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Cars might need to move up to trigger the left-turn light
Published:Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:07:08 -0700  
Q: On the bridge turning west from Route 9 onto Crescent/Vischer Ferry Road in Halfmoon, there is a red left-hand arrow light that takes 61/2 minutes to turn green. Cars heading east out of that road have four green lights to our one. I go this route every day, and impatient drivers behind me on the bridge or two or three cars back of the lead car cut out into the middle lane and swing in front ......

Cars.com Announces Top Picks for Cost-Conscious Car Shoppers
Published:Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:41:10 -0700  
CHICAGO -- The economy may be rebounding, but the quest for an affordable ride lives on. To help those consumers looking for a quality vehicle that is easy on their wallet, Cars.com editors put together a list of the best cars that $10,000 can buy....

Cool classic cars
Published:Mon, 14 Jun 2010 04:10:03 -0700  
Classic cars line Howard Street on Saturday, June 5, during the annual downtown cruise hosted by the Squires Car Club and the Hibbing Downtown Merchants Association....

Courtesy cars looking for construction zone drivers in need
Published:Mon, 14 Jun 2010 07:54:37 -0700  
Some special help is available for drivers in need along I-15 in the Utah County construction zone. Courtesy cars, as some call them, are driven by maintenance workers trained to get your broken down car off the road quickly....

Audi cars take top 3 places at Le Mans
Published:Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:06:34 -0700  
Audi won the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the ninth time on Sunday by taking the first three places. The Audi No. 9 car was first at the 13.6-kilometer (8.4-mile) Circuit de la Sarthe, setting a record number of 397 laps. The No. 8 and No. 7 cars took second and third places, while all Peugeot cars retired. Audi tied Ferrari for 2nd place in the list of the most successful manufacturers at Le Mans....

The Future of Electric Cars Could Lie in...Afghanistan?
Published:Mon, 14 Jun 2010 06:55:38 -0700  
Electric cars like the 2011 Nissan Leaf require lots of lithium and other precious heavy metals to make them go. Todays sources of lithium are far and few: Bolivia has something like 40 percent of the worlds deposits, while Russia, South Africa, Chile and Argentina have some. This weekend, the New York Times reported that the war-ravaged country......

NKoreas Rooney loves his cars, clothes and rap
Published:Mon, 14 Jun 2010 06:06:34 -0700  
He plays like Rooney but behaves more like Beckham. He loves his cars, his rap music and his clothes, and changes hairstyles more often than you can say Kim Jong Il. North Korea striker Jong Tae Se is not your average North Korean. Born and raised in Japan, the 26-year-old forward has never lived in communist North Korea, and says he has no plans to....

Volkswagen showcases eco-cars as Chinas electric-vehicle market grows
Published:Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:31:28 -0700  
German automaker Volkswagen is displaying three all-electric cars and one hybrid at its week-long 2010 E-workshop in Shanghai, as the automaker stakes a leadership claim on the electric-vehicle industry. The Lavida blue-e-motion, one of the three zero-emission models on display, was fully developed by Shanghai Volkswagen and tailored to the needs of Chinese consumers, a Shanghai Volkswagen ......

Fast cars torched as extortion fails
Published:Sat, 12 Jun 2010 10:26:47 -0700  
LUXURY cars worth more than $1 million were destroyed in a fire after an alleged extortion attempt on a Sydney smash repairer....