More Jump on board for EV
With EV and hydrogen vehicles becoming affordable and automakers embracing alternative fuels, even the high-end makers are getting on-board! Now Mercedes Benz is showing progress with the B-Class fuel cell powered car! Although fuel cell tech is much like EV, it is different, and Mercedes has included the hydrogen fill-ups within the cost of … Read more
Best Cars for Moms?
Consumer Reports just published an article about the best new cars for moms. The Top 2 cars for New Moms, they said, are the Honda CRV and Toyota RAV4, due to safety reasons! This is because of the high safety and reliability scores these vehicles have earned. Toyota and Honda are known for their massive … Read more
Leftlane News reports the Top 10 ‘Most Improved’ cars of recent!
Most improved: 10 cars that were in hot demand last month1. Honda Civic Hybrid up 533 percent to 7662. Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class up 522 percent to 6473. Lexus GS up 421 2,0064. Chrysler 300 up 138 percent to 7,7635. Audi A6 up 137 percent to 1,5656. Subaru Impreza up 124 percent to 6,7917. Toyota Yaris up 115 percent to 4,2748. Nissan Quest up 96 percent to 1,9589. BMW 6-Series up 93 … Read more
Just Announced: $500 REBATE to Active and Discharged Armed Forces Members! – Toyota Will Double It!
Just Annouced: We are offering a $500 rebate when you take advantage of this program! NOW, Toyota is announcing that they will be doubling this offer!!! If you are an active or discharged member of the Armed Forces, you are eligable for this amazing program. And now, with Toyota’s deal to match this rebate, there … Read more
Shuttle Flies over Pohanka store!
The retired NASA shuttle flew over our sister locations in Virginia the other day! Check out the pictures!!
With a Low Pricetag, the Versa Wins Top Safety as well!!!
The Versa wins the IIHS (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety) top scores in side, rear, and front rollover impact protection. This makes this the 4th Top Safety Pick this year for Nissan! Six airbags, anti-lock brakes, traction control, electronic stability, and more, pack a nice safety punch for this vehicle! And with a rating of 38 … Read more
Toyota, Like Honda, Continues To Win Awards!
Toyota has several categories (nine, I think) of model leaders this year winning a total of 12, yes 12, times. Here is the breakdown from ToyotaInTheNews.com : Toyota Prius—The top-ranked Compact Hybrid for the seventh year. Toyota Camry—This year’s best value as Mid-size Sedan thanks to its low fuel, maintenance and insurance … Read more
The Odyssey wins more awards..
Every week Honda seems to win more and more awards. We are even getting tired of posting about them, even though we don’t even cover a fraction of them! Now, MotorWeek has given an award to the Honda Odyssey for the best minivan to drive! At 28/Mpg highway, who can argue. Even the Sienna can’t … Read more
Midnight Madness is here again!!!!
Its that time again! Midnight Madness, where we slash pricing. This time we are supporting fuel-efficient vehicles! We are introducing employee pricing on all fuel-efficient vehicles. This is a crazy deal at the moment, but will not last very long, unfortunately. ANDDDD, we have various radio stations coming out to hang with us: Honda will host … Read more
Using Your Car for Emergency Power?
With more vehicles on the environmentally-friendly side, they are employing EV power. The Prius included, these vehicles can, in an emergency, provide power to a home in case of disaster! It only gives, on average, 2 days of juice but in an emergency one hopes that they will not be in the situation for more … Read more
Toyota Sienna is ‘Least Expensive to Insure” !!
Insurance is not so cheap anymore. Especially if you are young. In a large study of 900+ vehicles from 2012 the Sienna from Toyota has been named the ‘Least Expensive to Insure’ by Insure.com. The Sienna is known for it’s vast amount of space and cargo room! The fact that this awesome van is … Read more
The Prius is Rocking It, Gets Great Mileage!!
It appears that the new Prius is doing quite well!!! The Prius C and V sold a ton (well, the V sold 8400) in the first 10 weeks! In these hard economical times it makes sense to purchase something with good mileage, and the Prius has always been a staple for the term ‘Hybrid’ and gas … Read more
Some Info on Pohanka Contests!! ( such as the iPad contest)..
We still have a stack of iPads that are not going to raffle themselves off!! – Get your friends to like our page so we can meet the requirements to raffle the next one off! Pohanka runs contests often and gives away quite a bit of stuff. Not many people did the ‘Wheres Quackers’ contest … Read more
Hyundai Wins ‘Best Under $20,000′
Honda, Toyota and Hyundai, 3 of Pohanka’s top selling makes, are always winning awards. We have been posting lately a lot of Toyota and Honda awards, and have not focused on Hyundai. However, they have just been awarded Winding Roads ‘Best Under 20,000′ for the Veloster. For those unfamiliar, this car is a newer addition … Read more
Hyundai Extends Warranty on Battery!
Although the hybrid Sonata has been though extensive testing and the battery is probably not going to need a warranty, it is always good to have one! They are coming out with an extended warranty for 100,00 miles or 10 years! That is quite a bit of road time for a battery! This just shows … Read more
Honda Continues to Win Awards!
I am sure you are tired of hearing it by now, but Honda is known for winning awards for all kinds of reasons: design, safety, etc. Now Honda is on top says the American Council for an Energy-efficient Economy (ACEEE), with an astonishing seven honors! They even top the ‘Greenest Car’s” award list. The Civic … Read more
Hyundai Reveals 2012 Elantra GT
Hyundai will be debuting the Elantra GT (or the i30 Wagon) next month. The new release is a step up over its predecessor and looks sleek! Carscoop breaks it down thusly: “ The new i30 Wagon shares its engines and running gear with the five-door model, but sports a longer body to increase trunk space. More … Read more
Would You Ride in a Driverless Vehicle?
With Google using Prii for their driverless cars, it poses the question: Is it safe; would I dare ride in one? The system, which uses GPS and on-board cameras to work out an algorithm for a travel path, would be great for people who have trouble driving by themselves, such as the elderly or disabled. Would … Read more
A Review of the Prius C [Toyota]
" permalink="http://thepohankablog.com/2012/02/17/a-review-of-the-prius-c-toyota/"]Left Lane News gets a chance to drive the Prius C and have reviewed it in an article. Since this week we have focused on the Prius news I thought it would only be appropriate to add this tidbit of information. The bottom line seems to be that Toyota has shrunk the Prius … Read more
Toyota Focuses on Hybrids!
Toyota’s Inaba has stated that Toyota’s Inaba has commented that “if everyone in the U.S. drove a Prius, we could reduce our dependence on foreign oil by 70 percent.” It seems that in the coming years Toyota will focus quite a bit of energy on hybrid technology. They have even stated that this year … Read more
