced that its SYNC system has been installed in 3,000,000 Ford vehicles. To combat this Toyota... January 4, 2011 by Joel Feder

Frugal Shopper: End-Of-Year Deals Extend Into January

The last days of the year are among the best days to shop for a new car. From board rooms to district sales centers to the manager's office at the local dealership, it's the... December 31, 2010 by Bengt Halvorson

Invisible monkey in Dodge's Year-End Tent Event Sale advertisement

TCC's Top Stories for 2010: PETA Monkeys, The Volt Conflamma, and Flying Cars

We've shown you the most popular reviews on TheCarConnection in 2010--but what about monkeys and PETA, the once and not-future Ranger, Volt lies and flying cars? That's just... December 29, 2010 by Marty Padgett

Drivers Complain More Than 40,000 Times About Defects in 2010

Big recalls from Toyota weren't solely responsible, but they were a factor in the huge increase in vehicle defects reported to the federal government this year. The National... December 28, 2010 by Marty Padgett

Toyota Comes Up With A New App To Distract Drivers

Toyota launched a new app today for the iPhone, dubbed A Glass of Water. While the name may sound simple, it certainly doesn't give a hint as to what it actually does. The... December 15, 2010 by Joel Feder

2011 Toyota Sienna Recalled For Brake-Light Switch Issue

Toyota will be recalling about 94,000 model-year-2011 Sienna minivans, all produced before early November of this year, for a potential issue with a stop-lamp switch bracket... December 13, 2010 by Bengt Halvorson

CR: Visibility Quite Good In Small Cars, Appalling In Trucks

When you're out on a test-drive, it can be easy to get rather lost in the way the vehicle responds, the sound of the engine, the supple leather, or the trick features. But... December 10, 2010 by Bengt Halvorson 5

Frugal Shopper: Men Get Better Car Deals? It Might Just Be A Myth

Men tend to get better deals than women when shopping for new cars, right? Not true in most cases, says at least one company that analyzes sales data. Perhaps you don't need... December 9, 2010 by Bengt Halvorson 1

Trending In Social Media This Week: GM Goes On Electric Hiring Spree, Hyundai And Toyota

Social Car News has partnered with real-time online buzz tracker OneRiot to bring you a weekly report on what's trending in the automotive social media world. Each week we... December 3, 2010 by Joel Feder 1

Toyota Corolla and Toyota RAV4 bumper mismatch

IIHS: Mismatched Bumpers Between Cars And SUVs Can Cost Big

Low-speed impacts between two vehicles of the same type aren't likely to show much damage. But even in seemingly minor bumps, collisions between cars and SUVs—even... December 2, 2010 by Bengt Halvorson 3

The TCC List: The 7 Most Important Recalls Of the Decade

Safer driving starts with a driver's skills, but it also begins with the vehicle itself--one that's engineered and manufactured to operate in a predictable, reliable way... November 30, 2010 by Marty Padgett 5

Today at High Gear Media: Big Recalls, Prius Plug-In Hybrid

If you recall the past decade, some of the most important car recalls have included fire, fire, and more fire. [TheCarConnection] You can add the 2010 Toyota Prius on the... November 30, 2010 by Marty Padgett