Comments for TheDetroitBureau.com http://www.thedetroitbureau.com The Voice of the Automotive World Sat, 19 May 2012 02:01:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Will GM’s Decision to Cut Ads Short-Circuit Facebook IPO? by toyota viet nam http://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2012/05/will-gms-decision-to-cut-ads-short-circuit-facebook-ipo/comment-page-1/#comment-39476 toyota viet nam Sat, 19 May 2012 02:01:24 +0000 http://www.thedetroitbureau.com/?p=49971#comment-39476 <strong>toyota viet nam...</strong> [...]Will GM’s Decision to Cut Ads Short-Circuit Facebook IPO? | TheDetroitBureau.com[...]... toyota viet nam…

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]]> Comment on New Nissan Altima is an “All-American” Car by Anonymous http://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2012/05/new-nissan-altima-is-an-all-american-car/comment-page-1/#comment-39387 Anonymous Thu, 17 May 2012 14:29:37 +0000 http://www.thedetroitbureau.com/?p=49981#comment-39387 [...] by North American suppliers, Nissan insists the 2013 Altima is about as American as you can get. http://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2012...-american-car/ Hmmmmm ... 44 mpg by 2010 ... 2013? Reply With [...] [...] by North American suppliers, Nissan insists the 2013 Altima is about as American as you can get. http://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2012…-american-car/ Hmmmmm … 44 mpg by 2010 … 2013? Reply With [...]

]]> Comment on Scion in Transition by WLB http://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2012/05/scion-in-transition/comment-page-1/#comment-39057 WLB Thu, 10 May 2012 02:52:35 +0000 http://www.thedetroitbureau.com/?p=49811#comment-39057 I had been waiting over a year and a half for the iQ to come out, and had every intention of buying the first one my local dealer got on the lot - until I found out that cruise control wasn't available, even as a dealer add-on. Total deal breaker for me - so I leased a fortwo (with factory cruise) instead. But I'd rather have had the iQ... It blows my mind that Toyota markets the iQ as a 'premium micro-car' at a pretty premium price and it doesn't even have cruise. Very disappointed. WLB. I had been waiting over a year and a half for the iQ to come out, and had every intention of buying the first one my local dealer got on the lot – until I found out that cruise control wasn’t available, even as a dealer add-on. Total deal breaker for me – so I leased a fortwo (with factory cruise) instead.

But I’d rather have had the iQ…

It blows my mind that Toyota markets the iQ as a ‘premium micro-car’ at a pretty premium price and it doesn’t even have cruise. Very disappointed.

WLB.

]]> Comment on Romney: I Saved Auto Industry by Opposing Bailout by Romney: I Saved Auto Industry by Opposing Bailout … - Magazine-News - Magazine-News http://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2012/05/romney-i-saved-auto-industry-by-opposing-bailout/comment-page-1/#comment-39049 Romney: I Saved Auto Industry by Opposing Bailout … - Magazine-News - Magazine-News Thu, 10 May 2012 00:20:26 +0000 http://www.thedetroitbureau.com/?p=49735#comment-39049 [...] Siehe den Artikel hier : Romney: I Saved Auto Industry by Opposing Bailout … [...] [...] Siehe den Artikel hier : Romney: I Saved Auto Industry by Opposing Bailout … [...]

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]]> Comment on Judge Sides With Honda in Small Claims Verdict Appeal by Paul A. Eisenstein http://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2012/05/judge-sides-with-honda-in-small-claims-verdict-appeal/comment-page-1/#comment-39039 Paul A. Eisenstein Wed, 09 May 2012 19:59:44 +0000 http://www.thedetroitbureau.com/?p=49815#comment-39039 Hi, Jerz, I have to admit I am also confused by the judge's opinion which makes the EPA effectively the final arbiter since Honda has agreed to a class action settlement on the same matter in which it agreed to pay (albeit small) owners of the same era Civic Hybrid for falling short of mileage claims. Here, however, is the issue that seems to always get lost: in a conversation with senior EPA officials a few years back I was clearly advised that automakers can advertise ANY number UP TO what the EPA determines. In other words, if Honda knew its hybrids were only going to get 30 mpg, not 50, in real-world use that's what they could have posted. But no maker ever does that. They always go for the max. And unless they are held accountable for that they will never tell the consumer anything but the rosiest of pictures. It's intriguing to see that manufacturers have become much more (well, relatively) more honest on horsepower and performance numbers having been sued over optimistic claims. Of course, the makers don't have a fallback that now effectively shields them from any claim. The SAE may carry weight and sway a court but it's not the same thing as what the California judge just ruled: If the EPA says it you can't contest it. Paul A. Eisenstein Publisher, TheDetroitBureau.com Hi, Jerz,

