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As the Fourth of July weekend nears, MotherProof.com reminds us to stay vigilant on the streets because traffic will be higher than normal. Check out what to watch for, and read the day’s other top news stories, below:
Pickup Trucks 101: Lowering Your Truck (PickupTrucks.com)
Are the Engines in the Subaru Outback and Outback Sport the Same? [...]
Although providing no specific details, Porsche has confirmed that it will return to Le Mans in 2014 with a full factory-backed effort in the LMP1 Prototype category.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kbb-car-news/~4/h1rCFY6j1Dg" height="1" width="1"/
Here’s a switch.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kbb-car-news/~4/Gtdc_NmANXs" height="1" width="1"/
What began as a stylish concept that first appeared at the 2010 SEMA Show is set to hit Toyota showrooms later this summer as a limited-production upgrade to the automaker’s popular Prius Hybrid line.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kbb-car-news/~4/obuCWvZ1iBs" height="1" width="1"/
img src=’http://images.thecarconnection.com/tmb/portland-chademo-quick-charging-station-publicly-accessible_100349927_t.gif’/ No question about it, Portland, Oregon, is an early-adopter market for electric vehicles, and one of the leading EV markets in the U.S. The Rose City, as it’s nicknamed, is already home to the firstmdash;and only, with the Vacaville, California charger downmdash;publicly accessible Level 3 quick-charging station in the U.S., allowing more than…img [...]
img src=’http://images.thecarconnection.com/tmb/2011-tesla-roadster-sport-photo-by-joe-nuxoll_100337784_t.gif’/ Almost every Tesla Roadster owner is probably a car enthusiast, but Mike Koenigs is also a true clean-power activist. First, he set up a ldquo;Life with Teslardquo; website when he got his car. Now he’s doing the final editing of an extended video meant to spread the word about the fun and freedom [...]
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"Rparmar” of Winchester, Va., recently purchased a new 2011 BMW Z4 sDrive35is, a new trim for the model year. This reader has a lot to say about the Bimmer, which sports a new twin-turbo six-cylinder. He enjoys the car’s perfect balance and fast speed, as well as how it looks with the top down and [...]
<In today’s world, where most three-row family haulers are sleek car-based crossovers, the 2011 Infiniti QX56 is a rare breed. The QX56 is an old-school SUV with a brawny exterior look and the ability to tow 8,500 pounds. But unlike bygone SUVs, which typically had cramped interiors and truck-like handling, the QX56 offers tons of [...]
<Wal-Mart has struck tough bargains with its vendors before, but we never imagined it could do something about high gas prices.
The retailer has announced that it is “rolling back” prices on gasoline by 10 cents a gallon for 90 days at participating Murphy gas stations. You will need to use a Wal-Mart reloadable credit [...]
<Even though auto theft has reached its lowest level since 1967, a lot of cars are still being stolen. To illustrate the impact of vehicle theft, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released this graphic. It shows many stark facts: For instance, a car is stolen in America every 33 seconds, and nearly half of [...]
