Christmas Shopping at All Import Auto Parts

Christmas is coming!  We know, you already know, but we thought a little reminder wouldn’t hurt any of us.  So, have you done your Christmas shopping yet?  Video games for Junior?  Check!  Charm bracelet for Jeannie?  Check!  New bone for Fido?  Check! But what about the Do-It-Yourselfer in the family?  What about the grease monkey…

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The Nissan Z Cars: Japan’s Answer to Muscle Cars

The year was 1949.  The car was a 1949 Oldsmobile Rocket 88, the first American “muscle car,” according to Car Digest, and who are we to argue. What was a muscle car?  It was exactly as its name suggests, a lightweight car with a whole lot of muscle, usually a powerful engine capable of taking…

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Mercedes Announces Sales for October, 2014

Daimler announced that record sales were recorded worldwide for Mercedes-Benz and Smart, up eight percent in October over October, 2013.  A total of 146,112 units were sold in October, 2014, and the sales record was led by a very strong showing in China. Mercedes marketing and sales boss Ola Kaellenius said that the new C-class…

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Volkswagen Sales News for 2014

It seems the rich are destined to just get richer. Volkswagen is in a struggle with Toyota to see which giant automaker stands atop the sales list for 2014, and so far the battle is neck-and-neck. Volkswagen just recorded their five-millionth sale of passenger cars for the period from January to October, and that is…

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Toyota Posts Great October Sales

We already know that Toyota is one of the top three automakers in the world, and that probably, at least partially, explains why they just announced another great month of sales in October, 2014. For October, Toyota sales were up 6.9 percent. That figure includes Toyota, Scion, and Lexus.  The Toyota division also showed an…

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