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An auto warranty is a guarantee that we’ll take care of your car if anything goes wrong with it. We provide an extensive amount of warranty programs for you to choose from. For example, we offer a powertrain warranty, which include most engine parts. The parts you usually don’t see from day to day, like the drive shaft or steering axel. Then, we offer a component warranty plan. We cover many different components of your car, which would include many engine parts but also interior and exterior parts. We also have a coverage plan called bumper to bumper. This is the plan we pride ourselves in. If you want the complete coverage of almost anything you could thing about, then you want our bumper to bumper plan.
We offer all three of these warranty choices for new and used cars, and these warranty plans can be customized to meet your needs. Your factory warranty does not even come close to covering the things your car like our warranty programs do. So, if you want peace of mind about your auto, give us a call at 1.800.419.3499, or get a quote from our website.
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June may drive the stake further into the heart of GM
June has always been a low sales month for the auto industry, and GM is expected to take biggest brunt of the sword that will be slaying this month. However, during this month, Toyota and Honda sales are expected to continue rising during this month.
Since this month is expected be a debacle in the auto industry GM is offering a magnificent incentives that will attract new customers. GM is offering their regular pricing incentives, plus 0-percent 72 month financing option.
The 0 percent sale is going on until July5th. So, if you’re looking for a good deal on a new American made vehicle, this week may be your chance to get that new car you wanted.
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Ford changes promise
A few months back, Bill Ford promised that his company, Ford Motor co., would produce 250,000 hybrids by 2010. However, now it seems that Ford is rearranging their promise.
Ford is now not promising any number of hybrids at all. Ford has changed their focus. Now, they’re promising 2 million alternative fuel vehicles by 2010. So, instead of completely catching the hybrid fever, they’ll just be producing more cars that use E85 and other bio fuels.
Ford stated in the email that the Blue Oval will focus more on other fuels like ethanol, clean-diesel and bio-diesel. In conjunction Ford is announcing a partnership with VeraSun Energy today to create an "ethanol corridor" with 50 new E85 pumps between Kansas City and Chicago.
Ford does still plan to produces a hybrid Mazda Tribute, a hybrid Ford Fusion, and a Hybrid Mercury Milan in 2008.
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Ford tries something new
Everyone knows that the auto industry is not exactly a bed of roses right now. Thus, companies are pulling out all the stops when it comes to innovation and new ideas. While in last place, Ford is trying the most "innovative" approach, www.fordboldmoves.com. Boldmoves is a documentary style website that’s "behind the scenes" style deep within the ranks of Ford. The website is a nifty advertising scheme that, in theory, could get people interested in Ford’s business model.
I’m sure, however, that the documentary style is not so documentary. Usually in unscripted an documentary you end up with things like "The Office" in real life, and I’m sure Ford will not allow others to see the nuts and bolts of the company like we would wish. To an extent, I’m sure the "documentary" is fairly scripted. But, who knows, it’s new; maybe boldmoves will prosper and become a interesting piece of work.
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Hybrid technology makes a big impact in New York
New York City is expanding their hybrid-electric cabs this year. Soon NYC will have more hybrid cabs than regular cabs, which will save them a magnificent amount of money.
The all new hybrid taxis can achieve more than double gas mileage of the original taxis. The brand of hybrids range from a small Toyota Prius or a nice Lexus Rx 400h.
The Taxi and Limousine Commission wasn’t sure if cab drivers would embrace the new technology, so it opened the bidding at discounted prices as an incentive.
For the Taxi and Limousine commission to afford to be able to afford hybrids, they actually auction off the rights for people to operate them, and this year’s auction was the highest auctions ever. One person paid $554,147 to operate a cab.
So, with NYC converting to hybrids, how long will it be until other cities change to hybrid too?
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The auto industry struggles some more
Back when Ford Motor Co. stated that they would cut 30 thousand jobs, William Clay Ford Jr., chief CEO and great 
grandson to Bill Ford, announced that, in 2008, Ford would be back on their feet (maybe you can guess where I’m going with this article).
It seems, however, that Mr. Ford Jr. might be eating his own words about having the company back on track by 2008. The reason, or at least part of it, is the declining sales of SUVS. The explorer SUV dove 27 percent, and the expedition fell 30 percent, while gas prices rose 34 percent. Not many people are buying SUVs because of economical concerns and high gas prices. And, since Ford’s flagship car was the explorer, there are major problems.
Restructuring a company is a difficult task; however, it seems that the company is doing a good job at cutting jobs. While Ford announced they would cut 30,000 jobs in x amount of years, they’re actually ahead with that statistic.
