This Podcast Will Get 54 Miles Per Gallon While Vacationing in the Worst Driving Cities

It's holiday travel time and most folks heading out for Labor Day will be driving. There will be more people traveling and they will be paying more for gasoline thanks to a hurricane that pushed up prices by 5 cents overnight.

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The Obama administration finalized its new Corporate Average Fuel Economy rules for 2017-2025 which pushes the numbers to 54.5 miles per gallon. The Republicans are against the new rules, but the reasons why are weak.

While CAFE may not actually drive demand for more fuel efficient cars, GM is learning that the Volt isn't for everyone.

That's ok, because people are seeing the values of their cars remain strong. Which may be helping people pay their car loans. Delinquency rates are at all-time lows.

Finally, we look at the cities which have the best and worst drivers and one of the new camera programs that could improve things for the city with the most accident prone folks.

A Podcast to Sing About -- Especially for Auto Makers and Flying Cars

The auto industry is singing these days -- and so are we -- because car sales are soaring, with the annual rate moving toward the rate seen during the best days.

Subaru had great sales, and got a nice boost from Consumer Reports when it earned a top pick in the annual auto issue.

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Most of us look back on our first cars with fondness, and now Subaru has launched FirstCarStory.com to have folks share their car love.

Auto makers aren't looking back on the last few years with fondness, but all of them will be putting back-up cameras in their vehicles in a couple of years thanks to a coming government mandate.

Honda sales rebounded and a new study shows that the brand's perception is on the rise after slipping in recent years. 

Ford has had strong brand recognition and now it's hoping to garner more "likes" by making its cars more social with connections to Facebook.

Finally, car sales might be soaring, but we don't think the flying car will reach great heights, because it's really just ugly.  

The Terrafugia flies, but it ain't pretty.