It’s the year of the electric car in New York. Or at least the latest year of the EV. The Nissan Leaf and the Chevrolet Volt launched this year to a lot of fanfare. Soon they will be joined by at least three other pure electric vehicles from major automakers, and potentially several more from [...]
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Letters and emails about the 2011 Consumer Reports annual auto issue have been pouring in. There are many good questions and challenging criticisms, often with similar themes and even rants year after year. We take all feedback seriously, as we strive to create the most informative publication on the newsstand to empower our readers to [...]
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In Ford’s teen driving survey released earlier this week, the company found that while parents believe the key to safe driving is better training, teens rank new vehicle technologies highest on their safety list. At a Ford event earlier this week on teen driving, the company also showed off some of these latest technologies and [...]
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has begun investigating 2005-2007 Buick Rainier, Chevrolet Trailblazer, GMC Envoy, and Saab 9-7X SUVs due to receiving 668 complaints about the inaccuracy of the fuel gauge.
Fifty-eight of the incidents resulted in the vehicle stalling and of those incidents, 43 complaints were because the fuel level indicated there [...]
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Following reports that TomTom had sold traffic data collected from GPS device users to police who then used it to determine locations for speed traps, the company has issued a statement and video in an effort to appease angry customers.
In the video, TomTom CEO Harold Goodijn stresses that the tracking of its devices [...]
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Here’s something to chew on the next time you’re chowing down while behind the steering wheel. You’re eating in a spot that’s roughly nine times dirtier than a public toilet seat.
That’s what microbiologists at Queen Mary University of London, England found when they did a small research study for B&Q, a UK-based home and garden [...]
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As parents, we all believe we are safe drivers and are modeling good behavior to our children. But a new study finds that 82 percent of teens report seeing their parents drive carelessly on the road.
The national survey commissioned by Ford finds that even though nearly all parents (95 percent) say they are good [...]
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With gas prices marching upward, fuel-efficient vehicles are increasingly appealing to buyers. In fact, a recent Consumer Reports survey showed that the majority of car owners are looking to downsize with their next car purchase, and 92 percent of respondents are motivated by fuel economy. With the new CT 200h, Lexus is targeting this growing [...]
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In response to rapidly rising gas prices, Americans are turning to motorcycles and scooters again, much as they did when regular passed the $4-a-gallon threshold in 2008.
Motor scooter sales were up almost 50 percent in the first quarter of 2011 compared to the same period last year, according to the Motorcycle Industry Council (MIC), an [...]
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Bucking the new-car, greener-than-thou trends, Shelby American introduced its new 2012 Shelby GT500 Super Snake at the New York International Auto Show, along with a new “affordable” GTS package.
Shelby has a real history with the New York event, as the company’s very first car was introduced in the Big Apple in 1962. Later, the [...]
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