Although the score from last Sunday’s Super Bowl is recorded and nearly forgotten already, the numbers from the Super Bowl ads are just beginning.  Of course, it can be a little difficult to tell who the winner is when it comes to advertisements, but that’s why the good folks at Edmunds and AutoTrader have set [...]

Despite the ongoing sideway drift of the American economy, Americans continue to buy more new cars at continually increasing prices.  Nationwide, approximately 12.8 million new cars and trucks were sold last year, a jump of 8.7% from the previous year. The average price likewise increased with the December number being $30,686, up 5.8% from 12 [...]

For anyone who considers themselves a historian of the automobile, the car being auctioned was a 1884 De Dion Bouton Et Trapardoux Dos-A-Dos Steam Runabout. Yes, there were other cars designed and prototypes built prior to this car, but this one is still able to Runabout.  (Yeah, that was a horrible joke.)The De Dion was [...]

Sammy Hagar said it best when he screamed ”I can’t drive 55!”. Governments have been listening and raising the average speed limit. Not to the 110 mph Sammy was caught driving in his Ferrari, but to 65 mph and higher. Even with those higher speed limits some roads are just faster to drive than others. [...]

In the mid to late 1990s Kia was in a sea of  trouble. At home it was mired in strikes, walkouts, and poor morale. Internationally, it was thought of as a cheap product with a poor quality record. In 1998 the two combined with a heavy debt load to force a bankruptcy and buyout. Hyundai [...]

Every month automakers publish their sales results broken down by models. There are no awards or bonuses assigned, to the average person anyway, but the accolade of having the best selling car in America will show up in future advertisements. Here are the top selling cars in May of 2011. Ford F-Series Chevrolet Silverado Chevrolet [...]

Recently, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) tested 13 small cars. Six of those cars managed to earn the IIHS’s coveted Top Safety Pick award. Below is the list of most recent choices. 2011 Lexus CT 200h 2012 Ford Focus 2012 Honda Civic 2011 Hyundai Elantra 2011 Nissan Juke 2011 Toyota Prius In order [...]

Residents of the L.A. neighborhood of Wilmington could not believe their luck when a local gas station began selling gas for $1.10 a gallon. Instead of some crazy promotion it was a computer glitch that the attendant was unaware of. Over 8,000 gallons were dispensed before the error was found, at an estimated loss of [...]