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- Study: Nearly One In Ten Drove Drunk In The Past Year
- Auto Sales Down, But Ford And Chrysler Take Back Market Share
- Audi A1 Won't Make It To U.S. Until Second Gen "At The Earliest"
- 2011 Ford Fiesta Nabs IIHS Top Safety Pick
- Ford's Bet On Facebook: Did It Pay Off?
- How Can I Dispute A Car Insurance Claim Payout?
- Big-Rig Speed Limiters: Safer For Us All, Or Misguided Regulation?
| Study: Nearly One In Ten Drove Drunk In The Past Year Posted: 25 Aug 2010 04:57 PM PDT  One in five Americans admits to drinking and driving, while eight percent—as many as 17 million people—have driven drunk in the past year. The new results, gathered for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and U.S. DOT, were released today as part of a law-enforcement crackdown that runs through the Labor Day...
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| Auto Sales Down, But Ford And Chrysler Take Back Market Share Posted: 25 Aug 2010 01:23 PM PDT  The industry is still suffering, and sales haven't truly found their rebound yet. But Ford and Chrysler are showing surprisingly strong in the market, compared to where they were last year. Versus the Cash for Clunkers frenzy of last summer, sales are way down—about 20 percent versus last August, to a total of about 1.015 million this month...
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| Audi A1 Won't Make It To U.S. Until Second Gen "At The Earliest" Posted: 25 Aug 2010 12:00 PM PDT  It's coming to the U.S. No wait, it isn't. Wait, maybe it is. Oh, sorry, no, it's not. So far, that's the story of the 2011 Audi A1, though by the time it reaches the U.S., if it ever does, it'll likely be 2015 or later. When it comes to European hatches, we Americans have to look for the silver lining. In this case, the silver lining is that...
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| 2011 Ford Fiesta Nabs IIHS Top Safety Pick Posted: 25 Aug 2010 09:30 AM PDT  The 2011 Ford Fiesta is the first minicar to earn the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's (IIHS) Top Safety Pick award since the addition of rollover roof strength testing. Announced today, the rating should help alleviate safety concerns, warranted or not, Americans may have with small cars. The 2011 Fiesta scored "good," the top rating from...
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| Ford's Bet On Facebook: Did It Pay Off? Posted: 25 Aug 2010 08:55 AM PDT  A couple of weeks ago, the interwebs were all a-Twitter about Ford's debut of the 2011 Explorer -- not at an auto show, not at a press event, but on Facebook. Unveiling such a massively popular ride in such a non-traditional way was an enormous gamble for Mulally & Co. Did it pan out as planned? The short answer is: yes, and then some...
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| How Can I Dispute A Car Insurance Claim Payout? Posted: 25 Aug 2010 06:18 AM PDT  Car insurance companies offer a lot of promises when selling you a policy but when it comes to submitting a claim some consumers often experience a payout significantly less than expected. Although this can be frustrating you have to understand every policy holder has a right to dispute an insurance company's claim payout. Car insurance...
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| Big-Rig Speed Limiters: Safer For Us All, Or Misguided Regulation? Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:27 AM PDT  Could we keep our highways safer as well as cut greenhouse gas emissions (and perhaps some of our reliance on foreign petroleum) all by placing a speed limiter on all the big rigs in the nation? It’s an idea that, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), could find some new momentum in Washington, D.C.—is part of...
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