This Automotive Podcast Registers With Brand Loyal Drivers

Loyalty is a quality that auto makers love because it makes it easier and cheaper to sell you a car. But what do they do to inspire loyalty.

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But when it comes to that initial purchase fuel economy is number one consideration for shoppers, followed closely by styling

Dodge is having a surprisingly hard time selling the new Dart, but a clever new purchasing registry might help drive some demand.

Don't you want me?

Perhaps the Dart will become a classic and end up getting sold at auction to a collector.

Auto racing has lost some momentum in recent years and now IndyCar and Nascar are taking steps to make the racing better and more watchable on television.

Two disturbing trends for U.S. drivers: More cars were recalled last year than we sold new and fatter people are more likely to be injured or die in a car crash.

Finally, Peugeot has developed a hybrid gasoline-air drivetrain that we don't understand.

Would This Automotive Podcast Be Any Cooler If It Drove Itself

Who needs drivers? Google doesn't. Their self-driving car experiment just hit 300,000 miles of computer controlled driving without an accident.

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While cars are getting better at driving themselves, people appear to be getting worse at walking. The percentage of pedestrian deaths rose even as driver and passengers deaths fell. And the circumstances around of the deaths are interesting.

But can he podcast?

Perhaps technology can prevent some of those deaths. Ford is finding that its high-tech Driver Assist package is proving popular with folks pricing out it's new Fusion mid-size sedan.

Technology played a little havoc with oil prices this week when a report about Syria on Twitter sent traders buying.

That was good news for potential Ford C-Max hybrid owners. The EPA gave the hatchback a 47 mpg rating for city, highway and overall.

The C-Max is almost a mini-minivan, and that's good because minivans are getting cooler -- just slightly -- with car buyers?

Nascar is cooling off a bit, so much so that Chrysler is pulling out of the sport again.

We love to plan trips and a new site, RoadTrippers, offers some cool ways to avoid the beaten path.

Finally, London is pulling out all the cute stops for the Olympics, including a mini-Mini to retrieve things that people throw.