I have to admit I am also confused by the judge’s opinion which makes the EPA effectively the final arbiter since Honda has agreed to a class action settlement on the same matter in which it agreed to pay (albeit small) owners of the same era Civic Hybrid for falling short of mileage claims. Here, however, is the issue that seems to always get lost: in a conversation with senior EPA officials a few years back I was clearly advised that automakers can advertise ANY number UP TO what the EPA determines. In other words, if Honda knew its hybrids were only going to get 30 mpg, not 50, in real-world use that’s what they could have posted. But no maker ever does that. They always go for the max. And unless they are held accountable for that they will never tell the consumer anything but the rosiest of pictures. It’s intriguing to see that manufacturers have become much more (well, relatively) more honest on horsepower and performance numbers having been sued over optimistic claims. Of course, the makers don’t have a fallback that now effectively shields them from any claim. The SAE may carry weight and sway a court but it’s not the same thing as what the California judge just ruled: If the EPA says it you can’t contest it.

Paul A. Eisenstein
Publisher, TheDetroitBureau.com

]]> Comment on Judge Sides With Honda in Small Claims Verdict Appeal by Jerzjt http://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2012/05/judge-sides-with-honda-in-small-claims-verdict-appeal/comment-page-1/#comment-39038 Jerzjt Wed, 09 May 2012 19:31:53 +0000 http://www.thedetroitbureau.com/?p=49815#comment-39038 So does Peters have a case against the EPA since they "control the fuel economy ratings"? I don't understand how the appeal overturned the first verdict yet Peters has no recourse....big business wins again? Screw the consumer. Sad. So does Peters have a case against the EPA since they “control the fuel economy ratings”?

I don’t understand how the appeal overturned the first verdict yet Peters has no recourse….big business wins again? Screw the consumer.

Sad.

]]> Comment on Traffic Deaths Continue to Plunge by Paul A. Eisenstein http://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2012/05/traffic-deaths-continue-to-plunge/comment-page-1/#comment-39013 Paul A. Eisenstein Wed, 09 May 2012 13:01:12 +0000 http://www.thedetroitbureau.com/?p=49731#comment-39013 There's definitely a shift in attitude, Steve. Check out our Scion report going up later today. Paul E. There’s definitely a shift in attitude, Steve. Check out our Scion report going up later today.
Paul E.

]]> Comment on Traffic Deaths Continue to Plunge by Steve http://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2012/05/traffic-deaths-continue-to-plunge/comment-page-1/#comment-38954 Steve Tue, 08 May 2012 19:47:48 +0000 http://www.thedetroitbureau.com/?p=49731#comment-38954 Perhaps the fact that Echo-Boomers/Gen-Y folks really aren't as intersted in driving (some not at all)is a factor. When I was young growing up, kids couldn't wait to get a DL and on weekends, undoubtedly mixing cars, inexperienced driver skill, some drinking and the need to showing off would be a recipe for bad things. Perhaps the fact that Echo-Boomers/Gen-Y folks really aren’t as intersted in driving (some not at all)is a factor. When I was young growing up, kids couldn’t wait to get a DL and on weekends, undoubtedly mixing cars, inexperienced driver skill, some drinking and the need to showing off would be a recipe for bad things.

]]> Comment on Romney: I Saved Auto Industry by Opposing Bailout by bryanrmorris http://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2012/05/romney-i-saved-auto-industry-by-opposing-bailout/comment-page-1/#comment-38941 bryanrmorris Tue, 08 May 2012 17:28:26 +0000 http://www.thedetroitbureau.com/?p=49735#comment-38941 Mitt "let em all go bankrupt" Romney taking any credit for the revival of GM and Chrysler is laughable. Or, it would be, if it weren't being uncritically reported in the MSM. Mitt “let em all go bankrupt” Romney taking any credit for the revival of GM and Chrysler is laughable. Or, it would be, if it weren’t being uncritically reported in the MSM.

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