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Automotive News Archive02-Nov-2006Safer Cars, Not Safer Drivers, Reducing Highway Deaths While cars have gotten safer, drivers and highways have gotten worse. Gas Prices Up 2 Cents Despite Oil Price Drop Crude oil prices are down slightly from record highs but consumers are still paying for the oil price spike when they fill up. Gasoline Inches Below $2.50 Some analysts look for $2 per gallon prices later this year. Future of Hybrids Depends on U.S. Consumers Sales remain stuck around 1.2 percent, not enough to be profitable. BP Closes Alaskan Pipeline, Sending Gas Prices Higher With consumers already paying summertime gasoline prices that are near record highs, BP announced that the oil company must shut down the biggest oilfield in the country, Alaska's Prudhoe Bay. Feds Order Electronic Stability Control on All Cars Automakers have until 2012 to comply. Consumer Reports Gives RAV4 Rave Review The newly-redesigned Toyota RAV4 emerged as Consumer Reports' top-rated small sport-utility vehicle following tests of six SUVs. Tax Credit for Toyota Hybrids Begins Fade Away October 1 Tax credits begin to disappear after 60,000 sales. U-Haul Gets Hauled Into Court Class action suit challenges refueling charges. Study: Car's Middle Back Seat is Safest Sitting on the "hump" may not be so bad after all. In a full car, some poor soul is relegated to the middle of the back seat, the least desirable, most uncomfortable, most "un-cool" spot in the vehicle. It also happens to be the safest.
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