Road trippers – travel smart!

As the summer season quickly approaches and kids off of school for a few months, many families, couples, and even groups of single friends take the opportunity to travel across the nation. That’s right, I’m talking about road trips. Personally, I’ve never been on one, but I intend to change that in the upcoming years. Nevertheless, Milpitas new car owners who have gone on such adventures know that it takes a bit of careful planning and execution. … Continue Reading

Minivans aren’t just for kids

When you hear “minivan,” what do you think of? Perhaps you picture a soccer mom driving her kids and their friends to practice – or any other type of mom driving her kids and their friends to some other school function or activity. What car companies are noticing, however, is that Milpitas new car shoppers who are not parents are considering minivans as well. … Continue Reading

2011 brings the Honda CR-Z Hybrid to showrooms

Honda is set to broaden its hybrid offerings for 2011, which includes the new 2011 Honda CR-Z — a well-styled 2-seat hatchback that puts as much of a focus on driving enjoyment as on fuel efficiency. It’s powered by a 122-horsepower 1.5-liter gasoline engine with estimates of 38 mpg highway. For more information, see your Honda Milpitas dealer. … Continue Reading

What new technologies are going to find their way into your future car?

In the mid-90s you were ahead of the trends if you owned a cell phone. You know, one of those large black bricks? Now nearly fifteen years later, the average consumer exchanges 10 plus texts a day, receives and places five phone calls, and checks the weather on their smartphone’s mobile internet as they please.

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Honda says build it and they will come

If you build it, they will come….hybrid cars that is! Honda headquarters recently told the Milpitas new car dealer that automakers should worry less about building infrastructure for charging plug-in cars and focus more on making a more appealing electric vehicle. Honda’s senior manager of environment and energy strategy, Bob Bienenfeld, says, “If you have a product that people want, others will just climb all over each other to build the infrastructure for those cars, If you have a lousy car, it’s really hard to build infrastructure.” He is saying some automakers are just concerned with putting hybrids out on the market to compete with other automakers. They are not really looking at what the consumers want and are not trying to create the newest hybrid technology that would be the next best thing since the Internet!

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