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General Motors saw year-to-date sales through the end of November rise by 14.2% over 2010 largely on the success of the fuel-efficient Chevy Cruze. The Cruze was the top selling compact for the year and the fifth best-selling car overall so far in 2011. Industry analysts say that some of GM's success, and that of other U.S. automakers this year was due to the supply disruption of Japanese-made cars after the devastating…

A new study by the Governor's Highway Safety Association (GHSA) found that as many as 3 out of ten auto accidents involved distracted drivers. While we may immediately think of cell phone use and texting while driving, the study also included other distractions such as eating or drinking, reading, personal grooming, and even talking to passengers. Anything that drew the driver's attention away from the task of driving and used their hands, eyed, or ears was considered to be a distraction.

With gas prices threatening to break household budgets all over America, more and more families are looking at hybrid vehicles as a way to save on gas and lower their driving costs. Indeed, hybrid vehicles do offer some pretty impressive mileage ratings... Hybrids, however, aren't the only way to get that kind of fuel economy...

Gas prices have finally taken a pause from climbing and have even inched downward over the last few weeks. Most Americans think that's good news. It means that less of the average paycheck will go toward gas each week. For GM CEO Dan Akerson, however, it seems that gas prices are too low.

Not so long ago, all a car maker really needed to know was engines. Even brakes were an afterthought. All you had to do was transfer the power from the engine to the wheels and you were pretty much good to go. Over the last hundred years, however, automotive technology has gotten just a little more complicated