Welcome to the New TheCarConnection.com!

Is the website going to be updated more often than every 2 weeks??

We’ll be back to blogging full-time by the end of the week. Give us a little bit to tuck in some loose endsand we’ll bring you the latest on the Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4, the Audi A4, and the upcoming Ford Flex — as well as some news we’ve held back during our relaunch.

Um, yeah, I was about to give up on CC entirely and wanted to give one more look. Sorry Marty and friends, not worth it. Can’t tell what you guys want to be this time but while this redesign is a bit better than before, it’s just not a winner.Not even close. Whats happend to the great writers you had in past? Some folks up there now, and i dont see many, write like students handing in homework assignments. This was the best car site out there. Not anymore. I guess you tried. But the new look is a yawner. You’ve just lost what you used to have.

ick! what happened!

This site is now way too confussing. While the old site had old data and not much content, you were at least able to find a section. Where is the Spy Photo area? It feels like you’ve taken two steps back.

The spy shots are right where it says in the blog item?

http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/blogs/marty_blog/category/spy-shots/

Sorry, I know how much work goes into this, but it’s not a good redesign. Yes, I can see some artistic elements here and there, but it does not come together. At least not in IE7, Win XP.

In addition to the design problems, the content is not well presented, unfortunately.

It looks like you’re avoiding putting an emphasis on supplying daily news, and while I definitely do read reviews, there needs to be daily fresh content to interest me.

Sorry to say, but you may want to rethink your strategy both of design and content.

OK, I had a subscription fot your bolletin, where is now?
Send me the bolletin with the old format, until the new one is ready. PLEASE!

First off, we appreciate you taking the time to comment on the new design. David, you have it right - we’re putting a new emphasis not just on reviews, but on how we review cars. There are dozens of places to read car reviews and, from our internal studies, we’ve found that people want a place where they can collect all those opinions together, and have experts point them in the right direction.

Our other fan base of enthusiasts and industry types doesn’t need this kind of attention — which is why we’ve kept a good focus on news with our blogs. We’re ramping up to speed on those this summer, as we finish compiling our new reviews for the 2007-2009 model years.

As for the design, it’s always difficult to get used to new navigation. Having worked on producing and editing every single version of TheCarConnection.com, I think this one’s the cleanest and easiest to navigate yet–tell us why you think otherwise? Maybe we can help you acclimate.

Thanks -

hi mike,
my sentiments are the same as the above folks. i used to read this site minuite by minuite but for some reason it lost its shine. in many ways i preferred the old look. it just felt more “glamorous” if you know what i mean. even the car connection banner at the top looks plain lazy. the old one with the dark blue background was light years ahead. the overall coulours used are too pale too. now i read worldcarfans.com miniute by minuite instead. the “news” section should be in your face not relegated to the bottom of the screen. as with any product you need to see whet your rivals are doing, and here you clearly missed an opportunity im afraid sorry.

sorry i meant marty!