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Do I Really Need Premium Gas?
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Cost is often the first thing that comes to mind when motorists think of gasoline. Many will drive halfway across town to save a couple cents per gallon. Additionally, purchasing regular-grade fuel to save money can be an exercise in false economy, especially if your vehicle is designed for premium gas.
Why Are Gas Prices so Low?
It’s a crazy world we live in where gasoline costs less than milk or even bottled water, but this isn’t something out of a Grimm Brothers’ fairy tale, it’s reality in America today.
Luxury Cars That Don’t Need Premium Gas
Luxury is the antithesis of austerity. If you want the finest, fastest or most feature-laden, you’re going to have to fork over cash and usually lots of it.
Should I Use Fuel Injector Cleaner?
You’re walking down the aisle of your local auto-parts store and you happen to notice the shelf full of fuel-system cleaners. They might be nestled between oil additives and those bottles of goo designed to quiet noisy engines. The packaging looks nice and the price is usually right, but is this stuff a necessary maintenance…
Why You Shouldn’t Get a Gas Station Credit Card
The next time someone walks up to you with a clipboard and a credit card offer at the pump, just say “no.”
France Plans to Ditch Diesel
When it comes to vehicular fuels two giants come to mine: gasoline and diesel. The former is dominant on this side of the Atlantic while the latter is extremely popular in the old world. Despite this the French government has plans to slowly phase out diesel for use in passenger cars.
Average Gas Price Dips to $3 Per Gallon
The average price for a gallon of gasoline in the U.S. is the lowest today that it has been in almost four years.
Jaguar XE Revealed in First Official Photograph
Jaguar just released the first photo of its new XE compact luxury sedan without any kind of camouflage to cover its sheet metal.
London City Center May Ban Older Gas and Diesel Cars
Driving in downtown London may be getting a little more difficult. There’s talk of banning older cars from parts of the UK capital if they don’t meet certain emissions requirements.
Volkswagen Polo Range Updated for 2014
Volkswagen will reveal a quartet of subcompact Polos at next week’s Geneva Motor Show. Naturally fuel efficiency is a top priority with these models but the company hasn’t forgotten about performance.
EPA Proposes Reduced Ethanol Requirement
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed to reduce the amount of ethanol required for gasoline supply.
Hyundai Building ‘Diesel’ Engine that Runs on Gasoline
Diesel engines are more efficient than their gasoline counterparts. There are several reasons for this; they burn a more energy-dense fuel, they’re run much higher compression ratios and there are fewer pumping losses since they have no throttle bodies. But what if you could take the best attributes of both powerplant types and combine them…
Oil Prices Expected to Drop by Half: Gulf Oil CEO
Gulf Oil CEO, Joe Petrowski, expects oil prices to drop by half by year’s end, but that doesn’t mean gasoline prices will be cut in half.
2014 Mazda3 Revealed With More Space, Style & Speed
Like a Broadway premiere the 2014 Mazda3 will take a bow in New York City today. Mazda’s best-selling compact car has received a bumper-to-bumper redesign along with some significant improvements. The company’s latest C-Segment offering brings a healthy dose of style, performance and technology to an extremely competitive slice of the market.
Challenge to Selling E15 Fuel Declined by Court
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a challenge today by major automakers and other groups to reverse the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision regarding E15 fuel.
Under the Hood: What is Torque? What is Horsepower?
Automakers are always looking for an edge over the competition. Any spec-sheet advantage, no matter how insignificant, is fair game. Engine output is often something they brag about. One vehicle may have more horsepower but a competing car could offer more torque. What’s the difference between these two measurements? What do they mean? Surprisingly these…
Possible Gas Price Breaking Point Identified by AAA
How much is “too much” to pay for a gallon of gas? A new survey by AAA hopes to give an updated answer.
AMG Hybrids Coming Eventually, Diesel Unlikely
AMG isn’t worried about building anything other than gasoline-powered engines for now, but when that changes the brand will look to hybrid systems.
EPA Proposal Aims to Reduce Gasoline Sulfur
Gasoline producers and automakers are at odds over fuel only this time it’s about sulfur levels instead of ethanol content.
Five-Point Inspection: 2013 Mercedes-Benz E-Class
This Week’s Five-Point Inspection takes a look at the soon-to-be-overhauled Mercedes-Benz E-Class, what we love about it and what we’d like to see changed. About to become redundant, there is a mid-cycle refresh coming for the 2014 model year which will put the current E-Class out to pasture. This doesn’t mean the E-Class is necessarily…
Diesel to Surpass Gasoline as Fuel of Choice by 2020: ExxonMobil
According to ExxonMobil’s recently published Outlook For Energy: A View to 2040, diesel will surpass gasoline as the number one global transportation fuel by 2020.
2015 Ford Mustang 4-Cylinder Turbo Confirmed for U.S.
Earlier reports that the 2015 Ford Mustang will get a turbocharged 4-cylinder EcoBoost exclusively for the European market have turned out to be false. That turbo 4-banger is headed to America too.
2015 Mustang to Gain Turbocharged 4-Cylinder
It’s no secret; the next-generation Ford Mustang is going global. The iconic American ponycar has finally applied for a passport, but in order to get visas for some countries it needs to make a few changes, namely what’s under its long, bulging hood.
Is Alcohol the Answer to Energy Independence?
What’s old is new again. It seems like every clever idea or radical invention has already been thought of, existing in government patent archives or a 15th century sketch from Leonardo da Vinci. Retro design is a prime automotive example of this, but it’s not the only one. Ethanol is a promising transportation fuel of…
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