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GasBuddy app can help save money on gasoline
With gasoline prices averaging close to $4.00 per gallon nationwide, a free app promising the best fuel prices wherever you are would seem like a valued travel aid. And that’s just what GasBuddy is. Using your smart phone’s built-in GPS capability, GasBuddy pinpoints your location...
GasBuddy app can help save money on gasoline
With gasoline prices averaging close to $4.00 per gallon nationwide, a free app promising the best fuel prices wherever you are would seem like a valued travel aid. And that’s just what GasBuddy is. Using your smart phone’s built-in GPS capability, GasBuddy pinpoints your location...
How One Australian Town Helped A Doomed Plane Win History’s Greatest Air Race [Planelopnik]
Lost in a thunderstorm over Northeastern Australia, Captain R.D. Parmentier and his crew were desperately trying to find a place to land the big DC2 airliner. They were just a few hundred miles from the finish of an epic 11,300-mile race from London to Melbourne and the storm had rendered their communications...
What’s Your Worst Experience With The DMV? [Question Of The Day]
The DMV claims to be an organization designed to keep drivers educated, safe, and legal much in the same way the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea claims to be a republic made up of democratic people. More » More: What’s Your Worst Experience With The DMV? [Question Of The...
Porsche Hybrids, Toyota Supra Successor, Scion iQ and Playstation: Car News Headlines
Today at High Gear Media, Jay Leno showed off a special Plymouth Duster and shoppers are interested in manual transmissions again. We spied the next-generation Audi RS6 Avant and a new SAE fast-charging standard is going to be announced. All this and more in today’s car news, right here on The...
Porsche Hybrids, Toyota Supra Successor, Scion iQ and Playstation: Car News Headlines
Today at High Gear Media, Jay Leno showed off a special Plymouth Duster and shoppers are interested in manual transmissions again. We spied the next-generation Audi RS6 Avant and a new SAE fast-charging standard is going to be announced. All this and more in today’s car news, right here on The...
Ten Ways To Inspire Women Gearheads [Answers Of The Day]
Car culture is dominated by men, largely because society (and car culture itself) unreasonably equates being a gearhead with being a man. Here are ten ways chosen by Jalopnik readers to help break down the barriers and encourage more women to become enthusiasts. More » See the original post:...
2013 Ford Fusion Hybrid Offers Fans A Chance To Give Back
If you lean green and you’re looking for a new car, listen up: shoppers who purchase a 2013 Ford Fusion Hybrid, Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid or Focus Electric can boost contributions to four nonprofits that keep America beautiful. In fact, you don’t even have to buy a car to take part in...
2013 Ford Fusion Hybrid Offers Fans A Chance To Give Back
If you lean green and you’re looking for a new car, listen up: shoppers who purchase a 2013 Ford Fusion Hybrid, Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid or Focus Electric can boost contributions to four nonprofits that keep America beautiful. In fact, you don’t even have to buy a car to take part in...
Mercedes-Benz Working on Front-Wheel Drive GLA Crossover
Mercedes-Benz Working on Front-Wheel Drive GLA Crossover
We’ve been wondering if Mercedes-Benz would bring over the new B-Class, based on the Mercedes Front Architecture. With this latest news form CAR , we can safely conclude that won’t be happening. If you haven’t been paying attention, Mercedes has decided to go full-speed ahead with...
Graduation Gift: 2012 Scion iQ Comes With PlayStation Vita
Got a graduate on your shopping list? Not sure what the kids are into these days? Well, one thing’s for sure: they all love Sony’s PlayStation Vita. The Vita is a new handheld gaming console. Its biggest selling point — and what really differentiates it from Sony’s previous portable...
BMW And Hyundai Consider Sharing Engine Development Costs: Report
BMW's headquarters in Munich, Germany. Image: BMW New engines are needed to meet ever-tightening global fuel economy and emission standards, and engines are incredibly expensive to develop, test and put into production. The cost to develop a new engine family can range between $1.3 and $2.6 billion...
GM Pays No Federal Income Tax, Jeep Wrangler Sales Boom, And BMW, Hyundai May Make Sweet Engine Love [The Morning Shift]
This is the Morning Shift , our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that’s actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parcel it out to you one story at a time. Isn’t your time more important? More » View...
Rumor Mill Stirs Up More Chevrolet SS Performance Sedan Details
Chevrolet Caprice Police Interceptor – GM Zeta Platform From recent reports, it seems Chevrolet has something up their sleeves hinting towards a new “SS” branded name potentially for an upcoming rear-wheel-drive performance sedan. We already know of a new Holden Commodore being the basis for...
For $135,000, That’ll Leave A Mark III [Nice Price Or Crack Pipe]
When you think of James bond and Aston Martins, no doubt the iconic and gadget-laden DB5 comes to mind. Truth be told, when Ian Fleming wrote the novel Goldfinger , he drove a DB Mark III, just like today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe contender. But the question is, will this one’s price make...