Monday, September 9, 2013

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Study: Women Flip Off Other Drivers, Men Key Cars For Revenge

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 09:03 AM PDT

It's funny how terrible drivers suddenly become experts on terrible driving when they get behind the wheel. We may be drifting out of our lane, our turn signal may have been blinking for the past five miles, but when we're driving, everyone else is an idiot. This peculiar brand of egomania has a tendency to make motorists mad -- sometimes, very...

2014 Buick Regal Driven, Frankfurt Auto Show, Honda Recall: What's New

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 08:39 AM PDT

Today at The Car Connection, we drove the 2014 Buick Regal--just priced from $30,615--learned the 2014 Lexus IS safety ratings, heard the 2013 Honda Odyssey and Pilot are being recalled, and took a look at Nissan's Nismo smartwatch. All this and more in today's car news, right here on The Car Connection. The 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid has been rated...

Ladies And Gentlemen, The Nissan Nismo Smartwatch

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 07:30 AM PDT

Last week, Samsung did it. This week, Apple may do it. And earlier today, Nissan totally did it in the middle of the Frankfurt Auto Show: the company debuted its very own smartwatch. Its called the Nismo Watch, and Nissan says that it's capable of doing many things, including: Connecting a driver to her car, using an app on the driver's smartphone...

2013 Frankfurt Auto Show Preview

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 06:30 AM PDT

Tomorrow marks the start of press days for the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show, the first major auto show of the new model year. Frankfurt's show is biggest in Europe, in scope and sheer size, strung out among more than nine separate buildings, with close to 80 automotive brands represented, from Alpina to ZF. Many will offer a world premiere or two...

2014 Buick Regal Driven; Priced From $30,615

Posted: 08 Sep 2013 09:01 PM PDT

The 2014 Buick Regal gets a new engine, a new infotainment interface, and some reconfigured hardware when it goes on sale later this year--along with a new base price. That price is $30,615, which includes $925 in destination charges--$675 higher in all versus the least expensive 2013 Regal. At that base price, the drivetrain is GM's new 2.0-liter...

California Could Be The First State To Get Electronic License Plates

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 08:18 AM PDT

Several months ago, news feeds were buzzing about Compliance Innovations, a South Carolina startup hoping to bring electronic licence plates to cars across the country. According to ArsTechnica, such plates will soon be a reality, but they'll probably appear in California first. If you've not heard of the electronic license plate, it's about what...

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