Daily Archives: January 2, 2014

5 Automotive Stories from 2013 That Should Worry You

If allĀ  you are interested in is horsepower and zero to 60 times, we have an embarrassment of riches. Regular production cars are faster than ever.

Consumer Reports: 10 worst cars of 2013

Consumer Reports: 10 worst cars of 2013

Each year Consumer Reports buys and tests more than 80 vehicles on our track (see how we test), and while there were some cars really impressed us this year (ahem, Chevrolet Impala and Tesla Model S), there are plenty of vehicles that missed the mark. Here is a list of the worst cars we tested in 2013.

lawsuit against Fisker co-founder over bankruptcy

lawsuit against Fisker co-founder over bankruptcy- photo Copyright 2013 Sebastian Blanco / AOL

Fisker Automotive took its sweet time filing for bankruptcy, waiting well over a year between building its last car and calling it quits.

MI rejects license Vanity plates ‘War Sux,’ ‘INF1DL’

Michael Matwyuk talks about being denied for a vanity plate in Michigan

Vanity plates are a great way to test a state’s limits on freedom of expression, which makes them good kindling for lawsuits.

counterfeit airbag law enacted by Ohio

deployed airbag in laboratory situation-counterfeit airbag law enacted by Ohio

Following the lead of Connecticut and New York, Ohio is the third state to make the knowing manufacture, import, installation or sale of counterfeit airbags a felony.