(June 27, 2012) IRVINE, Calif. — New-vehicle sales are projected to hit 13.9 million seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) in June 2012, slightly improved from the 13.8 million unit pace posted in May 2012, according to Kelley Blue Book, kbb.com.

Kelley Blue Book's prediction for June SAAR is well below the 14.5 million unit average pace for the first four months of the year. The daily selling rate will fall to 47,000 units per day, which is 8 percent below the four-year high in May and up 16 percent from June 2011.

(June 22, 2012) Tesla makes the first deliveries today of its highly anticipated Model S electric luxury sedan. Edmunds.com Green Car Analyst John O'Dell says that the base-level models start at a luxury-market level $57,400 (before incentives), but the first deliveries are special, high-end models with pre-incentive price tags of $105,400.

(June 21, 2012) IRVINE, Calif. — Drivers in Wyoming paid the most in the nation for car repairs at an average cost of $389.18, according to CarMD.com, which analyzed more than 160,000 repairs made on vehicles with "check engine" light problems in 2011.

(June 20, 2012) WASHINGTON — With gas and energy prices hitting highs in the past few months, the self-employed are cutting back their business activity, according to the National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE). Results from a survey of more than 500 NASE members reveal that 53 percent said the rise in prices has moderately or significantly hurt their business.