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The Honda Odyssey was the only minivan to earn the highest safety rating in new crash tests by the insurance industry.

A Chinese driver squeaked into the world record books by earning the title of tightest parallel parking job last week.

A showdown is looming between U.S. safety regulators and a Japanese company that makes air bags linked to multiple deaths and injuries.

The deadline for victims of crashes caused by faulty General Motors ignition switches has been extended for a month as the death toll rose to 33.

This CEO is so confident his product will protect buyers from gunfire he will literally stand behind it.

In a dramatic shift from previous forecasts, the Energy Department predicted Wednesday that the average price of gasoline in the U.S. will be $2.94 a gallon in 2015. That is a 44-cent drop from an outlook issued just a month ago.

Ford is using aluminum almost exclusively in body of the 2015 version of its best-selling F-150 pickup, which starts arriving at dealerships next month.

Following fresh revelations that General Motors has continued to conceal information related to its ongoing safety crisis, a leading US Senator has called the company's conduct "outrageous" and called for more hearings on Capitol Hill.

Some New Jersey motorists are angry after being issued tickets for failing to yield to a duck in a crosswalk last week. To be fair, the duck was nearly six-and-a-half feet tall.

A woman snatched off the streets was rescued with the help of a GPS tracking device that had been installed on the suspect's car by the dealer in case it needed to be repossessed, authorities said Thursday.

What first appeared as a potential robbery set-up along the New Jersey Turnpike earlier this month turned out to be two stranded motorists' not-so-brilliant call for help.

Nearly everyone agrees that texting and driving is dangerous. Most people do it anyway.

Audi is recalling nearly 102,000 luxury cars in the U.S. because the front air bags may not inflate in a crash.

Researchers in Japan have built a car that gives drivers a 360-view of the world around them. The system isn't just for safety, it makes driving cooler, too.

Eight months later, nearly half of all vehicles recalled by General Motors for faulty ignition switches have yet to be fixed.

Owners of electric vehicles have already gone gas-free. Now, a growing number are powering their cars with sunlight.

Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia will pay the U.S. government a $100 million penalty to end a two-year investigation into overstated gas mileage claims on about one-third of their models.

A young man was rescued Wednesday 17 hours after his car plunged 60 to 80 feet off a cliff in rural North Carolina.

Utility workers are being hailed as heroes after their quick actions saved a truck driver's life last week in Iowa.

Like Ferrari, Oefner combines art, design and science in his creations. So he was a natural choice when the automaker began looking for a unique way to introduce the 2015 Ferrari California T to the world.

Fiat Chrysler is recalling more than 566,000 trucks and SUVs in two recalls for malfunctioning fuel heaters that can cause fires and a software glitch can disable the electronic stability control.