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American Drivers Unfazed and Confused on Drugged Driving

American Drivers Unfazed and Confused on Drugged Driving

AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety Survey Reveals High Tolerance for Drug-Impaired Drivers - With the recent legalization of recreational marijuana use in Colorado, Alaska, Oregon, Washington and the District of Columbia, safety advocates are increasingly concerned that drugged drivers pose a very serious threat to the ... Continue reading

Highest December SAAR Since 2006 Projected

Highest December SAAR Since 2006 Projected

Low gas prices propel SUV and full-size truck sales to close 2014 CHICAGO -- Dec. 29, 2014: Cars.com forecasts December light, new-vehicle sales will hit 1,510,500 units, up 11.3 percent from December 2013 and 16 percent from last month. This marks the highest December unit sales count since December 2006. A SAAR of 16 ... Continue reading

Rear View Safety Debuts GoVue, the First Back Up Camera Smartphone App

Rear View Safety Debuts GoVue, the First Back Up Camera Smartphone App

Rear View Safety, a leading consumer safety organization and number one back up camera distributor, continues to embrace the best that technology has to offer with the release of GoVue. The first ever back up camera smartphone app makes the visual information from your car's Wi-Fi back up camera system available on man ... Continue reading

NHTSA Recalls December 29, 2014 - BMW, Hyundai, Honda, MINI, Acura, Chrysler, Mitsubishi

NHTSA Recalls December 29, 2014 - BMW, Hyundai, Honda, MINI, Acura, Chrysler, Mitsubishi

NHTSA Recalls December 29, 2014 - BMW, Hyundai, Honda, MINI, Acura, Chrysler, Mitsubishi ... Continue reading

Nutson's Auto News Blast - Buh-Bye 2014, TARP, Takata Prez; Porsche Super-car Recall Plus More News From December 22-28, 2014

Nutson's Auto News Blast - Buh-Bye 2014, TARP, Takata Prez; Porsche Super-car Recall Plus More News From December 22-28, 2014

* The U.S. government essentially closed the books on TARP with a $15.3 billion profit. The Troubled Asset Relief Program was passed in 2008, in the wake of Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy, as the nation's financial system was on the verge of collapse and economists feared another Great Depression. However overall, the aut ... Continue reading

Wonderful New Technology Included In Euro Version of Upcoming Volkswagen Passat

Wonderful New Technology Included In Euro Version of Upcoming Volkswagen Passat

Wonderful New Technology Included In Euro Version of Upcoming Volkswagen Passat ... Continue reading

Car Review: 2015 Honda Fit EX-L by Carey Russ +VIDEO

Car Review: 2015 Honda Fit EX-L by Carey Russ +VIDEO

The 2015 Honda Fit shows what Honda does best DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS Honda's Fit has been a subcompact hatchback class benchmark since its introduction for model year 2007, and the competition will have an even harder time keeping up as the all-new third generation debuts for 2015. If the new styling is ... Continue reading

12 Days of Audi Christmas, the Audi S1

12 Days of Audi Christmas, the Audi S1

Audi reveals a series of stunning light-painted images of its range – one for each of the twelve days of Christmas Audi is marking the 12 days of Christmas with a collection of images which show its range in an entirely different light. ... Continue reading

AutoTrader Reveals the Most Popular Vehicles of 2014

AutoTrader Reveals the Most Popular Vehicles of 2014

The Ford F-150 maintains its status as the most shopped nameplate across new, used and CPO vehicles ATLANTA -- Dec. 26, 2014: 2014 was once again the year of the truck for car shoppers, as the Ford F-150 retained its place as the most popular nameplate on AutoTrader.com across new, used and CPO vehicles. The F-150's cr ... Continue reading

Day One of the 12 Days of Audi Christmas The RS 7 Sportback

Day One of the 12 Days of Audi Christmas The RS 7 Sportback

Audi reveals a series of stunning light-painted images of its range – one for each of the twelve days of Christmas Audi is marking the 12 days of Christmas with a collection of images which show its range in an entirely different light. ... Continue reading

Car Dealers Deliver Over 3,000 Winter Coats to New York Cares for New Yorkers in Need

Car Dealers Deliver Over 3,000 Winter Coats to New York Cares for New Yorkers in Need

Over 60 car dealers belonging to the Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association (GNYADA) collected more than 3,000s coats for New York Cares 2014 Winter Coat Drive. The coats were dropped off yesterday morning at New York Cares collection center on West 31st Street in Manhattan. Manhattan Borough President Gale Br ... Continue reading

Auto Travel Not Affected By Gasoline Prices

Auto Travel Not Affected By Gasoline Prices

The U.S. average retail price per gallon of regular motor gasoline has fallen 28% from its 2014 peak of $3.70 per gallon on June 23, to $2.68 per gallon on December 8. However, this price decline may not have much effect on automobile travel, and in turn, gasoline consumption. Gasoline is a relatively inelastic product ... Continue reading

Aston Martin on Ice Promises Bespoke Luxury

Aston Martin on Ice Promises Bespoke Luxury

Aston Martin ice drive event returns to exclusive Colorado resort Custom-designed tracks are purpose-built over 250 man hours Strictly limited availability for exclusive three-day drive program IRVINE, CA -- December 24, 2014: Aston Martin is again offering adventurous drivers the chance to experience the power and per ... Continue reading

Driving through the Himalayas with the Unimog

Driving through the Himalayas with the Unimog

Driving through the Himalayas with the Unimog The basis is a Unimog 1300 L with its outstanding off-road talent A tour around the world for the last 18 months and more than 30 000 km – to be continued indefinitely Ever since May 2013, a Mercedes-Benz Unimog 435, 1300L model, has been the "honeymoon suite" of Jenni ... Continue reading

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