The Mazda Mazda3 made the Forbes 10 Safest Small Cars List! Check it out!

The laws of physics always favor a larger car in a collision. That's why it's critical to choose a small car that gets top crash-test ratings and offers an extensive assortment of safety features. To qualify, a car must garner top scores across the board for performance in front, side, rollover, and rear-end crashes based on ratings determined by the IIHS' evaluations. Vehicles are rated in each category on a basis of "good," "acceptable," "marginal" or "poor" performance.

http://autos.yahoo.com/news/the-10-safest-small-cars.html?page=2

Zoom Zoom! The new 2013 Mazda CX-5 is named Best Small Utility Vehicle by MotorWeek!

The latest arrival to the Zoom-Zoom family and the first to fully incorporate the full suite of SKYACTIV technologies, the all-new 2013 CX-5 has earned Mazda North American Operations its 16th overall Drivers' Choice Award, as announced by MotorWeek at the 2012 Chicago Auto Show. Expected to go on sale in early Spring 2012, the compact crossover SUV offers the best highway fuel economy of any SUV sold in North America at 35 miles per gallon (mpg) and features class-leading overall fuel economy performance versus its direct competitors.

http://www.mazdausamedia.com/content/all-new-2013-mazda-cx-5-named-best-small-utility-vehicle-motorweek

Mazda is teaming up with Velocity for the year's new TV broadcasts! Coming soon to a TV near you!

The best race in the world is hearsay unless people see it. Some of the best racing in the world is not the headline race, but the support races featuring the stars of tomorrow. Mazda has supported more road racers over the past decade than any other automaker, and for 2012 is stepping up that support to include extended TV coverage on the new Velocity network.

http://www.mazdausamedia.com/content/mazda-teams-velocity-2012-us-tv-broadcasts

Check out the Chrysler 200 at Preferred Auto Imports and Preowned near Holland, MI in this new video!

http://PreferredAutoImports.com 866-924-9139 The Chrysler 200 drives down the road with poise. The suspension provides a supple yet well-controlled ride, and handling is better than that of many other midsize sedans. Performance with the 2.4-liter four-cylinder is remarkable. The 3.6-liter V6 is quite energetic and is one of the most robust engines in the segment, delivering strong acceleration without a tremendous sacrifice in fuel economy. Used cars in Holland, MI.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6Km4n-9m5M

Quality Used and Pre-Owned Cars at Preferred Auto Imports of Michigan electrify this video!

http://PreferredAutoImports.com 866-924-9139 The front-wheel-drive Chevy Volt is primarily powered by an electric motor rated at 149 horsepower (111 kilowatts) and 273 pound-feet of torque. This motor draws power from a 16-kWh lithium-ion battery pack until the battery charge is 70 percent depleted. At that point, the Volt's 1.4-liter four-cylinder internal combustion engine, which requires premium fuel, comes to life as a replacement power source for the electric motor. Under certain higher-speed conditions, the four-cylinder can also help power the wheels directly. Few used Chevy Volts are in Michigan near Muskegon but check with us often.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oX-KjngI4g

The Used Ford Mustang near Holland, MI at Preferred Auto Imports of Muskegon, MI stars in this!

http://PreferredAutoImports.com 866-924-9139 The Ford Mustang V6 is powered by a 3.7-liter engine producing 305 hp and 280 pound-feet of torque. The Mustang GT steps up to a 5.0-liter V8 good for 412 hp and 390 lb-ft of torque. Both have a standard six-speed manual transmission, while a six-speed automatic is optional. As if this isn't enough, the Boss 302's 5.0-liter V8 ups power output to 444 hp and 380 lb-ft of torque. The Mustang V6 coupe earns an EPA fuel economy estimate of 19 mpg city/31 mpg highway and 23 mpg in combined driving with the automatic transmission, while the manual is estimated at 19/29/22 mpg. The GT has an 18/25/21 mpg rating with the automatic and 17/26/20 mpg with the manual.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Eq5uGpXybg

Motorweek names the 2013 CX-5 Best Small Utility Vehicle! Zoom Zoom!

