We're Driving This Podcast Into the Ground -- Like Our Cars

Home builders buy trucks. And thanks to a reviving housing market in the U.S., pickup sales are rebounding. That will be a relief for the many people who have hung on to their aging trucks for a long time, but that looks to be the norm going forward, according to a new study.

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GM hopes to kickstart sales by introducing a new program that allows buyers to return their cars and not haggle over the price. Meanwhile, Dodge is hoping a plethora of options and combinations will draw buyers to the its new Dart.

One reason to buy a newer car: They are harder to steal. Meanwhile, here are four things to avoid doing to prevent your car from getting stolen.

Traffic deaths are soaring this year, perhaps thanks to better driving weather. Or fewer angry women driving. A new study found that women suffer more from road rage.

Perhaps more coffee will help. Fiat has put an espresso maker in it's 500L. Maybe Mercedes airbag seatbelts are safer.

Finally check out Seinfeld's car, coffee, comedian video and some Florida police officers' career-ending prank.

A Podcast Full of Oddball Rides and Rich, Corinthian Leather

Things continue to look rich for the auto industry, with new estimates putting overall car sales up near $14.3 million, capping 3 years more than 10% growth.

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Who's buying all those new cars? Baby boomers, who mostly likely still have a little equity in their homes.

Along with the millions of new cars being sold are millions of terrifyingly dangerous drivers. And a new study says that the number of auto-related deaths around the world has reached epidemic proportions.

Someone is always to blame, and in one case, lawyers are going after the woman who sent a driver a text that distracted him.

Mathew is driven to distraction by the transformers and this amazing model is on his wish list.

This crazy Nissan Juke is not likely to be on many wealthy folks lists, but at least a few people will want a monster mini-crossover.

Finally, we spend some time reminiscing and wishing we had the means and the creativity to rent an oddball vehicle for our proms. What would you take to your prom. Tweet us at @GTSOTR and #sweetpromrides.

Here is what David wishes he could have driven in: