2016 Cruze is fresh and fast
The Chevrolet Cruze compact sedan is bigger yet lighter for 2016, with fresh styling, a new turbo-charged engine and more technology and safety features.With 153 horsepower, the Cruze is more powerful than its predecessor and tops the 140 horsepower of one of its biggest competitors, the Toyota Corolla. The Cruze also has 177 foot-pounds of torque - 15 more foot-pounds than another competitor, the Honda Civic - helping it to beat many cars while leaving a stoplight.Perhaps most important for millennial car shoppers, the 2016 Cruze is compatible with Apply CarPlay and Android Auto, so ...
2009 Jeep needs new spark plugs
Dear Doctor: My 2009 Jeep Grand Cherokee (5.7 Hemi V-8) has 43,000 miles and runs great. I have never had it tuned-up or had the spark plugs replaced. I understand that this engine does not call for platinum plugs and it requires two plugs per cylinder. What do you advise - is it time for a tune-up? VincentDear Vincent: Your Jeep is seven-years old - and though it is low in mileage my advice is to replace all 16 spark plugs. Make sure the technician uses a small amount of anti-seize compound on the plug treads and Dielectric grease on the coil and wire plug ends.Dear Doctor: I have a ...
Jaguar was dad’s daily driver
In the summer of 1958 college student Bill Lightfoot accompanied his father to the Jaguar store where he traded-in his two-year-old Jaguar for a new XK150 "S."The sticker price on the 1958 Jaguar XK150 S was lofty at $5,193. Compare that to a 1958 Corvette, which was selling for $3,631, or a 1958 Cadillac Coupe deVille that carried a price of $5,251. It was difficult to determine who was happier on the drive home to Hudson, Mass., - father or son.The elder Lightfoot had ordered one of the earliest XK150 S models painted in red. When the car arrived, the Jaguar folks called to say racing ...