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Sign car dealers are getting more and more desperate: A South Florida car dealer has taken a cue from shoe stores and is offering a buy one, get one sale. On trucks. Here’s the deal: you buy a full-price, 2008 four-door Dodge Ram from University Dodge in Davie, FL (just...

Remember the old “Put a Tiger in Your Tank” ads from Esso/Exxon? Now you can put an animal in your crankcase. G-Oil, from Green Earth Technologies, is the first-ever eco-friendly, biodegradable motor oil made from American-grown, renewable animal fats. (I’m...

Times are tougher and guys are holding on to their cars longer. Which means performing preventative maintenance to keep it running problem free as long as possible. Let someone else put your mechanic’s kids through college. And keeping your ride in top shape means not only...

I got to spend some time behind the wheel of the new Passat CC last week, and got a few surprises. The regular Passat may have a loyal following, but it’s never been one of my favorites. Bland exterior styling and a Spartan interior bring it in a distant fourth behind the...

I’ve been in Chicago all week test driving the just-launching VW Passat CC. I’m flying home in a few minutes, so a full review is coming tonite, but I’ll tell you that the four-seat CC looks and drives like a Euro-lux sedan costing two to three times as much....

When I was in Dallas last week, I got a chance to see the production model of the much anticipated and much hyped Chevy Volt. And I have to say, I was disappointed. I saw the concept version last year in Detroit and New York, and it had a serious aggressiveness mixed in with just...

She was the object of Nicholas Cage’s overacted desire in the movie Gone in 60 Seconds. The one car that was unattainable. The car that gave him serious wood, and gave him serious headaches. (Like any other female.) Now you can have Eleanor parked in your garage –...

It packs a neck-snapping 638 horses. Tops out at over 200-mph. And will take you zero-to-60 in under 4 seconds. While still in first gear. It’s the new Corvette ZR1, a street legal racer made up of a ton of fiberglass, a generous helping of carbon fiber, and a gigantic pair...

We weren’t allowed to drive it, but we were allowed to look at, touch, drool over, and sit in, it. The production version of the much-awaited, redesigned Chevy Camaro was with us at Texas Motor Speedway this week, and I was happy to see it stayed very true to the concept...

All day on Tues, I’m in Dallas at the Texas Motor Speedway, test driving the new 09 GM vehicles. I’ll be posting video clips and pics of all the new cars, including some that are first drives, along with first looks at the production versions of the new Camaro and the...