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Stretch your new car buying dollars
17+ hour, 5+ min ago (719+ words) AP A shopper passes by an unsold 2026 Cooper S John Cooper Works 1965 Victory Edition hardtop on display in the showroom of a Mini dealership June 26 in Highlands Ranch, Colo. Consider a used vehicle One of the simplest ways to stretch…...
Chevrolet Bolt vs. Nissan Leaf, an Edmunds $30,000 EV comparison
2+ week, 1+ day ago (509+ words) Range, performance and charging Acceleration is similar — both went from zero to 60 mph in about 7 seconds in Edmunds’ testing — but the Bolt is the EV that Edmunds prefers to drive. The Chevy’s nimble handling makes it ideal for threading tight…...
Fuel prices are shaping summer plans as US boaters get ready to hit the water
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (666+ words) The cover was off and Portage Lake sparkled in the sun. But before the brothers could leave a narrow wooden dock, they had a decision to make: how much gasoline to put in the pontoon’s 52-gallon engine. Recreational boaters, like…...
Baby boomers really don’t require an app for that
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (582+ words) There were no YouTube tutorials to teach me how to drive a tractor. I had to learn the old-fashioned way — Dad yelling at me every time I popped the clutch, bucking him off the sputtering Farmall. Or maybe it was…...
Top used SUVs under $20,000 for teen drivers | News, Sports, Jobs
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (388+ words) Teen drivers are inexperienced, take risks, and are easily distracted when they’re behind the wheel. Those factors are among the findings that contribute to w...
Rising gas prices are a double blow for drivers who use their own vehicles for work
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (791+ words) Leslie Sherman-Shafer, an Uber driver in the San Francisco Bay Area, likes to start each shift with a full tank of gas. It used to cost her around $25 to fill up her Toyota Corolla. She’s spent closer to $40 since the…...
Subsidies keep America on top
3+ mon, 15+ hour ago (519+ words) That $7,500 tax credit to buy an electric vehicle, now gone, was a “grotesque misallocation of federal spending.” It was a form of “rent-seeking,” whereby companies seek “to dominate the bureaucracy instead of the marketplace.” Let’s talk about carmakers and subsidies....
Buyers fret as the average cost of a new car nears $50K
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (771+ words) “I just keep seeing a lot of different aspects of life getting more expensive, and it’s harder,” said Eble, an account manager for a public relations agency. Car ownership has long been integral to the American dream. But as automakers…...
Dizzying fuel prices are determined by factors that are largely outside of a gas station’s control
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (696+ words) With the Iran war pushing up prices worldwide, the U.S. average for a gallon of gas topped $4 on Tuesday, according to AAA. The uncertainty at the pump is trickling down from a massive, volatile oil and gas market that’s making it…...
GM leads nation in 1st-quarter auto sales
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (547+ words) Despite a drop of nearly 10 percentage points from the previous year, General Motors leads the nation in auto sales. GM sales in the first quarter of 2026 totaled 626,429 vehicles, the company reported this week in its news release. Chevrolet’s Silverado line…...