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New Toyota Camry Seeks to Hold Off Resurgent Rivals
Posted by in AutoMobiles Update Model on August 22, 2011
Best selling Camry awaits 2012 overhaul.
The Toyota Camry is on top of the automotive world as this five passenger mid-size sedan has been the best selling car in America almost every year since 2000. The current Camry, however, has been bypassed by newer models — not in sales, but in relevancy. Several models including the Hyundai Sonata and Kia Optima are newer, offering more content, a competitive price and better gas mileage.
Stiff Competition
With the competition learning how to take on the Toyota Camry and the runner-up Honda Accord, the Camry is at once dated and vulnerable. Though no automaker has the manufacturing capacity to beat Camry, collectively models from the Korean producers, Ford, Chevrolet and others can chip away at sales. For consumers its a win-win environment: today’s midsize cars offer outstanding value and are attractive.
Although Toyota needs to update the Camry, the changes are expected to be evolutionary, rather than revolutionary. The Camry’s current design is a winner, which means messing with its success could spoil its place on the market.
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Alternative Fuels For Automobiles
Posted by in AutoMobiles Update Model on August 22, 2011
The growing discontent amongst the masses about the harmful effects of climate change and global warming, has brought upon the need for alternative fuels for cars. Read on to know more.
The need for using and implementing alternative fuels for cars has seen a massive surge in public opinion over the last few years, owing primarily to unprecedented climate changes, the economic meltdown and the simple need of contributing towards a cleaner environment. Since the onset of the Industrial Revolution, cars and automobiles have run on petroleum based products (petrol and diesel). Throughout the past few centuries this has been a very suitable alternative as there has been ample amount of natural sources of petroleum, and the number of vehicles and automobiles had been relatively lesser. Read more on fuel.
But something changed in this regard since the middle of the 20th century. Suddenly the number of automobiles multiplied endlessly, and we were left covering our ears due to the cacophony of blaring horns, and covering our noses and mouths due to the noxious fumes these hordes of automobiles were spraying on us. In the midst of it all, the stockpile of natural resources slowly kept diminishing, and today we are faced with the very real possibility of these resources completely running out. It’s hard to imagine a world without petrol, as it would bring entire countries to a complete standstill. All these factors have contributed to the inherent need to resort to some alternative fuels for cars now, fuels that do not harm the earth’s atmosphere, do not harm the masses, and are also renewable at the same time. Read more on renewable energy.
Another cause for the need of alternative fuels for cars is the monopoly enjoyed over the sources of petroleum in the world by the cartels that exist in the Middle East. Petroleum is a valuable resource, and Middle Eastern countries sit on the majority of them and exploit other countries since there are no alternatives. This has provided these countries with unprecedented power and given them room to dictate negotiations on their terms. This is not to say that all these countries are merely crooks, and this is in no way undermining their integrity, it is just a simple fact that any other country in their place would also do the same. Having the option of alternate fuels for automobiles would reduce much of the dependence on these countries though, and level the playing field a little bit.
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