by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 11, 2019
If there’s one benefit from the cold wave sweeping across much of the country this week, it’s the chance it will reduce the risk of children dying due to being left in hot cars. So far this year, 52 kids have died in such instances, a number that has rapidly...
by Joseph Szczesny | Nov 6, 2019
The threat of depreciation has always been one of the great killers of the buzz around new vehicles for practical minded buyers and the improving quality, reliability and durability really has not changed the equation much. Vehicle depreciation also is critical in the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 5, 2019
The Kia Futuron has the sort of name you might have expected to see on a concept car at the 1964 New York World’s Fair. And with the automaker suggesting it was designed “in the best traditions of UFO and flying saucer design,” Futuron easily could have...
by Michael Strong | Oct 30, 2019
General Motors keeps adding things to the daily to-do list for Mark Reuss, named president of the company in January, who will now oversee the company’s regional operations: North America, South America, China and International. Reuss continues to report to Chairman...
by Michael Strong | Oct 29, 2019
Halloween is just two days away, meaning America’s streets will be flooded with pedestrians at what is, potentially, the worst time of the day to see them. Even worse, they are usually the toughest pedestrians to see and react to for a driver: children. The holiday...
by Michael Strong | Oct 28, 2019
Fiat Chrysler issued a recall for about 160,000 diesel-powered Ram pickups due to a problem with coolant leaks that could catch fire. The action for Ram 1500 models from the 2014 through 2019 model years. The vehicles are primarily in the U.S. and Canada. According to...
by Michael Strong | Oct 25, 2019
Subaru of America is recalling more than 450,000 late-model Imprezas and Crosstreks in two separate actions. The recalls cover as many as 466,205 vehicles, according to Subaru in a statement to the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration. The first recall...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Oct 23, 2019
Steve Wozniak, the man credited with helping kick off the modern microcomputer revolution, has become increasingly skeptical of some of the high-tech breakthroughs expected to transform modern life in the next decade and beyond, technologies including both artificial...
by Michael Strong | Oct 22, 2019
Despite the fact that Americans are driving more than ever, U.S. traffic fatalities fell 2.4% last year to 36,560; however, pedestrian deaths were at their highest point in nearly 30 years. Traffic deaths were down for the second straight year, according to the...
by Michael Strong | Oct 21, 2019
Nearly 750,000 vehicles were stolen in the United States in 2018, which is a 3.1% drop from the year prior, according to Federal Bureau of Investigations statistics. Officially, there were 748,841 vehicle thefts – nearly 75% were cars – in the United States in 2018,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Oct 11, 2019
Long the laggard in the booming U.S. sport-utility vehicle market, Volkswagen is playing a fast game of catch-up, one quickly paying off as it defies this year’s downturn in the American automotive market. The German manufacturer rolled out its latest entry during a...
by Michael Strong | Oct 4, 2019
Tesla Inc. is facing charges that it should have issued a recall of 2,000 vehicles after a software upgrade reduced the driving range of the vehicles and made them more susceptible to non-crash fires. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Friday it...
