(December 17, 2014) ITASCA, Ill. — The National Safety Council released its traffic fatality estimates for the Christmas Day and New Year's Day holiday periods. NSC estimates 366 deaths and another 39,200 injuries requiring medical attention may occur because of car crashes during the Christmas Day holiday period. 

An estimated 421 deaths and 45,000 injuries requiring medical attention may occur during the New Year's Day holiday period. Seat belts could save an estimated 134 lives during the Christmas Day holiday period and 154 lives during the New Year's Day holiday period.

(December 12, 2014) MCLEAN, Va. — According to the NADA Used Car Guide's most recent Guidelines report, vehicles sitting in driveways and used car lots managed to keep more of their value this past month, due to strong demand within the used vehicle market and a decrease in cars sold at wholesale auction.

(December 11, 2014) SANTA MONICA, Calif. — TrueCar has found mainstream pickup trucks and sport-utility vehicles dominate U.S. vehicle sales with transaction prices exceeding $50,000, accounting for six of the 10 best sellers in that portion of the market.

(December 11, 2014) BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — Today State Farm announced its latest mobile app CarCapture, available for iOS and Android. Through object recognition technology CarCapture is designed to allow the consumer to capture a picture of the back of a vehicle and instantaneously obtain detailed information.

(December 9, 2014) CHICAGO — Cars.com has announced nominees for the site's highest-honors, the "Best of 2015" and "Best Pickup Truck of 2015" awards. Nominees for all Cars.com awards must demonstrate a high level of quality, innovation and value; and for pickup trucks power, capability and value.

(December 9, 2014) LONDON — A new study by Frost & Sullivan shows that Eastern Europe and Central Asia offer very interesting opportunities for the light vehicles sector which includes passenger cars and light commercial vehicles. The study analyses the automotive market in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan, and finds that by 2021 the annual light vehicle sales volume in these eight countries is expected to reach nearly one million.

(December 9, 2014) ORLANDO, Fla. — AAA's Automotive Engineering experts are confident new advanced driver assistance technologies like blind-spot monitoring and lane-departure warning systems have great potential to keep drivers safer, as long as motorists are aware of system limitations. 

(December 8, 2014) DES PLAINES, Ill. — The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) today released a national analysis of vehicle theft which compares annual statistics for thefts, population and vehicle registrations from 1960 through 2013. Just released FBI crime figures for 2013 show that 699,594 vehicles were reported stolen last year–a 58 percent reduction–from 1991 when vehicle theft reached an all-time high of 1,661,738.

(December 3, 2014) TORONTO — Ford F-250 and F-350 trucks are big, rugged — and loved by thieves across Canada. This year's Top 10 Most Frequently Stolen Vehicles list, published annually by Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC), shows a growing interest by organized criminals in Ford ("F") series trucks.

(December 3, 2014)  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — With gas prices at five-year lows, new research from DMEautomotive (DMEa) reveals that a whopping one-third of consumers plan to drive out of town for the 2014 winter holiday – and the vast majority (79%) of those will be hitting the road in their own wheels versus renting a car.

These 2014 winter holiday travelers are driving far — over 50% say they intend to drive 400-plus miles round trip, with one in six planning to rack up over 1,000 miles on their odometer.