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A review of the 2013 Toyota Avalon XLE Premium: a big plush sedan without luxury pricing

  • The 2013 Toyota Avalon XLE Premium
    The Toyota Avalon was redesigned for the 2013 model year with a bold, upscale exterior design coupled with a big, plush interior that offers many of the comforts of a large luxury sedan without the high price that comes with a luxury moniker – showing just how far the Avalon has come over the past two decades.

NHTSA steps up Click It Or Ticket Program

  • Click it or ticket
    Seatbelts save lives, but their use varies and the correlation to their use in areas with strict seatbelt laws is not perfect.

Ford boosting capacity and cutting furloughs to meet surging demand

  • Ford employee John Bizek working on a C-MAX hybrid at MAP
    Ford is increasing North American production capacity by 200,000 units and even cutting back summer furloughs of workers to meet rapidly rising demand, showing the remarkable recovery of auto market since 2008.

Ford pledges $400k to Oklahoma tornado victims, first automaker to donate

  • Ford Motor Company Oklahoma tornado
    Ford Motor Company has announced that it will donate $400,000 to the American Red Cross and the United Way to benefit the victims of this week’s devastating tornado in Moore, Oklahoma.

Jim Harbaugh returns to Indy in 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray

  • 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray C7
    San Francisco 49ers Coach Jim Harbaugh will drive the new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Pace Car in the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday as he returns to the NFL city where he played quarterback.

Does this 95 year old LaFrance Open Speedster still have what it takes?

  • 1918 LaFrance Open Speedster
    The 1918 LaFrance Open Speedster sports a massive 14.5 liters of displacement and was a powerful, speed demon of a departure from the fire trucks this company usually made. Behold one of the most eco-unconscious and awesome vehicles to have ever been crafted.. and it could be yours!

The Peugeot Onyx diesel-electric supercar will blast through Goodwood

  • Peugeot Onyx concept supercar
    Leading the lineup of performance Peugeot vehicles at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this year will be the uber-awesome Onyx in its first public demonstration dynamic.

First official teaser image of the 2014 Toyota Corolla hits Facebook

  • First 2014 Toyota Corolla teaser
    The first official teaser image of the 2014 Toyota Corolla was posted on the company’s official Facebook page earlier today and while this shot doesn’t show much – it does appear as though the back end of the next generation Corolla could closely resemble the Toyota Furia Concept from the 2013 Detroit Auto Show.

Official: Forza Motorsport 5 to debut on new Xbox One (first trailer video)

  • A still from the first Forza Motorsport 5 trailer
    The folks at Microsoft introduced the next generation of the Xbox console and one of the first titles coming to Xbox One is Forza Motorsport 5 – a driving simulator that will most likely set the standard against which all other driving games are compared.

Next Dodge Challenger could pack over 600 supercharged Hemi horsepower

  • The Dodge Challenger SRT8
    While the Chrysler Group has been very quiet about the next generation Dodge Challenger, inside information indicates that the newest version of the brawny Mopar muscle car will be powered by a new supercharged Hemi currently code named the “Hellcat” – with the rumored output reaching as high as 640 horsepower.

Don't buy a new car until it passes this new test

  • IIHS Top Safety Pick + Small Frontal Overlap Test
    There is an important new type of frontal crash test. Here is why it is important to you and why the IIHS' Top Safety Pick + rating is the only one you should accept when buying a new vehicle.

BMW and Toyota could debut a hybrid sports car later this year

  • An artful BMW and Toyota joint logo
    BMW and Toyota announced in late 2011 that the two massive automakers had entered into an agreement to jointly develop new technology including fuel cell, diesel and hybrid drivetrains but rumors indicate that the first co-designed vehicle from Toyota and BMW could be a sports car – and it could debut as soon as late this year.

2014 Subaru Legacy remains most affordable AWD sedan in America

  • 2014 Subaru Legacy and 2014 Subaru Outback
    Subaru has held the line on pricing of the new 2014 Legacy and 2014 Outback models keeping the same MSRP as 2013 models.

Maserati recalls Quattroporte, Granturismo, Alfa Romeo over rusting suspension issue

  • Maserati North America, Inc. is recalling certain Quattroporte, Granturismo, and Alfa Romeo vehicles over a suspension corrosion problem that may lead to loss of driver control.

2014 BMW M5 pricing arrives online, includes new 575hp Competition Package

  • The 2014 BMW M5
    The 2014 BMW M5 made its debut this past weekend at MFest in California with a handful of new features including the 575 horsepower Competition Package and shortly after the new blue high performance sedan first appeared in public, pricing for the super saloon arrived on the internet thanks to the folks at M5Post.com.