Acura Announces June 2008 Sales Results (The Auto Channel)
TORRANCE, Calif., July 1 -- The TSX sports sedan posted best-ever June sales, making it Acura's top-selling vehicle for the month as the luxury division posted June sales of 12,456 units, down 16.4 percent* based on the daily-selling-rate.
Dealing in luxury (Reno Gazette-Journal)
Forget new car smell. The latest addition to south Reno's luxury car row was still sporting a new building smell as Acura of Reno opened its new $9 million dealership Tuesday.
Luxury autos combine beauty, brawn (The Daily Record)
For the high-end car buyer, luxury, performance and status factor into the purchase, as a wide range of makes and models are especially attractive to those with money to splurge.
MARK PHELAN: BMW X6: Swoopy utility vehicle (Detroit Free Press)
The world doesn't need the 2008 BMW X6, a new crossover that grafts a graceful sports car body onto an SUV's tall-boy chassis. Of course, the world didn't need Mrs. Fields to create more than a dozen variations on the chocolate chip cookie, either. Aren't you glad she did?
Jealousy blamed in 4 deaths, fire (Los Angeles Daily News)
QUARTZ HILL - Upset that his ex-wife was dating her children's tae kwon do instructor, Jae Hwan Shim of Palmdale and an accomplice slashed and beat her to death, along with her two children and a relative late last month, authorities said Tuesday.
American Honda Reports Record Sales in June 2008 (The Auto Channel)
TORRANCE, Calif., July 1 -- American Honda Motor Co., Inc., today announced total June sales of 142,539, up 13.8 percent on a daily-selling-rate basis(1), setting a new record for the month.
2009 Mercedes-Benz Gl320 Bluetec First Impressions (AutoSpies.com)
Big, powerful, athletic… and now green. The new 2009 Mercedes-Benz GL320 benefits from the next-generation BlueTEC diesel technology. Thusly equipped, it offers a substantial reduction in fuel consumption and emissions while delivering the same outstanding performance.
Killed Cats (The Car Connection)
Q--It is my understanding that a catalytic converter does not die. It is killed by something wrong with the engine. What do you say with another look at the problem in the 2004 Acura MDX , you wrote about on August 1, 2007? Thanks for any reply you may be able to give me, as I am also an ASE mechanic and want to keep up on my learning. ...