It’s not as fun as reading about Ashton Kutcher doing acid, Justin Bieber being spit on, or Ryan Seacrest’s random acts, but what this is, is functional. And functional things tend to be informative and important, so if you’re in the market for a new car that’s good on gas on the highway and city, read on. Continue reading →

If Microsoft Word’s spell checker has its say on prominence in the male celebrity world, Mr. Kutcher would head the list in the summary. Continue reading →

In bedrooms around the country on Saturday and Sunday mornings, hung-over people reach to their nightstand and carefully cycle through what their drunk fingers (and voices) were up to the night before. It’s the familiar sentiment to wish there was a contraption that could have prevented the inebriated individual from operating his or her mobile phone. Continue reading →

It’s a terrible, terrible place. Winding lines that never end filled with complaining and angry people from all walks, runs, hops, skips and jumps of life. Weird smells and sticky chairs. Rows and rows of pamphlets. And a ton of sighing. Continue reading →

Last year, a study conducted by the University of Virginia found that students who kept track of their driving ended up driving less than those who didn’t. Students that were given feedback on the money they saved on gas and the pollution they prevented also used alternative means of transportation. Continue reading →

Jeep Grand Cherokees are fun loving, outdoorsy vehicles. They’re like the hippie-ish forester at the campfire party, or the amiable ski instructor in the lodge for après ski drinks.

There’s another commonality between the Grand Cherokee and these folks of similar ilk; they all have a penchant to light up. Continue reading →

Saab went bankrupt at the end of last year, seemingly ending a long, protracted and confusing corporate decline. But foreign investment companies and automakers know the value of the intangible asset, and Saab was chalk-full of the intangible Saab trademark and brand. So it’s no surprise that a firm swooped in and applied the ol’ investment defibrillator to the car company that’s been around since the end of the 1940s. Continue reading →

GM may have set its company record for pretax profit last year when it brought in $7.6 billion, but the company still has battles to fight. These were outlined at the annual shareholder meeting last week, where optimism was blunted by the fact that GM shares have dropped 33% since the company’s initial public offering in November 2010. Continue reading →

Last year, Mayor Bloomberg put a revolutionary traffic congestion plan in place in midtown Manhattan that covered 23 intersections and 110 blocks. The $1.6 million program was designed to alleviate a traffic problem that costs New York an estimated $13 billion annually. Continue reading →

Erratic airbags, a range of potential fire hazards, faulty windshield wiper motors. Brake lines that corrode prematurely, power steering malfunctions, or gear shift issues that cause the car to not be in the gear you think it’s in. These are all valid and necessary recalls. Continue reading →

The Texas Department of Transportation looked at German autobahn rules, and thought…we’re Texas. We’re bigger and badder, and need to be faster. The autobahn is famous for not having speed limits, though the German “recommended limit” is 130 km/h, which equates to about 81 mph. Continue reading →