(August 14, 2012) ARLINGTON, Va. — Only 3 of 11 midsize luxury and near-luxury cars evaluated earned good or acceptable ratings in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's new small overlap frontal crash test, the latest addition to a suite of tests designed to help consumers pick the safest vehicles.

(August 10,2012) SANTA MONICA, Calif. — TrueCar.com today provided actual fuel economy numbers from June light vehicle auto sales that indicate TrueMPG increased to 23.1 mpg in July 2012 compared to 21.6 mpg in July 2011, and increased from May 2012 at 23.0 mpg. Just four years ago, in May 2008, TrueMPG was 21.2 mpg.

(August 9, 2012) ORLANDO, Fla. —- The stop-start system, a technology that shuts off a vehicle's engine when stopped in traffic, is now making its way to the U.S. from overseas where such systems are already in common use.

Other names for this technology include idle elimination, idle-stop-go, and micro-hybrid. Lux Research predicts that more than eight million vehicles in North America will be equipped with engine stop-start systems by 2017. What does this mean for American motorists? AAA experts examine the technology.

(August 9, 2012) SANTA MONICA, Calif. — This week, the 2012 CAR Management Briefing Seminars will host a discussion based on the Center for Automotive Research's observation: "Automakers are facing new challenges in distinguishing their products in the eyes of the consumer. Industry scores across vehicles today have reached near statistical insignificance in quality, performance and safety."

(August 8, 2012) ATLANTA — In the first-ever AutoTrader.com Automotive Games, we pitted vehicles from seven countries across 10 events and leveraged shopper activity on the site to determine the winners.

(August 8, 2012) OKLAHOMA CITY — Representatives from the nation's auto manufacturers, including the Big Three, are in Oklahoma City today to meet with Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin and procurement experts to ask questions surrounding a recently issued multi-state request for proposal (RFP) on compressed natural gas vehicles.

(August 7, 2012) IRVINE, Calif. — Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies — a global leader in alternative fuel systems and clean propulsion technologies for automotive applications, including natural gas, hybrid/electric and hydrogen systems — today announced that during the year-to-date period ending July 31, orders for its CNG fuel systems increased nearly four-fold compared to orders received during the same period in 2011.

(August 7, 2012) DETROIT — For the past hundred years, innovation within the automotive sector has brought major technological advances, leading to safer, cleaner, and more affordable vehicles. But for the most part, since Henry Ford introduced the moving assembly line, the changes have been incremental, evolutionary.

(August 3, 2012) IRVINE, Calif. — Automotive research and consulting firm AutoPacific and Autobytel Inc. have announced that the Mercedes-Benz S-Class is the overall winner in the 2012 Ideal Vehicle Awards (IVAs). Established in 2006, the IVAs recognize the cars that meet their owner's expectations and desires about their automotive purchases.