Ford’s rival, GM, is looking better. GM’s restructuring plan is actually showing progress; because, their money-making-cars were not SUVs. Toyota, on the other hand, is thriving. Toyota can’t stop 10 min from building new factories and producing cars in the US.
The future of Ford is based on the dependence that Ford will “innovate” with cars that actually make money and people want. Times have changed, hence, companies, including Ford need to change. The auto industry is going through major changes, I sure hope the company Ford is build Ford Tough
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Side Impact Airbags
The all new Chevrolet Impala and Toyota Avalon have
received some of the highest side impact crash ratings. The secret to their success is the new side impact airbags that were installed. The Impala and the Avalon both endured side impacts from an SUV size car.
With these new tests coming out positive, it looks as though side impact air bags may become standardized in more vehicles.
Impala and Avalon are star performers: The side structures of these two cars performed reasonably well in resisting intrusion from the striking barrier during the crash test. Both cars are equipped with standard curtain-style side airbags designed to protect the heads of people in both front and rear seats.
The Impala and Avalon designs were also tested without the air bags and scored very poor in the tests. When an SUV hits a small to mid-sized car in the side, sometimes the SUV actually breaks the barrier and the drivers head hit by the oncoming car, thus causing extensive head injuries.
Hopefully we’ll see these side airbags being put in more and more cars.
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Toyota Is Minority Conscious
The auto industry is one of the biggest industries in the world, and it makes sense that they would strive to be culturally diverse. It seems today that Toyota has snatched the top spot for being minority conscious. Black Enterprise, an ethnic magazine, announced Toyota as being one of the top 40 minority conscious companies.
Toyota was also recognized for making an effort to become culturally diverse. Toyota offers advertising promotions, community outreach, and scholarships for minorities.
"Toyota has always considered diversity and inclusion to be a top priority across the company," said Pat Pineda, group vice president of Toyota Motor North America Inc.,
I really like Toyota’s attitude about this award. Even though they have received many awards like this, they still realize there is still much work to do. Toyota seems committed to taking the American auto industry where it needs to go.
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What do you want in a car?
What is an ideal vehicle ?
An “ideal” is defined as an excellent or perfect example. In the first Ideal Vehicle Awards, announced today by automotive research and consulting firm AutoPacific, owners rate their new 2006 model year cars and trucks by how closely they come to their ideal. The cars or trucks that owners would change the least are the most ideal.
Those carmakers that best understand their customers and create the vehicle their core buyer group desires have come closest to the ideal.
And it looks like Ford and Hyundai know their customers best. Hyundai received the top overall spot for most ideal brand, while Ford captured a few high spots themselves. Rating the idealness of a car is somewhat intriguing, but these people apparently know how to do it. I guess a car is the most ideal when the owner has the least things he or she would change about the vehicle.
But, here’s a look at the rest of the ideal awards for 2006.
PASSENGER CARS
Premium Luxury Car: Lexus LS
Entry Luxury Car: BMW 3-Series
Large Car/Luxury Car: Mercury Montego
Premium Mid-Size Car: Hyundai Sonata
Mid-Size Car: Mercury Milan
Image Compact Car: Toyota Prius
Compact Car: Ford Focus
Sports Car: Porsche 911
Sporty Car: Acura RSX
SUT, SUV, and MINIVAN
Sport Utility Truck: Honda Ridgeline
Luxury Sport Utility: BMW X-5
Large Sport Utility: GMC Yukon
Premium Mid-Size Sport Utility: Nissan Murano
Mid-Size Sport Utility: Hyundai Santa Fe
Compact Sport Utility: Subaru Forester
Minivan: Honda Odyssey
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Get peace of mind from the auto advantage
You may be asking yourself, why I should purchase an extended warranty from autowarranties.com.
Longevity
We’ve been selling extended warranties since 1979, so we’re not new to the game. We’ve been specialist in extended warranties/vehicle service contracts for new and used cars for 27 years.
Options
We have a plethora of options from which to choose. We have coverage for as little as 3 months to 14 years, or 3,000 miles to 170,000 miles. We have three basic auto warranty solutions. The Powertrain option covers engine parts and driveshaft parts. The component option covers various components in your new or used car. Finally, the bumper to bumper option is our best deal and the one we recommend to most people. The bumper to bumper is a powertrain and component warranty in one package, it’s the most complete package we have.
Affordable
We can offer you these great auto warranties at great prices. For just pennies a day we can give you peace of mind about your new or used car.
Whether you are across town or across the country when an unforeseen repair is required, your extended warranty from AUTO ADVANTAGE will provide you with peace of mind.
If you want to be protected from unforeseen repairs, we’d like to help.
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