SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Car Infotainment Issues Top Consumer Complaints

Stellantis’ Ram pickup takes top honors in this year’s J.D. Power Initial Quality Study.

VW Taos Delivers Pleasure in Compact Package

Test Drive
All three Taos trim levels use VW’s EA211 1.5L turbo-4 making 158 hp and 184 lb.-ft. (250 Nm) of torque at just 1,750 rpm. The engine is based on the 1.4L turbo in the Jetta, but the automaker says the new 1.5L builds torque 35% faster.

Dried-Up Inventory Sinks U.S. Light-Vehicle Sales in August

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August’s annualized rate was tracking about one million units higher until the inventory-drain worsened enough that sales nosedived at the end of the month, which does not bode well for the upcoming Labor Day weekend.

You Can Move Inventory, And Still Lose Customers

Surveys by Urban Science underscore the danger of making assumptions about what new-vehicle shoppers want and need to motivate a purchase or lease.

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