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We've all heard the tips on how to save gas (“slow down,” “avoid hard acceleration,” etc.) Here are a few more with percentage of estimated fuel savings, and the tailgate-down myth.
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Caliber engine uses continuously variable transmission and consumes 5 percent less gasoline than Chrysler Group's current 2.0- and 2.4-liter engines.
Read More →After a repeal of the National Maximum Speed Limit 10 years ago, a 1999 study reported that highway deaths increased 15 percent in 24 states the raised their speed limits.
Read More →Of the U.S. adults buying a new car in the next year, 51 percent say they are unlikely to buy in the absence of incentives, up from 44 percent eight months ago.
Read More →In some parts of the country, the average auto insurance premium quotes may have fallen by as much as 10 percent in the last six months. Where you live matters. See chart for your state's change in average insurance rate.
Read More →States respond to federal concerns over truck-car crashes and the fact that 62 percent of these collisions were the car driver's fault. Washington state police will use decoy big-rig to snare misbehaving motorists.
Read More →New Polk study shows that 61 percent of possible hybrid buyers say that cost concerns them. Of that figure 30 percent say the benefits do not justify the investment.
Read More →According to a new study from Kelley Blue Book Marketing Research, 61 percent of consumers said they are very concerned about the difficulty and expense of fixing the complicated technology of hybrids. Another 55 percent said they are very concerned about hybrids' limited battery-pack life.
Read More →Nearly all nameplates and 84 percent of vehicle models included in the 2005 VDS recorded year-over-year improvements.
Read More →In fact, from 1968 to 1991, the fatality rate per 100 million miles declined by 63.2 percent. Other factors such as car manufacturing, increased seatbelt use, higher drinking ages and better road maintenance had greater effects on the fatality rate.
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