Toyota received a two-month extension to make changes to its popular RAV4crossover before the vehicle underwent an important new safety test. The extra time didn’t help. The vehicle received the worst-possible grade of “poor” on the new small-front overlap test administered by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety this week. Other small SUVs received their …
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Did something happen in your life that inspired you to write about this topic? Yes, with my father. He, Bill, was incredibly stubborn and always prided himself on his driving capability. He couldn’t wait to get his driver’s license when he turned 16 and he ultimately became a truck driver during WWII, delivering to a …
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Buying a used car is already risky business, and this story of fraud in New York will have you double checking your paperwork. Matin Jarmuz used Craigslist.com to sell his 1992 Toyota Camry. According to Jarmuz’s Craigslist post, at 21-years-old and 200,000 miles the Camry still had a smooth, quite ride. He sold the car …
This summer is turning into another extreme scorcher and once again, with heat waves hitting almost every region in America, your car is doing a lot of work under that summer sun. If you don’t treat it properly and know how to handle an overheating engine your car can quickly turn from a prized possession …
As Ford struggles to make Lincoln its only legitimate luxury brand, one would have to ask if the company has any seller’s remorse over getting rid of Land Rover and Jaguar in 2008 to Indian automaker Tata Motors, which is doing quite well with the brands. It’s very tough, of course, to get any Ford …
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If you thought police tracking your movements via license plate scanners was creepy, you may want to check your owner’s manual to see if your own car has been spying on you. Event data recorders, also known as EDRs or black boxes, began showing up in cars in 1990 when General Motors introduced them for …
This is a good time to be in the business of selling electric vehicles. Once moribund, sales of electric cars have more than doubled in the U.S. during the first six months of 2013 compared to the same time period in 2012. Americans have purchased 41,447 of plug-in electric vehicles since January. Thirty-six percent of all the electric …
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Compared with the rest of the world, the U.S. has long been known as the gas guzzler country — the nation of the widest roads, largest vehicles and least amount of public transportation for the geography. That image could be changing, according to a new study that says driving in the U.S. has already peaked …
Thirty pages deep in a beaten-up vehicle’s owner’s manual, there’s a curious warning about aging airbags. It reads: “To ensure long-term functioning, the system must be inspected 10 years after the date of manufacture as noted on the certification label.” In this case, the manual belongs to a 15-year-old Nissan Altima. Similar warnings recommending airbag …
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Unscrupulous practices conducted throughout the auto industry topped the list of consumer complaints last year, beating out home contractors and other frequent sources of gripes nationwide, according to a review conducted by the Consumer Federation of America. Automotive complaints didn’t even make the Top 5 the previous year. Now, they surpass the likes of shady …
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