2011 Audi A8 Photo Gallery | Pictures | J.D. Power
Oh, my.
Audi A8
372-hp
4.2-liter V-8
8-speed Automatic
Infrared night vision, pedestrian detection, autonomous braking.  
Fall 2010

New L-Quattro $77,900   (2009)
One year old    $51,099  (Edmunds T.M.V.)
Depreciation     $26,801
THIS is “how to buy a car”

Right…THIS is the kind of thing that fascinates me. The Automotive Lease Guide (ALG) has announced the winners of the Residual Value Awards. These awards recognize the vehicles that are expected to retain the highest value over the next three years. Kinda like awarding gold medals for the next Olympic Games. Of course, there is [...]

CAR FU interviews Jody Devere, Founder and President of AskPatty.com, the Premier Automotive Website for Women!!
Don’t miss this…Jody was gracious to let me pick her brain for an hour or so, and she knows this business like no one else. 
Tags: howto buy a car, car fu, AskPatty. Jody Devere, [...]

One cannot listen to her music without an evocation of the woman herself, the feeling that she is somehow in the room, that her song is sung for the listener alone. Her lyrics are simple but profound, reflecting her life of rich and varied experience, and her melodies are the melodies of her life: [...]

The latest J.D. Power rankings of initial quality reveals some interesting things to the objective observer. These figures represent the number of problems per 100 vehicles. Here are the 2008 rankings for the 36 top nameplates:
1. Porsche: 87 2. Infiniti: 98 3. Lexus: 99 4. Mercedes-Benz:104 5. Toyota: 104 6. Mercury: 109 [...]

A hard but humorous look at the car biz, this book includes the exact system I use to save time and
tons of money for my clients. There really is no better way to research and buy a car, and I am not subsidized by any automakers, so my opinions are not ‘tempered’…at all. Just [...]

Many times I have witnessed a woman drive into a dealership, park, walk around for a while, and finally go up to the receptionist and ask for some assistance. I find this curious, as women directly influence 75% or more of ALL car sales. To watch trained attack-jackals…er, sales associates, virtually ignore her because they [...]