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DALLAS -- As his 90-year-old neighbor struggled last May to set out on a morning drive to the store, David Prager began to worry.Elizabeth Grimes, a widow who had lived on Meaders Lane for 50 years, h...
http://autos.aol.com/article/older-drivers-growing-problemDETROIT (AP) -- Opening Day came early for employees Tuesday at Jack Kain's Ford, Lincoln, Mercury dealership, when Ford Motor Co. announced a new program that would help buyers in the event of...
http://autos.aol.com/article/job-loss-car-payment-programsThink about celebs with cool names, names completely in sync their personalities: Jay-Z, Kat Von D, Slash; they're much more fitting than Shawn Corey Carter, Katherine Von Drachenberg and Saul Hudson....
http://autos.aol.com/article/best-car-names2009 Initial Quality Study Ranking ManufacturerProblems per 100 vehicles Lexus84 Porsche90 Cadillac91 Hyundai95 Honda99 Mercedes-Benz101 Toyota101 Ford102 Chevrolet103 Suzuki103 Infiniti106 Mercury...
http://autos.aol.com/article/jd-power-initial-quality-2009The biggest cost of car ownership isn't gas, repairs or even adding that amazing sound system. Nope, it's depreciation, or the car's decrease in value over time.The autos that depreciate most are freq...
http://autos.aol.com/article/value-losing-vehiclesWASHINGTON (AP) -- The insurance industry named dozens of new cars and trucks, led by Ford Motor Co. and its Volvo subsidiary, to its annual list of the safest vehicles Tuesday, helped by the increase...
http://autos.aol.com/article/safest-cars-2009The art and science of buying a good, solid used car and letting the first owner take the big hit on price and depreciation gets easier each year. That's because cars are getting better, have more sou...
http://autos.aol.com/article/best-used-carsThese days, most car buyers are giving at least some thought to purchasing a hybrid car or hybrid SUV. Who doesn't want to save money on gas and help ease the potential for environmental calamity at t...
http://autos.aol.com/article/hybrid-diesel-trucks-carsNearly five million alternative-fuel vehicles are currently on U.S. roads and many of their owners don't even know it. Flexible-fuel (flex-fuel) models first appeared in 1991. Since then, each of the ...
http://autos.aol.com/article/flex-fuel-vehiclesNearly five million alternative-fuel vehicles are currently on U.S. roads”and many of their owners don't even know it. Flexible-fuel (flex-fuel) models first appeared in 1991. Since then, each o...
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