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Distracted Driving Awareness Month might be behind us, but we are still very aware of this important issue and its deadly impact. Don’t be one of the nine people killed everyday in distraction-related traffic accidents. With Memorial Day weekend travel upon us, here’s an infographic to refresh your memory on texting while driving statistics. Cellcontrol [...]

Last week, we welcomed journalists, automakers, legislators, Hill staff and regulators to the nation’s capital to talk about the automotive industry and the policies that impact it. We know it can be tough to make it to the capital city in between Detroit and Chicago, so that’s why we’ve laid out all you need to [...]

Back in 2010, we put together five tips to winterize your car. That post, and our advice on how NOT to de-ice your windshield have been some of our most popular winter-themed posts. Today, we bring you some additional tips our friends at Ford shared with us. I’m a firm believer in preventative maintenance. Taking care [...]

The holidays may be over, but the winter weather is just getting started for most of the country. By now, you’ve survived family and friends, tempting holiday treats, too many visitors, buying and exchanging your Christmas gifts… And just when you thought you wouldn’t have to survive anything else, it’s time to think about having [...]

Imagine driving through the desert on a solitary dirt road with your favorite 90′s music blaring through the speakers and a fun friend in the passenger seat. It’s not your typical scenario, but that was the scene in and around Scottsdale, Arizona as Jessica Caldwell of Edmunds.com and I put Toyota’s brand-new RAV4 through the [...]

BY Dave Lee, General Sales Manager | Voss Village BMW Editor’s note:  This guest blog post is extra special to me because it is written by my former boss, a gentleman who guided me when I worked for him in the Import Sales department at Performance Automall in Chapel Hill, N.C. I owe a lot of [...]

Earlier this month, I toted around in the 2013 Ford Fusion (today named Green Car of the Year at the Los Angeles Auto Show) for a weekend. I was pleasantly surprised by its style and smoothness. Upon its reveal at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show in January, I had been impressed by the bold overhaul [...]

Nearly three years after starting this blog about the auto industry, I was reminded of how I got started here in the first place – giving friends car buying and selling advice. My coworker’s boyfriend purchased a new car and now it’s time for him to sell his current vehicle. Like many friends and colleagues [...]

Not every day does one have the opportunity to whisk along the beautiful countryside of Napa, Calif. in a brand-new car before it hits dealership showrooms. But that’s exactly what Toyota recently asked a group of auto journalists, including yours truly, to do. So, I obligingly packed my bags and traveled to wine country to [...]

Have you ever driven while sleepy and barely able to keep your eyelids propped open? Have you ever been so tired that no matter how many Red Bull energy drinks or cups of Dunkin’ Donuts you drank you were still exhausted – and then you had to make a long road trip? Well, you’re not [...]

BY Angie Fisher | autoweek.com Summary: We put the 2012 BMW 328i sedan to the test as a sport sedan and family hauler.  What is it? Enthusiasts consider the BMW 3-series the benchmark for sport sedans — it is fun and engaging every time you climb behind the wheel, and still delivers a practical package [...]

We are in the middle of National Teen Driver Safety Week, an effort the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) launched on October 14 to educate parents and teenagers about young driver injuries and deaths on our roads. NHTSA’s website dedicated to teen driving says that the leading cause, or 35 percent, of adolescent deaths [...]

Infographics have really taken off in popularity over the last few years. The word is short for information graphics, which serve to condense a lot of information into an image or series of images that convey a specific message. We recently caught wind of this insightful infographic from the folks at shopautoweek.com and just had [...]

BY Dale Jewett | autoweek.com Summary: Nissan’s best-selling car gets more comfortable, fuel-efficient with a redesign What is it? The Altima sedan is Nissan’s best-selling vehicle, and is the automaker’s entry in the highly competitive midsized car segment. Last year the Altima came close to knocking off the Toyota Camry as the best-selling car in [...]

The keyword here is ‘affordable.’ High-end luxury automakers like Fisker, Porsche, and BMW can certainly bring beautiful hybrids to the market, but I’m talking about a hybrid convertible for the everyday man or woman. Earlier this year, I was having brunch with longtime friends and, me being their go-to auto gal, the conversation jumped to cars. A [...]

BY Sherrice Gilsbach |  autoweek.com Summary: Available as either a four-door sedan or five-door hatchback, the Mazda 3 is a small car that offers great fuel economy and fun design at a fair price. What is it? The Mazda 3 replaced the Mazda Protégé for the 2004 model year. The second generation debuted in 2010. Mazda [...]

BY Andrew Stoy |  autoweek.com What is it? If you hadn’t heard, Volkswagen has big plans for the American market: The company wants to roughly triple the number of vehicles it sells in the United States by 2018. To do that, we’re getting a few models tailored specifically to what VW thinks are this country’s tastes, [...]

Social networking has become interwoven in our lives. We share our personal and work experiences through Twitter and Facebook on a daily basis. Nothing seems to be too small or too big to share with friends and colleagues. And the tweets don’t stop once we step away from our computers. We have a smartphone to [...]

BY Sherrice Gilsbach | autoweek.com Summary: The Mazda 5 is a very utilitarian and accommodating car with unique exterior styling you will either love or hate. What is it? The Mazda 5 is the only compact van with seating for six available in the United Sates. The Ford C-Max was originally intended to offer seating for [...]

BY Rory Carroll |  autoweek.com What is it? Following the Mini and the Volkswagen Beetle, the 500 is the latest in a line of retro-styled small cars that trade heavily on the good name built by their forebears. In an automotive market dominated by banal transportation appliances, the few that truly are distinctive are a welcome [...]