Russia is a strange and wondrous place. On one hand, you have a 6'8" billionaire NBA-team owner backing a startup car company that wants to build natural-gas hybrid cars without battery packs. That car's name? Yo. On the other hand, it turns out that even beleaguered Russian car buyers understand vehicle quality. Prime Tass, citing business daily...
Chrysler has announced a recall of certain Dodge Ram trucks from the 2009 and 2010 model years. According to a bulletin issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, some of those vehicles may have flawed braking systems, which could increase the possibility of an accident -- not just for Ram drivers, but also for the people behind...
Despite ongoing concerns about distracted driving and its negative affects on road safety, road fatalities have fallen by 22 percent from 2005 to 2009. In fact, last year they were the lowest overall since 1954 and the lowest ever when adjusted for miles traveled. How can this be so? According to researchers at the University of Michigan...
Toyota will be recalling about 94,000 model-year-2011 Sienna minivans, all produced before early November of this year, for a potential issue with a stop-lamp switch bracket. According to Toyota, the bracket is close to the parking-brake pedal and could be nudged or deformed by the driver's foot due to normal parking-brake application, leading to...
As part of an annual "Drunk Driving: Over The Limit, Under Arrest" winter holiday crackdown, hundreds of law-enforcement agencies across the country will put in extra hours over the next several weeks. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood has used the occasion to also highlight and advocate a "No Refusal" strategy, which results in more guilty...
Chrysler's revised-model onslaught continues with the 2011 Jeep Compass, restyled and with several new standard features to better position itself in the fuel-efficient crossover segment. Borrowing some of its new looks from the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee, the Compass should have a broader appeal than its somewhat frumpy forebear. Key upgrades for...
When you're out on a test-drive, it can be easy to get rather lost in the way the vehicle responds, the sound of the engine, the supple leather, or the trick features. But for your own safety and that of others, look around. Can you see well enough to be confident when backing up or changing lanes? If you can't see what's around you when you're...
The Basics: Ford last year gave its full-size Taurus sedan a transformation, creating a more attractive, more capable competitor in a class that spans both mainstream mid-size sedans like the Honda Accord V-6 as well as the Buck Lucerne. A new high-performance Taurus SHO, powered by a turbocharged V-6, also joined the model line. The only down...
Russia is a strange and wondrous place. On one hand, you have a 6'8" billionaire NBA-team owner backing a startup car company that wants to build natural-gas hybrid cars without battery packs. That car's name? Yo. On the other hand, it turns out that even beleaguered Russian car buyers understand vehicle quality. Prime Tass, citing business daily...
Chrysler has announced a recall of certain Dodge Ram trucks from the 2009 and 2010 model years. According to a bulletin issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, some of those vehicles may have flawed braking systems, which could increase the possibility of an accident -- not just for Ram drivers, but also for the people behind...
Despite ongoing concerns about distracted driving and its negative affects on road safety, road fatalities have fallen by 22 percent from 2005 to 2009. In fact, last year they were the lowest overall since 1954 and the lowest ever when adjusted for miles traveled. How can this be so? According to researchers at the University of Michigan...
Toyota will be recalling about 94,000 model-year-2011 Sienna minivans, all produced before early November of this year, for a potential issue with a stop-lamp switch bracket. According to Toyota, the bracket is close to the parking-brake pedal and could be nudged or deformed by the driver's foot due to normal parking-brake application, leading to...
As part of an annual "Drunk Driving: Over The Limit, Under Arrest" winter holiday crackdown, hundreds of law-enforcement agencies across the country will put in extra hours over the next several weeks. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood has used the occasion to also highlight and advocate a "No Refusal" strategy, which results in more guilty...
Chrysler's revised-model onslaught continues with the 2011 Jeep Compass, restyled and with several new standard features to better position itself in the fuel-efficient crossover segment. Borrowing some of its new looks from the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee, the Compass should have a broader appeal than its somewhat frumpy forebear. Key upgrades for...
When you're out on a test-drive, it can be easy to get rather lost in the way the vehicle responds, the sound of the engine, the supple leather, or the trick features. But for your own safety and that of others, look around. Can you see well enough to be confident when backing up or changing lanes? If you can't see what's around you when you're...
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