Yesterday, Top Gear UK’s Jeremy Clarkson confirmed via Twitter that the show will be disappearing until January 2013 . Well, a Top Gear USA host also confirmed that the show will be returning for the third season. “At the Upfront’s in NYC 2 officially announce Season 3 #TopGear Tanner’s racing. sum1 try & catch him & tell him 4… Read the rest

Yesterday, Top Gear UK’s Jeremy Clarkson confirmed via Twitter that the show will be disappearing until January 2013 . Well, a Top Gear USA host also confirmed that the show will be returning for the third season. “At the Upfront’s in NYC 2 officially announce Season 3 #TopGear Tanner’s racing. sum1 try & catch him & tell him 4… Read the rest

Filed under: Car Buying , Chrysler , Ford , GM , Toyota , Earnings/Financials Bloomberg reports that if U.S. auto sales continue at their current pace, 2012 will mark the best year for the industry since 2007. The news comes after word that both Ford and Chrysler have slimmed or entirely eliminated the traditional summer shutdown at their manufacturing… Read the rest

Filed under: Marketing/Advertising , Videos , BMW , Luxury BMW has long had an advantage over Mercedes-Benz and Lexus when it comes to maintenance and ownership costs that it has hardly ever advertised – free maintenance for the first four years of ownership. The secret will be no more as the company is about to unleash a major ad… Read the rest

The Scion tC is a small, sporty coupe with an affordable price, an attractive interior design, and an extensive list of standard features for the money. Top rivals include the Ford Focus, Honda Civic, and Kia Forte Koup. First offered for 2005, the original tC was essentially a U.S. version of the Toyota Avensis, a vehicle that had already… Read the rest

The Kia Rio nameplate applies to a family of inexpensive, South Korean-produced subcompact sedans and hatchbacks. The Rio has for many years been among the lowest-priced models for sale in the U.S. market—with a strong set of features for the money—but with its last redesign, for the 2012 model year, it makes significant advances in…

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Young drivers believe it’s dangerous to talk and to text on smartphones while they’re driving, but they’re doing it anyway, according to a new study from Consumer Reports. The magazine’s latest issue found that, of those young drivers surveyed, almost all said they considered texting, accessing the Internet, or using smartphone apps while driving…

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With two seasons of Top Gear USA done and in the books, it appears as though the audience for the History Channel show continues to grow. So, will it be around for a third season? We have no idea. More

Drones aren’t just for the military anymore. Department of Homeland Security grants gave hundreds of law enforcement and fire agencies across the country access to them. But DHS may have jumped the gun, as the Federal Aviation Administration hasn’t yet okayed populating America’s already busy skies with unmanned aerial vehicles. More

Sounding somewhat like he’d emulated heavyweight fighter Jack Dempsey’s philosophy who said, “the best defense is a good offense,” yesterday Bob Lutz defended his recent fighting back against right-leaning Chevy Volt detractors, while in related news, he continued to rally support for the car. The occasion for defending his approach

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