Pittsburgh Toyota Car Dealerships Offer a Variety of Vehicles

For some people, the search for a new car is a highly stressful event. When considering everything from safety and comfort to price and quality, finding a new car that’s right for you can be quite the task. However, it’s likely that no matter what type of car you’re looking for, you can find it at a Pittsburgh Toyota car dealership.

Toyota offers every type of vehicle from trucks to compact cars, giving you the option to choose the size and type of car that best fits your lifestyle. Many thing need to be considered when choosing a new car. If you have small children, safety is a large factor, as well as size depending on how many children you have. However, you may be a single mom or a bachelor simply looking for something fun and stylish. Either way, it’s important to find a car that makes you happy, and chances are high that a Pittsburgh Toyota will dealership can meet your needs.

A Toyota truck will make it easy for those at home or on-the-job tasks that just can’t be done without the features and power of a good quality truck. On the other hand, thanks to their spacious yet sleek designs, either a Toyota Camry or a Toyota Corolla could be the perfect car for a family trip or a night on the town. The hatchback design of a Toyota Matrix gives extra room for the kid’s soccer equipment or a couple beach chairs when planning a getaway. And of course, the small and aerodynamic design of the Toyota Prius, available as a hybrid, is sure to satisfy someone searching for a stylish and possibly even an environmentally friendly car.

It’s obvious that these Toyota models as well as other models offered by Toyota give you the flexibility to make the choice that fits your personal lifestyle. You will be able to meet your needs of safety, comfort, price and quality, all in one trip to a single dealership. In order to have a low-stress and successful experience searching for your new car, visit a Toyota dealership.

Pugi Mazda dealerships watching new government regulations with interest

And here we go again. The government is stepping into the automotive industry and imposing regulations on automakers. I can’t say I’m surprised or that I disagree with the decision; after the mistakes of the past few years across all aspects of the industry, some of the biggest “fail” moments have come from the auto industry. Pugi Mazda drivers know all too well that the effects of the recession leaked heavily into the automotive industry and some manufacturers were affected differently than others. Regardless, it’s time for automakers to get serious about efficiency because it represents progression – economic, technological and ecological progression – that we must embrace if we want to move forward as a civilization. Downers Grove Pugi dealers are one of the places where you can see this progression happen.

But back to the government regulations. Beginning with models for the year 2011, fuel economy standards imposed by the government are going to get a big shake up. The original standards were set forth in the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) law created in 1975. Pugi Mazda was happy to hear that those standards are getting an extreme bump up. For cars, the previous standard has sat static at a low 27.5 miles per gallon since 1990. For trucks, it’s at a very low 23.5 miles per gallon. The new standards will rise to 37.8 miles per gallon and 28.8 miles per gallon respectively by 2016. Downers Grove Pugi dealers aren’t very worried about the new standard as Mazda has traditionally embraced a pretty solid fuel economy stance. With solid vehicles like the Mazda 3, the standards should be extremely easy to meet.

The rest of the new CAFE requirements will leverage a wide variety of different criteria, so it would be pretty convoluted to try to get into it here. Regardless, Pugi Mazda understands the new standards, and I expect them to meet those standards without a problem. In fact, most manufacturers shouldn’t have a problem meeting the standards. The average is already up among most cars and trucks on the market; recent data collected claims that car fleets average 32.5 CAFE miles per gallon. Trucks weighed in at a solid 24.5 miles per gallon. Downers Grove Mazda drivers would be happy to find out that the brand’s average was higher than the general average.

It’s great to see that the auto industry is finally getting with the picture and answering consumer demand for smaller, more fuel efficient vehicles. After a meager 2009 and low sales before and after that, the industry was in the throes of something so horrific that it needed some form of mantra to shake things up. But here we are, still in the tail end of the recession, and we desperately needed the efficiency that automakers are beginning to deliver. With very little time before the electric vehicle hits the market, the auto industry is finally showing some ability to build buzz around the new things that they’re developing and putting on the market.

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Car dealerships take a shine to building green: using an environmentally friendly approach pays off in long run.: An article from: San Diego Business Journal

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Green Car Dealerships

Green car dealerships sell various types of ‘green cars’ or environmental friendly cars. There are 16 green car dealerships in 10 states in the United States of America. The dealers are also converting their dealerships into green areas. The main idea is to use less water, less energy and use environmental friendly processes in a place with a lot of green space.

People at first thought that it would not be possible for car dealership to go green. Then the LEED voluntary rating system came into existence. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. This has been set up by the US Green Building Council to recognize buildings that are environmental friendly in their custom, design and operations. Gensler was the first to design a car dealership to register for a LEED rating. The rating is given according to the indoor environmental quality and energy efficiency that is met by the dealership. The ratings are – Certified, Silver, Gold and Platinum. This rating system provides a uniform manner of measuring a building’s sustainability. Many car dealerships have followed this initiative and have gone green. There are at least 16 green dealerships in the United States.

The green car dealership follows certain architectural practices. These include having the outside of the building being made of 80% recycled aluminum, when heat is needed, it comes from oil change waste, the car wash uses recycled water, taps, lighting that conserves energy and the carpet is made of recycled windshield glass. Alternative means of transport is shown preference, by having bicycle racks and preference for parking for people who carpool. Rainwater is used and plants that do not need much water such as drought resistant plants and grass are grown. This type of green car dealership proves that it is possible for people to go green if they just put their mind to it. In the future there is a possibility that this initiative will pick up and many major companies will go green.

R&B Auto Center, located in Fontana, CA is the first Pre Owned car Dealership to go green. R&B Auto Center’s has installed beautiful rockwork and Eco-Alliance Artificial Grass throughout the dealership and playground, all of this in an effort to conserve one of earths most valuable resources, water. R&B Auto Center has retrofitted most of the lighting fixtures with energy efficient lighting to conserve energy. Recycling is a way of life for all employees at R&B Auto Center. Recycling bins are placed throughout the dealership for paper, plastic and aluminum. R&B Auto Center’s Service department recycles used oil, tires, and metal.