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Who Drives What? Can You Judge A Person By The Car They Drive?

Can You Judge A Person By The Car They Drive?

Feds Investigating GM SUVs For Fuel-Gauge Issues

The federal government's National Highway Traffic Administration (NHTSA) is looking into claims that the fuel gauges on many General Motors [NYSE: GM] sport-utility vehicles could be inaccurate. "Consumers have reported incidents of inaccurate and random fuel level reading while driving, resulting in the vehicle running out of fuel and causing...

BMW, Mercedes chase Ford for iPhone crowd

Prince William borrows father's vintage Aston Martin for Royal Wedding cruise [w/video]

Filed under: Classics, Convertible, Performance, Government/Legal, Videos, Aston Martin, UK, Celebrities, Luxury Prince William and Kate Middleton leave Royal Wedding in Aston Martin - Click above for high-res image gallery Kings and princes aren't generally in the business of driving themselves... well, anywhere. More often than not, such dignitaries can be found ensconced in the lap of luxury known to us mere mortals (or at least non Royals) as The Back Seat. Then again, it's not (...)

EBay exotic: 1971 Maserati Indy:

In honor of the upcoming 100th anniversary of the Indianapolis 500, we bring you this lovely red 1971 Maserati Indy.

Prior Design Bentley Continental GTC

Bentley Continental GTC (Cabriolet) is powered by a 6.0 liter bi-turbo W12  with the impressive 560PS and 650Nm of torque at just 1600RPM. The beast pulls like no other vehicle on the road. All that power is put on the asphalt through AWD system. Prior Design has released a new styling package for the Bentley Continental [...]

Would You Buy A Previous Rental Car?

As a car salesman in a former life, a third of my pre-owned customers refused to consider a car that had been a rental in a former life. They envisioned drivers abusing the car in ways I couldn’t even imagine. What they failed to realize is many rental cars are driven by busy executives, retirees, and families on vacation. These are people...

State Farm's feedback app is the pocket-seat driver you never wanted [w/video]

Filed under: Safety, Technology, Videos State Farm Driver Feedback app for the iPhone - Click above to watch video after the jump Somewhere deep in the recesses of your mind is the desire, surely Freudian, that "I'd like more input and feedback on how I drive, even to the grocery store." Or, at least, State Farm believes that's how some of you feel since it has just released a Driver Feedback app for the iPhone that (...)

Davis and White in second place at Worlds after short dance

Moscow —Defending ice dance champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada have the lead after the short dance at the figure skating world championships with a sweet routine set to an evocative, crackly vinyl soundtrack.

Live-streamed Royal wedding reigns on the Web

New York— Prince William and Kate Middleton may have had a traditional wedding, but the Internet traffic that accompanied the ceremony was something very new for the royal family.

Toyota Not Seeking New Suppliers, Standing By Current Relationships

2013 Ford Fusion prototype spied on the street:

The Ford Fusion sedan is not that far away from shifting to a global platform that will also spawn a new Mondeo for European markets.

Worried About Natural Disasters? Akio Toyoda Says Buy A Prius

Toyota president Akio Toyoda -- scion of the Toyoda family for which the company is named -- recently held a press conference on the subject of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami that hit northern Japan on March 11. And in the middle of it all, in response to what could've been a pre-arranged question from someone in the audience, Toyoda launched...

100-year-old NASCAR fan tackles the track, lives to see 101

Filed under: Motorsports, Etc., Videos 100-year-old NASCAR fan drives NHMS - Click above to watch the video after the jump We're not the biggest NASCAR fans in the world, but we can't think of a much better way to celebrate a 100th birthday than with a few laps around New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Rachel Gilbert, a NASCAR follower since the 1960s, took five live laps around the speedway in a Toyota Camry pace car. Ms. Gilbert, (...)