The latest arrival to the Zoom-Zoom family and the first to fully incorporate the full suite of SKYACTIV technologies, the all-new 2013 CX-5 has earned Mazda North American Operations its 16th overall Drivers' Choice Award, as announced by MotorWeek at the 2012 Chicago Auto Show. Expected to go on sale in early Spring 2012, the compact crossover SUV offers the best highway fuel economy of any SUV sold in North America at 35 miles per gallon (mpg) and features class-leading overall fuel economy performance versus its direct competitors.

http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2012/02/08/024067-all-new-2013-mazda-cx-5-named-best-small-utility.html

Toyota Financial Services, ADESA and Norwalk Auto Auctions donate $302,620 to Boys and Girls Clubs!

Toyota Financial Services (TFS), as part of its Making Life Easier for YOUth initiative, has partnered with two auto remarketing firms, ADESA (www.adesa.com) and Norwalk Auto Auctions (www.norwalkautoauction.com), to provide a surprise holiday donation of $302,620 that was shared among 17 Boys and Girls Clubs in cities where the three companies operate. In addition to celebrations at the various Clubs, representatives of Toyota Financial Services and The Boys and Girls Clubs of America will held a special check presentation at the Whittier Boys and Girls Clubs in Whittier, CA, to recognize the combined $302,620 contribution.

http://pressroom.toyota.com/releases/seventeen+boys+girls+clubs+share+tfs+contribution+holiday+season+2011.htm

Mazda is now the proud producer or the world's lightest bumpers!

Mazda has announced a new resin material that will use to make the world's lightest bumpers.
Jointly developed with the Japan Polypropylene Corporation, the resin maintains the same rigidity as parts made with conventional materials, but the parts are thinner and require less material. When both front and rear bumpers are made from the resin, the weight reduction is approximately 20 percent.

http://www.autos.ca/general-news/mazda-designs-worlds-lightest-bumpers

Get the best Used Mazda MazdaSpeed3 around at Preferred Auto Imports by Grand Rapids, MI!

http://PreferredAutoImports.com 866-924-9139 The Mazda3 and Sport trims are powered by a 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine that produces 148 horsepower and 135 pound-feet of torque. A five-speed manual is standard on both subtrims, but the Sport can be equipped with an optional five-speed automatic. In Edmunds performance testing, an automatic-equipped 3i with this engine went from zero to 60 mph in 9.9 seconds. EPA-estimated fuel economy is 25 mpg city/33 mpg highway and 28 mpg combined with the manual and 24/33/27 with the automatic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru7ByZXupeo

Preferred Auto Imports loves Preowned Toyota RAV4s near Wyoming, MI! Come find which one you like best!

http://PreferredAutoImports.com 866-924-9139 A 3.5-liter V6 with a five-speed automatic transmission is optional for all trim levels of the RAV4. It produces 269 hp and 246 lb-ft of torque. In Edmunds performance testing, the RAV4 V6 4WD delivers a time from a standstill to 60 mph of 7.2 seconds, quick for the segment. The V6 achieves an impressive 19 mpg city/27 mpg highway and 22 mpg combined for the front-wheel-drive RAV4, and these ratings change only by 1 mpg less for EPA highway when the 4WD model is selected.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSl8bdtFp5M

Take a multi-dimensional ride through Compact City in the 2012 Scion iQ.

Take a multi-dimensional ride through Compact City in the 2012 Scion iQ. (Includes artistic interpretations of Scion product features.) More info at: http://scionav.com/iQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-036otKmW3I

What is the best green car to buy in 2012? Choose your pick from the Toyota Prius Family!

Beginning this year, the Toyota Prius is on its way to expanding its family with three new members, and its progeny are already living up to their parent's award-winning ways: In fact, three Prii - Prius Liftback, Prius v and Prius Plug-in Hybrid - recently combined to earn the "Best Green Car to Buy 2012" recognition from GreenCarReports.com.

http://www.toyotainthenews.com/best-green-car-to-buy-2012-toyota-prius-family

Mazda Dealers take on the 25-hour Thunderhill race in their MX-5!

As part of the longest sanctioned road-race in North America, the National Auto Sport Association (NASA)'s 25 Hours of Thunderhill, Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) entered a Mazda MX-5 Miata prepared to SCCA Pro Racing Playboy MX-5 Cup specifications. The car, driven by three of the company's dealers, finished fourth in the E1 class and 35th overall out of 83 cars that started the race.

http://www.mazdausamedia.com/content/mazda-dealers-conquer-thunderhill-25-hour-race

Mazda's SKYACTIV gasoline engine was named to Ward's 10 Best Engines list!

