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VIDEO: Gag Me With a Yule Log - GM allows kids to track Santa Claus via Onstar

Santa pays a visit to OnStar -- Click above to view the video after the jump

Honda plans to settle Civic Hybrid mileage suit out of court. Is it a fair deal?

2008 Honda Civic Hybrid - Click above for high-res image gallery

REPORT: Twin-turbo 5.5-liter V8 to replace Mercedes-Benz' 6.2-liter V8

2011 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG – Click above for high-res image gallery

Derbi testing electric motorcycle, the GPR EV [w/VIDEO]

Derbi GPR EV - Click above to view the video after the jump

Detroit Preview: MINI Beachcomber concept

MINI Beachcomber concept – Click above for high-res image gallery

Kepler Motors brings us another hybrid supercar dream

Kepler Motion - click above for high-res image gallery

RoboVault protects your car from hurricanes, floods, Apocalypse

RoboVault says its mission is "To protect your most valuable possessions from... Everything!" Run more like an automated shipping port than your typical storage unit, the Ft. Lauderdale, Florida-based company seems to have the kit to live up to its motto. First you pull your car onto the receiving pallet, then go through a host of security measures including retinal scans and a heartbeat detector. Once you've been approved by the system, a robotic arm comes for your car and removes it to your as

REPORT: GM-SAIC pondering Tata Nano fighter?

Though the minuscule Tata Nano hasn't even been on the market for a complete year, the impact it's had on the automotive world may be exactly inverse to its size and price. In other words, it's had a huge effect, proving to the world that it's possible to build a business plan around selling super cheap cars in rapidly expanding markets.

UK Prime Minister, London Mayor get electric cars for a little while

Two of the UK's top politicians – Prime Minister Gordon Brown and London Mayor Boris Johnson – now have access to electric cars, at least for a little while. For the PM, a Mini E will be added to the Downing Street car pool for two months and will be made available to ministers for official business. Johnson's new electric car is an i-MiEV, which he is using in Denmark during COP 15, the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009. While he's only using the car for a short while,

Invisible to Cops: Top 10 Least Ticketed Vehicles

The same company that studied which cars are most likely to get you a ticket also determining which cars are most impervious to the police. Compared to the norm, the most XX sedan will put you at 60 percent less risk of a ticket, while the most resistant-to-the-law sedan will make you 89 percent less likely to be pulled over. That will practically turn you into a covert operative as far as the law concerned.

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