General Motors recently announced that it had disbanded its High Performance Vehicle Operations (HPVO) team. This is more of the same thinking that has essentially bankrupted them. The thinking: the government wants GM to focus on fuel efficiency, not performance, rendering HPVO a political liability. Disbanding HPVO is flawed on two levels. First off, gas is back under $2/gallon, and… More →
Day: February 26, 2009
When do cars die, and what kills them?
Over at TheTruthAboutCars.com, Steven Lang has posted an interesting analysis based on the percentage of trade-ins with over 150,000 miles on the clock. The assumption: the higher the percentage of trades with so many miles, the more durable the model. A rough analysis, to be sure, but it does mean something that Hondas and Toyotas seem more likely to last… More →