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Gas Prices Begin Retreat
It was easy to predict for some, but many had to wait and see the price of gasoline fall before believing it might not hit $4 this summer. Today, gas prices fell to $3.197 from a record high of $3.227…

New Toyota Tundra Running Into Engine Failures
In some of the first 2007 Toyota Tundra pickups that rolled off the assembly line, optional V-8 engines are failing due to faulty camshafts. The company says the problem should only impact a limited number of the redesigned full-size pickups,…

Which pickup trumps the rest at the pump?
A common question we see here at Cars.com has to do with fuel efficiency. Lately, truck buyers ? the ones who actually need to buy a full-size pickup ? have been more curious about which one gets the best fuel…

Explaining rpms
Sometimes automotive websites are so overly technical that the average car shopper is left scratching his or her head. That?s why we launched Ask.cars.com, to answer all those questions you might have about cars and the car-buying process. Today we…

Full-Size Chevy Crossover on the Way
According to a few unnamed-but-in-the-know sources, Chevrolet is busily planning a three-row crossover based on the recent trio of the Saturn Outlook, GMC Acadia (shown here) and just-released Buick Enclave. The move is in response to dismal sales of the…

Fast Cars & Superstars: Kurt Busch
CONCORD, N.C. ? From small things, big things eventually grow. For Kurt Busch, the road to becoming a successful NASCAR driver started small. Looking back, Busch admits he was driving for some time before he legally could. ?Yeah, I was…