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Top Ten Stolen Vehicles of 2008

Thanks to modern technologies like ignition keys with embedded chips and factory installed security immobilizers, it's getting harder and harder to steal new cars. As a result, the number of cars and trucks stolen in the United States dropped by 13.1 percent in 2008 compared to 2007, a trend that has been continuing for five years. Total thefts for the year could actually end up under 1 million for the first time in 20 years. Owners of older cars on the other hand aren't so lucky. One of the main driving factors behind car thefts is to ... Read more →

Top 10 Most/Least Expensive Vehicles To Insure Jeremy Korzeniewski

Click above for Most Expensive ------------------------------- Click above for Least Expensive There are lots of variables to consider when shopping for your next new car. Obviously, the ...

Top 10 Animated Cars Of All Time Jeremy Korzeniewski

We love cars here at Autoblog, and we've been inflicted with this particular disease for our entire lives – even back when we were but young little tykes. Like most of you, we have fond ...

Top 7 Good Cars From "Bad GM" Jeremy Korzeniewski

General Motors makes more than a few world-class automobiles. As true as that statement may be, that alone wasn't enough to stall the automaker's steady decline – fueled as it may have been ...

Top Ten LeMons Contenders... in 2029 Damon Lavrinc

The drive from Autoblog's South Bay outpost to Reno-Fernley raceway gave Justice Lieberman and I some time to wax poetic on the 24 Hours of LeMons. Peppered between discussions about the race, the ...

Top Ten Forgotten Convertibles 6 months ago on Autoblog

Since the advent of the automobile, automakers have always been compelled to go topless with a variety of cars, and occasionally, trucks. For a brief period in the late 1970s, after rollover safety standards threatened our wind-in-the-hair, sun-loving ways, it was nearly impossible to find a real ...

Top 10 Forgotten Hatchbacks 6 months ago on Autoblog

The annals of U.S. automobile history may be littered with the occasional hatchback success story, but for every Volkswagen Golf or Toyota Prius, there are dozens of failed three- and five-door hatches that, for whatever reason, fizzled out shortly after hitting the American market. In fact, this ...

Top Ten features vanishing from modern-day automobiles 7 months ago on Autoblog

Time marches on. It's an undeniable truth in all industries, and the car making business is no different. For most, this is an exceedingly good thing, as it means today's automobiles are packed with more features and technology than ever before. Modern-day cars are faster, quieter, cleaner and ...

Top 10 Mid-Engined Hatchbacks 11 months ago on Autoblog

There are few concoctions in the automotive industry as bonkers as the mid-engine hatchback. The concept takes the most exotic layout and wraps it in the bodywork of the most mundane and commonplace, creating a paradoxical sub-segment that makes you wonder what their designers were smoking. ...

Top 10 Cars That Don't Deserve Their Engines 11 months ago on Autoblog

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Top_10_Cars_That_Don_t_Deserve_Their_Engine'; The engine is the crown jewel of any automobile and can make or break a car in the eyes of an automotive enthusiast. No matter how sweet a car's handling or how neutral its balance, a limp-wristed engine can ...

Top 10 Least Stolen Vehicles in 2008 11 months ago on Autoblog

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Top_10_Least_Stolen_Vehicles_2008'; Yesterday we showed you the Top Ten Most Stolen Vehicles in 2008 based on thefts per number of insured models. While many of you pointed out that these were, in fact, not the most stolen vehicles overall, most of you ...

The Top 10-ish Orphan Car Brands 1 year ago on Autoblog

In this era of automakers on the brink of extinction, it's worth recalling that car companies going belly up is not a new phenomenon. Henry Ford himself started up two other brands that failed before Ford Motor Co. finally caught on. Start-up companies are not something that was invented in Silicon ...

