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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has bestowed a Top Safety Pick award onto the 2013 Acura RDX and the 2012 BMW 3 Series, respectively. Both the RDX and 3 Series earned a score of Good -- the highest rating available through the IIHS and its testing procedures -- in ...    Read more

In a page taken from Tony Stark's management handbook, Toyota president Akio Toyoda was candid when asked what vehicles he liked from the competition. Speaking to a group at his inauguration as Chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, the grandson of Toyota's founder Kiichiro Toyoda called out his favorite ...    Read more

At last year's Geneva Motor Show, Rolls-Royce bid a token nod to eco-consciousness by trotting out a provocatively-painted electric-motored concept of its übersledge, the Phantom. The Phantom Experimental Electric, or 102EX, had a 1,452-pound battery pack underneath its 8-foot hood instead of the usual 6.75-liter twin-turbo V-12 engine. Rolls-Royce entertained the idea of introducing it ...    Read more

Eeveryone hates getting traffic tickets. Not only does the citation lighten your wallet, in some states your driving record will take a hit, while other states increase the price of your auto insurance. Now, thanks to Insurance.com's new "Uh-Oh! Calculator," you can see just how much that citation ...    Read more

The "Spirit of Ecstasy" is the famous hood ornament adorning virtually every Rolls-Royce exotic car on the planet, both past and present. The ornament, a woman whose windswept arms and flowing robes suggest angel's wings, is reminiscent of mermaids and other female figures affixed on sailing ships' bow. The Spirit of ...    Read more

This week began with the 2013 Ford F-150 shedding the camouflage that once covered the full-size light-duty truck's front-end. BMW's M branch, the performance wing of the German automaker, celebrated its 40th birthday on Wednesday and in honor of the milestone, we've compiled a list of the top five BMW ...    Read more

Ferrari has previously announced that it is recalling some of its 458 Italia models produced between 2011 and 2012 and all California models made in 2012 due to incorrect machining to the crankshaft. This can spell trouble for Ferrari ...    Read more

Former Ford CEO Harold Arthur 'Red' Poling passed away last Saturday at his home in Pacific Grove, Calif. at the age of 86. Poling helped navigate the Blue Oval boys through some turbulent economic times back in the 1980's and can also be attributed with saving the automaker from the ...    Read more

When we journalist folk are gathered up at meetings before getting to drive new cars, there's inevitably some louse in the back of the room who will raise his hand and ask if the automaker will eventually offer a diesel engine/manual transmission/cool feature available in European cars or some other ...    Read more

Americans, seeing the economy still in flux (and politicians worse than useless during election year) continue to keep a keen eye on gas prices. General Motors fuel economy engineers Ann Wenzlick and Beth Nunning recently took the 2012 Chevrolet Cruze LT for a typical workday drive to figure out the ...    Read more

Chevrolet announced today the addition of an all-new sedan to its lineup. Tentatively called the Chevrolet SS, the new sedan will go on sale sometime in late 2013 as a 2014 model. Relevant details, like size (can it truly fit three adults in the rear row?), fuel economy (fuel sipper or ...    Read more

Everywhere you look someone is gripping tightly to an iPhone, Android, or some other type of smartphone, because whatever the need, there's an app for that. As so, Hyundai announced it launched a refreshed version of Blue Link, an app that can control and peek into a variety of vital ...    Read more

BMW has been teasing its 2013 M5 and M6 for a while. Both are already on sale abroad, which makes it even worse. But as the German automaker gears up for pushing its new high-performance cars into dealerships, it's taken some of the guessing out by showing us how much they're ...    Read more

Officially, the U.S. recession ended two years ago. Corporations, apparently, have not caught the news, busily reaping the benefits of their newly purchased government representatives or reorganizing as their executives soar away on their golden parachutes. The auto industry seems to be the sole exception. One of the last major manufacturing ...    Read more

The nonprofit Insurance Institute for Highway Safety recently announced three vehicles -- the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu ECO, the 2012 Hyundai Azera, and the 2012 Toyota Prius c -- as the latest recipients for its Top Safety Pick award. The IIHS tests vehicles for safety in frontal and side crashes, rollovers, and ...    Read more

The all-new 2013 Nissan Altima sedan made its debut at the 2012 New York Auto Show. Nissan announced today that production of the sedan will begin today at its Smyrna, Tenn., plant, with job number 1 rolling off the assembly line at 1 p.m. EDT. "The new Altima hits ...    Read more

If you call a mom a soccer mom, she might turn into a hockey mom and go all Mama Grizzly on you. If you think she drives a minivan, well—you'd be wrong, and as a certain Alaskan politician might insinuate, you better watch out for the claws. Or something like ...    Read more

Electric car upstart Tesla Motors is at a crossroads as it readies to deliver its first Model S midsize luxury sedans. The automaker had planned to start delivering the $50,000 to $90,000 cars to customers by July but has since announced plans to jettison the schedule by a month and ...    Read more

While many states have already outlawed texting, grooming, reading, and eating while driving, Rhode Island is taking distracted driving to a whole new level. Representative Peter Palumbo, a Democrat from Cranston, R.I., has presented a bill that would outlaw dogs from riding in the lap of the driver. If this ...    Read more

There are days when you feel proud of yourself when you outdo your car's EPA fuel economy by one or two mpg. What if you doubled it, though? You'd likely be a world record holder, except one family did that already, and they're going to be a tough act to ...    Read more

More automakers continue to update the user interfaces for their vehicles' infotainment systems but many are tough to comprehend.  Ford has seen firsthand what happens when an infotainment system is tough to use, while rival Chrysler enjoys a steady stream of compliments with its Uconnect. Ford in response has recently ...    Read more

After more than four months of legal battles, a Torrance, California, judge overturned the February 1 decision that awarded $9,867 to 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid owner Heather Peters. She won the judgment in California's small claims court system, convincing the court that Honda made false claims about her car's ability ...    Read more

If you've been waiting to design your very own 2013 Ford Fusion, your wait is officially over. Ford has launched an online configurator for the 2013 Fusion, giving you the ability to select a variety of models and options. Don't get too excited, though, as Ford has omitted pricing for ...    Read more

The 2013 Honda Accord will be available in the U.S. well before the end of 2012. Yet, hardly anyone has seen much of it beyond the Accord coupe concept that debuted at this year's ...    Read more

The 2013 Hyundai Sonata enters its third year with a few light upgrades, largely superfluous, to continue the momentum the Korean automaker is experiencing with its midsize sedan. The 2011 model was fully redesigned, and featured Hyundai's fluidic sculpture design on the outside, while the interior was modern, fresh, and ...    Read more