(June 13, 2011) BOSTON (PRNewswire) — Summer is here and that's a cause for concern when it comes to driving, according to a teen driving study.

Teens are pouring out of the classroom and into their cars and a new study by Liberty Mutual Insurance and SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) gives parents reason to pause before they hand over the keys to their newly freed young driver. 

(June 13, 2011) NEW DELHI — India surpassed France, the United Kingdom and Italy to become the sixth-largest automotive market in the world in 2010, and it is expected to become one of the three largest automotive markets in the world by 2020, according to a special report titled “India Automotive 2020: The Next Giant from Asia,” released by J.D. Power and Associates today.

(June 13, 2011) CHICAGO (PRNewswire) — Cars.com, an online resource for new and used car buyers, announced today that the 2011 Hyundai Elantra is the winner of its "Best Value: Price to Pump" award as the winner of its Under 20/Over 35 Shootout.

(June 12, 2011) CARDIFF, Wales (PRNewswire) — Confused.com has revealed the unluckiest make of car in the UK by looking at 12 months' worth of customers quotes and finding out which make and model had the highest accident rates.

(June 12, 2011) YONKERS, N.Y. — With high pump prices, Consumer Reports magazine says that the most effective way to cute your gasoline use is to buy a more fuel-efficient car. CR named the best cars for fuel economy of those recently tested by the magazine in its own real-world fuel-economy tests.

Also listed are the ones that got the lowest mpg in each class.

(June 10, 2011) A big trend facing the auto industry recently has been the rising price of vehicles across the spectrum of new, used and CPO models, according to AutoTrader.com.

AutoTrader data from May shows that this trend is alive and well. The majority of vehicles across all of the most-searched lists showed increases in average asking price. 

(June 9, 2011) IRVINE, Calif. (PRNewswire) — According to the latest Kelley Blue Book www.kbb.com Market Intelligence survey concerning consumer sentiment and gas prices, new car and used car shoppers have drastically changed their minds about the coming fate of gas prices in the near-term. 

(June 8, 2011) SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Parents magazine and Edmunds.com today revealed their annual list of Best Family Cars. All fifteen of the cars on the list meet the demands of parents who have young kids, loads of gear to schlep, and tight budgets to balance.

In order to formulate the list, the car experts from both organizations scrutinized hundreds of vehicles focusing on safety and reliability as top priorities.

(June 8, 2011) (PRNewswire-USNewswire) — The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) warns consumers shopping for used vehicles to use caution when considering a purchase that just seems too good to be true.

As severe weather and flooding continues across much of the nation, many vehicles will be subjected to storm and water damage. Many of those vehicles will be declared as total losses by the companies that insured them and sold as salvage.

(June 7, 2011) WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. — For the first time, a majority of new buyers of auto insurance initiated their policy purchase by applying for a rate quote online, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2011 U.S. Insurance Shopping Study.

The importance of an insurer’s website in generating new business among new buyers has been steadily increasing for the past five years, at the expense of more traditional local agency or call center sales channels.