Top Ten Things Autoblog is Thankful For 1 year ago on Autoblog

The industry that we know and love is facing hard times right now. Guess what? We're not going to talk about it. No, instead of spending time dwelling on the negative, which we can't really do anything about at the moment anyway, we're training our sights on the positives. There's plenty to be ...

duPont Registry's 11 "Best of" cars set horsepower, price records 1 year ago on Autoblog

The duPont Registry has listed the best cars in eleven categories, and taking the cake for 2009 Car of the Year is the Bugatti Veyron Gran Sport. Other winners, like the ZR1 for Bang for the Buck and Continental Flying Spur Speed for Performance Sedan, make up the usual murderers' row of marques ...

Freep names 10 cars that will redefine the industry... like the Camaro 1 year ago on Autoblog

The Detroit Free Press laid out ten industry-redefining cars, and we're, well, a little perplexed. This is the definition, in the paper's own words: "a handful of new vehicles that debut over the next 12 months may shape the future of automakers around the world. They come in all shapes and sizes. ...

Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder wins for Most Toxic New Car Smell 1 year ago on Autoblog

That envious "new car" smell, the unique scent that makes all of your friends jealous as they check out your new ride, is actually quite toxic. The potent brew of freshly released bromine, chlorine, lead, and other heavy metals are responsible for a variety of acute and long-term health concerns ...

Forbes names Top 10 Guilt-Free Luxury Cars 1 year ago on Autoblog

In today's economy of high gas prices, luxury automobiles get a bad rap. However, Forbes points out, some luxury sedans and SUVs are frugal in their fuel consumption, and even retain a healthy amount of their residual values. Based on those two main factors, Forbes.com has named their Top Ten list ...

Forbes lists the Top 10 Fastest Fictional Cars 1 year ago on Autoblog

Employing research that they certainly did not get from AOL Autos, Forbes is at it again with a list of the Top 10 Fastest Fictional Cars. One of the things we find odd about the list is that there are a number of cars included that you can actually buy or make pretty easily, like James Bond's ...

Paris Redux: MSN picks the Paris Motor Show's top 10 3 years ago on Autoblog

While our guys really liked the Peugeot 908 RC and Nissan Qashqai and thought the Audi R8 was a little overrated (check out the Autoblog Podcast recapping the show), the editors of MSN Autos have come back with their list of favorites from the Paris Show with picks that were a little more ...

What are the Top 10 things you must have in your car? 3 years ago on Autoblog

What are those items that you always bring with you on an inaugural ride in a brand new car, or those things that you transport from one vehicle to the next that you can't live without? Automotoportal posted a list of the Top Things You Must Have in Your Car and for the most part we wholeheartedly ...

Top ten most fuel-efficient large vehicles 3 years ago on Autoblog

You want a fuel-efficient vehicle, but due to family obligations, job needs or simply outward appearances, you've disregarded a hybrid, compact or mid-sized sedan. So what's left? Business Week has scoured a variety of large vehicles, looking for the best in terms of fuel-efficiency and ...

Top six All-American V-8 rollers 3 years ago on Autoblog

"Big, buff, and beautiful" are back on the road and we're not talking about SUVs or their shrunken offshoot, the CUVs. Despite gas prices hovering at $3-per-gallon, the quintessential "large American sedan" has not only returned to an SUV-weary public, but brings with it V8 power at an affordable ...

Top Ten... auto-related stories of the past decade 3 years ago on Autoblog

SPEED Channel has released its list of the top ten automotive stories of the past decade. The list is comprised of responses from a group of automotive journalists and SPEED on-air personalities and was compiled in conjunction with the network's ten-year anniversary (has it been that long already?). ...

Ten cars for Brokeback boys n' gals in '06 3 years ago on Autoblog

About.com's Gay Life Guide Ramon Johnson compiled what he considers the ten gayest cars in 2006. Johnson himself prefaces the list by saying it's based on a combination of humor, style and sophistication. With the Chevrolet Impala as the ‘Most Likely Low Down Cruiser', the Kia Sorento as 'Best ...






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Chris, Dan, and Editor Paukert go over some LA Preview action and quietly whoop it up on the podcast.

 
 

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