April 14, 2014 In a surprising move for the industry that practically invented the assembly line, multiple Toyota factories in Japan are replacing robots with human beings.   It’s happening at Toyota’s plants across Japan, reports Bloomberg News, and the idea behind it is as innovative as the move 30 years ago to replace humans…

April 12, 2013 My first car was a stick-shift and my wife still drive a stick but I have to admit, auto makes life a little easier!! In your quest for better fuel economy and more value, don’t overlook the benefits of a manual transmission. In our tests, we’ve found that a stick…

April 6, 2013 We love small turbo engines but it seems there is a ways to go till the technology catches up with the claims, Consumer Reports investigates. Small turbocharged engines are marketed as delivering the power of a large engine, with the fuel economy of a smaller one. That’s a tempting proposition,…

February 28, 2013 We really like the news Mazda engines and here is the 411 on them! Around the world, automakers are grappling with the changes necessary to meet escalating fuel-economy regulations. To this end, Mazda is launching a new family of four-cylinder engines—fours power the vast majority of Mazda’s cars—called Sky-G (gasoline)…