"Brake to neutral" automatically shifts the vehicle from drive to neutral when braking in certain situations, such as at a red light.
Read More →Though Manheim's Used Vehicle Index was down 1.3 percent from June, the year-over-year change improved 2.4 percent because of last year's employee pricing.
Read More →As fuel prices stay persistently high, retail buyers are shying away from new and used sport/utility vehicles, triggering a softening of resale values in the whole-sale market. Retail demand for new SUVs declined dramatically during the summer by as much as 20-30 percent.
Read More →Study shows 49 percent of British fleet drivers support a road-pricing scheme using telematics.
Read More →Of 967 crashes recorded for the study, 24 percent were rear-end crashes, 46 percent involved closed, refrigerated or open top vans and 25 percent involved a passenger vehicle traveling in an adjacent lane.
Read More →Fuel efficient small cars account for 25.98 percent of all sales compared with 23.37 percent market share last year, edging out SUVs.
Read More →In 2004, the five states with the highest uninsured driver estimates were Mississippi (26 percent), Alabama (25 percent), California (25 percent), New Mexico (24 percent), and Arizona (22 percent).
Read More →GM projects that ethanol may account for 10 percent of automobile fuel within five years, compared with about 3 percent now.
Read More →Despite high gas prices and interest rates, 58 percent of small manufacturers and distributors believe their companies are thriving.
Read More →Hydraulic hybrid diesel technology achieved 60 to 70 percent improvement in fuel economy in lab tests, EPA says.
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