SKYACTIV TECHNOLOGY, Mazda's all-new fuel-efficient and performance-oriented engineering technology, has been available in the North American market for less than a few months but already the awards are piling up. WardsAuto World named the SKYACTIV-G 2.0-liter gasoline engine a winner of its 2012 Ward's 10 Best Engines award. The SKYACTIV-G engine is part of the overall SKYACTIV TECHNOLOGY umbrella, which includes innovative new engines and transmissions as well as stronger and lighter body and chassis systems. These advanced technologies focus on increasing overall vehicle efficiency through lightweight materials and improved design while also increasing responsiveness.

http://www.mazdausamedia.com/content/mazda%E2%80%99s-skyactiv%C2%AE-g-gasoline-engine-named-ward%E2%80%99s-10-best-engines-list

The all-new 2012 Hyundai Veloster earned the 2011 Good Design Award! Way to go!

The all-new 2012 Hyundai Veloster earned a GOOD DESIGN Award in the Transportation category for its innovative and unique three-door design. The GOOD DESIGN Awards are presented annually by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design together with The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. Founded in Chicago in 1950, GOOD DESIGN bestows international recognition upon the world's most prominent designers and manufacturers for advancing new, visionary, and innovative product concepts, invention and originality, and for stretching the envelope beyond what is considered ordinary product and consumer design.

http://hyundainews.com/us/en-us/Media/PressRelease.aspx?mediaid=34833&title=hyundai-veloster-wins-2011-good-design-award

Heads up! Check out Toyota's teen driver video challenge and make your own safety video!

Toyota and Discovery Education announced the launch of their Toyota Teen Driver Video Challenge. A competition that invites high school students to create a two-minute video showing how they would encourage safe driving to fellow students. The challenge is part of Toyota and Discovery Education's Toyota Teen Driver program, which offers educators, students, and parents a variety of powerful tools and materials designed to help teens stay safe behind the wheel.

http://toyotateendriver.discoveryeducation.com

The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution lands a part in the film Haywire! Check it out!

Our friends at Relativity Media have provided us with this special trailer geared for Mitsubishi fans. Check out the extra footage of the Lancer Evolution MR in Octane Blue used in this exciting Hollywood thriller.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpTi830T65w

A used Mitsubishi Lancer at Preferred Auto Imports in Muskegon, MI is starring in this video.

http://PreferredAutoImports.com 866-924-9139 Every pre-owned Mitsubishi Lancer comes ready to perform. No exceptions. With a choice of powerful and fuel-efficient MIVEC engines, sport tuned suspensions, and efficient transmissions that respond how you drive, you're in for an experience every time you turn the key. Years of experience on the rally circuit laid the foundation for the Lancer's remarkably smooth, road-hugging suspension. Top-rated McPherson struts up in front perfectly complement the independent multi-link system in the rear, while the flat front sub frame eliminates flexing and bending to minimize the effect of bumps and potholes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rCClYSYlL4

Want a Used Hyundai Sonata? Well Preferred Auto Imports in Muskegon, MI has exactly what you're looking for!

http://PreferredAutoImports.com 866-924-9139 A well-balanced chassis and suspension make the Preowned Hyundai Sonata Hybrid feel more agile than its family sedan intentions might suggest. The light-effort steering action feels lively yet still proves fairly precise. The hybrid powertrain's electric motor makes accelerating from a dead stop a smooth affair, and at highway cruising speeds the electric motor can aid quick bursts of acceleration that makes the engine almost feel turbocharged.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVJMJfrAUBM

Preferred Auto Imports of Michigan with the Used FIAT 500 Sport video you will love. Used cars rock!

http://PreferredAutoImports.com 866-924-9139 The Used FIAT 500 Sport is redefining fun to drive for the driving enthusiast who demands Italian design with sport tuned suspension and more convenience features, Fiat 500 sport model encompasses modified springs, shock tuning, steering calibration exhaust tuning to deliver a more firm ride and responsive handling. Michigan Used Cars buyers love Preferred Auto!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7qL4KvWpsQ

Mazda to produce a diesel-powered Mazda6 Takeri Concept? Sweet!

