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EPA Announces Top-Ten Fuel Sipper Lists, 1984-Present
By Chris Haak The US Environmental Protection Agency issued a news release yesterday that listed the top-ten fuel sippers from the period 1984 to 2010. During the 27 model...
Vehicle Safety Bill Moves Toward Senate Vote
By Chris Haak In response to the Toyota recall crisis and the subsequent furor over when vehicles should be recalled, how large fines for deliberate noncompliance should be, a...
The Week of Recalls Continues
By Chris Haak Though nowhere near the number of vehicles recalled by Toyota at the height of its sudden unintended acceleration crisis of late 2009/early 2010, there have been a...
Chrysler PT Cruiser Production Set to End July 6
By Chris Haak The Chrysler PT Cruiser, perhaps the best-selling and most-recognizable retro-styled car sold in the US market over its eleven-year production run, is about to end...
New Jersey Teens Oppose Red License Plate Decals
By Chris Haak Under a law that went into effect a month ago, vehicles driven by individuals under age 21 in New Jersey must have a red decal on their license plates. The red...
It’s Official: Mercury Production to End Q4 2010
By Chris Haak Well, as expected, Bloomberg for the most part got it right. Ford Motor Company announced yesterday afternoon that its Mercury brand would cease operations this...
German Vehicle Reliability Improves
By Michael Karesh If German cars had a stellar reputation for reliability, Lexus would not be where it is today. TrueDelta's latest Car Reliability Survey results, based on...
GM is Working on a New Small Pickup
By Chris Haak PickupTrucks.com reports that GM is hard at work on a new small pickup - smaller, more efficient, and less-expensive than the unloved and slow-selling Colorado and...
Reports Say That Ford is Ready to Kill Mercury
By Chris Haak Since Mercury's new-product fountain seemingly dried up several years ago, there has been speculation from time to time that Ford was considering shuttering its...
Tesla Acquires NUMMI; Toyota Buys Tesla Stake
By Chris Haak Just weeks after Toyota shut down production, presumably for good, at its NUMMI facility in Fremont, California, there's a sign of life at the former GM-Toyota...