Dog owners are a big portion of new SUV buyers. About 45 million American households have at least one dog. The ability to conveniently and comfortably accommodate and transport their pet or pets plays a big role in which vehicle consumers buy. Automakers are increasingly looking for ways to attract new buyers and adding features [...]
GM Will Continue Building Large SUVs on Truck-Based Platform
Truck-based SUVs are not going away any time soon. Despite the recent trend towards crossover car-based SUVs, Automotive News is reporting that GM will build its next generation Chevrolet Tahoe and GMC Yukon, due to come out in 2013 or 2014, on its truck-based platform shared with the popular Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra full-size [...]
Safest SUVs
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (“IIHS”) is out with its list of Top Safety Picks for 2010. The big change in this years list was that the IIHS included rollover crash testing in its evaluations. This is an important safety consideration, as according to the IIS, more than 9,000 people die each year in [...]
2011 Nissan Juke
Debuting this fall is an all-new SUV, the 2011 Nissan Juke. This compact SUV, which could more accurately be called sub-compact slots between Nissan’s Rogue SUV and the Versa hatchback. However, the Juke has a style and performance all its own. Nissan is billing the Juke as a sport crossover vehicle where “all-wheel drive agility [...]
