News and tips related to being an automobile driver and owner
Most of us drive. More than 222 million as of 2016 according to Statista research company. Driving around 270 million registered vehicles. No wonder the roads are crowded. But traffic (and infrastructure) is just one factor in whether your city…
Distracted driving is like watching too much TV. Most people know it’s not good for them, but they do it anyway. About 93 percent of drivers say they have regularly or fairly often seen another driver talking on a cellphone…
True exchange at a stoplight in a major U.S. city. “You know you really should stop looking at your phone in the car,” said a teenager to his mother. Then, after she protested, he said, “I’ll hold your phone.” You…
Subaru’s first vehicles were sold in America 50 years ago, but you could say the brand really just arrived here in the past decade. The first car – the Subaru 360 – was small and plain, a far cry from…
Some car companies are introducing a new model. Not models, MODEL. And they’re betting that a healthy number of consumers will buy in. Automakers such as Cadillac, Ford, Volvo and Porsche – and soon Mercedes-Benz and BMW – are going…
Nearly three million trucks. That’s about how many pickups Americans will have purchased by the end of this model year. Led by the Ford F-Series, GM Silverado and Ram pickup, which account for about 70 percent of truck purchases, pickup…