The Takeri is also fitted with Mazda's i-stop idling stop system and a unique regenerative braking system called 'i-ELOOP' (Intelligent Energy Loop). The i-ELOOP is billed as the world's first kinetic energy recovery system that uses a capacitor and a 25V to 12V alternator instead of a traditional battery pack.

http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2011/11/mazda-hints-at-next-mazda6-with-diesel.html

Looking for a Used Dodge Nitro? Come on down to Preferred Auto Imports near Grand Rapids! But watch this first!

http://PreferredAutoImports.com 866-924-9139 The Dodge Nitro includes 20-inch chrome-clad wheels, foglamps, roof rails, deep tinted windows, keyless entry, full power accessories, heated mirrors, air-conditioning, a tilt steering wheel, a 60/40-split-folding and reclining rear seat and a six-speaker stereo with a CD player, satellite radio and an auxiliary audio jack. The Popular Equipment Group adds cruise control, an outside-temperature gauge and a compass. A sunroof is a stand-alone option. There is also the available Heat 4.0 package that includes a bigger V6 engine, an upgraded nine-speaker audio system and Bluetooth connectivity.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vesT1IyHjSg

Did you know that the Honda Accord has made Car And Driver's 10Best Cars list 26 times in the past 30 years?

Car and Driver magazine has named the 2012 Honda Accord 4-cylinder and the 2012 Honda Fit as two winners of its prestigious and highly competitive, annual "10Best Cars" award. Now in its eighth generation, the Accord has achieved "10Best Cars" status 26 times in the 30 years that Car and Driver editors have been conducting the competition, more than any other vehicle in the award's history. The Honda Fit has been honored with "10Best Cars" status in each of the six years that it has been on sale in the United States.

http://www.honda.com/newsandviews/article.aspx?g=honda-automobiles&id=6428-en

Ford now developing Inflatable Seat Belts as a new safety innovation! Safety First!

The rear inflatable seat belt, which is designed to reduce head, neck and chest injuries, earned the Breakthrough Technology Award as part of the magazine's seventh annual Breakthrough Awards. Lead developer Srini Sundararajan will accept the award, but he's quick to point out that it was a team effort. "Ford's goal is to develop innovative safety technologies that give our customers more peace of mind, so it is a great honor to receive the Breakthrough Technology Award," says Sundararajan, safety technical leader for Ford Research and Innovation.

http://www.fordinthenews.com/popular-mechanics-honors-fords-inflatable-seat-belts

Toyota is going green! Check out the Cool-Spot Creation Technology!

Toyota will exhibit its unique biotechnology and greening technologies in Aichi, Japan, hinting at what could become commercialized in just a few years. Technologies include cellulosic ethanol yeast, smart green parking and smart green walls.

http://www.toyotainthenews.com/advanced-toyota-tech-goes-on-display

Mitsubishi plans to produce eight new electric vehicles in the next four years!

Mitsubishi is well under way with this new project and expects to put its electric truck on sale globally by April 2013. It's not clear if the light truck will be part of Mitsubishi's North American line-up, but its other electric vehicles will be available here. Mitsubishi hopes to sell 42,000 electric vehicles in 2012, double the number it moved this fiscal year. The American market is a crucial part of Mitsubishi's goals.

http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2011/12/mitsubishi-to-launch-eight-electric-vehicles-by-2016-including-a-light-truck.html

A Preowned Ford Focus video from Preferred Auto Imports near Holland, MI is here!

http://PreferredAutoImports.com 866-924-9139 Forget fun to drive. Bumper cars are fun to drive. The Ford Focus has an intense side that comes out when you push the start button. It comes with an all-new chassis and suspension that's tighter and better than ever, and a new cornering assist system that puts the torque where the traction is. Preferred has a large selection of used cars and trucks available.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4nlMLmY7C8

What is Mazda SKYACTIV technology? Watch this video to find it out!

In the quest for better environmental performance, the goal was to reduce fuel consumption and emissions without compromising driving performance. To get there, they started with a clean sheet of paper and engineered every major component of the automobile to work together in efficient harmony. The result is something revolutionary.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iykuso6W4U0