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Tornado Week: What to Do If You Get Caught on the Road
KickingTiresSince Kicking Tires last advised readers five years ago on what to do if they encounter a tornado while driving, the winds of change have kicked up quite a dust storm to cloud the issue. Meteorologists, severe-weather experts and safety......Tags: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Natural Disasters, Car Safety Tips and Advice, The Weather Channel (tv network), American Red Cross
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America's 11th Best-Seller Was World's No. 1
KickingTiresThe Ford Focus may not have made America's top 10 best-selling cars of 2012 list ??? it ranked 11th ??? but Ford says its compact car was No. 1 globally last year. Citing registration data from industry forecaster R.L. Polk,......Tags: Chevrolet, Automotive Equipment, Volkswagen, China, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Cars.com, USA Today, 'MotorWeek' $46,000 Sport Sedan Challenge
KickingTiresCars.com has teamed up with our partners at USA Today and "MotorWeek" for the past three years to compare the most popular car categories on the market. We've tackled compacts, compact crossovers, midsize sedans and even minivans. Finally, we found......Tags: Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Volvo, Acura, Cadillac
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Automakers Want NHTSA to Lighten Up on High-Beam Rules
KickingTiresAutomakers are asking U.S. safety regulators to lighten up on headlight restrictions. They want to implement new headlight technologies that allow motorists to use their high beams without blinding other drivers. European and Japanese automakers, in...Tags: Politics, Volvo, BMW, Road Transportation, Safety of Citizens
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Collaboration Aims to Get a Handle on Pet Safety Restraints
KickingTiresAn automaker and an advocacy group have taken on in-car animal safety as a mutual pet project. Subaru and the Center for Pet Safety, a nonprofit research organization, have teamed up to fund testing of car safety restraints for pets,......Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Pets, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Vehicles, Automotive Equipment
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Postal Service Stamps Celebrate American Muscle Cars
KickingTiresAmerica's romance with classic muscle cars is rooted in a desire to push the envelope. With the U.S. Postal Service's new "Muscle Cars (Forever)" stamp series ??? on sale now ??? people can celebrate that nostalgic notion on an envelope.......Tags: Mail Order Industry, Indianapolis 500, Auto Racing, U.S. Postal Service, Richard Petty
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Signs Suggest Automaker, Consumer Confidence Rebound
KickingTiresIf it can be said that "as car buying goes, so goes the economy," then Americans' confidence in their spending power appears to be improving. As auto-loan delinquency decreases overall, borrowers are taking on greater debt for vehicle purchases and......Tags: Car Buying Tips, Vehicles, Automotive Equipment, Manufacturing and Engineering, Services and Shopping
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Fisker's Savior Could Come From China
KickingTiresStart-up plug-in car company Fisker Automotive may have started in Anaheim, Calif., but the troubled automaker's operations could be moving to China. According to USA Today, Fisker is interested in selling a controlling stake of the company, and an...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Bankruptcy, Automotive Equipment, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, China
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New 'Die Hard' Drives Cars With a Vengeance
KickingTiresAs "A Good Day to Die Hard" opens nationally today, near-unanimous criticism doesn't bode well for the fifth installment of the explosive Bruce Willis-fronted film franchise. But from the sound of things, its crashing and burning with critics will be........Tags: Bruce Willis, A Good Day to Die Hard (movie), John Moore
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Blizzards Often Precipitate White Sale for Car Shoppers
KickingTiresWeather statisticians are now finding Nemo didn't wind up ranking among the worst winter storms in history. That's cold comfort for residents of, say, Portland, Maine, still thawing out from the weekend blizzard that dumped as much as 32 inches......Tags: Weather Reports, Weather, Chicago Blizzard (2011), Vehicles, Snow Storms
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Ray LaHood Resigns as U.S. DOT Chief
KickingTiresSecretary Ray LaHood announced this morning that his time heading up the Department of Transportation has reached the end of the road, according to a news release. LaHood, 67, said that after serving for four years in President Barack Obama's......Tags: Ray LaHood, Barack Obama, Transportation, Travel
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Teen Driver Deaths Up as Summer Approaches
KickingTiresAs the nation heads into the deadliest driving period of the year for teens ??? between Memorial Day and Labor Day ??? we do so amid some unsettling statistics: Teen driving deaths are on track to increase for the second......Tags: Memorial Day, Highway Transportation, Holidays, Labor Day, Human Interest
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