Update Toyota Lexus released another statement a few hours ago that it has temporarily suspended of all sales of the 2010 GX 460. Toyota Lexus has made the decision to take the Consumer Report’s finding of a potential rollover in the 2010 LX 460 seriously, and boosted the situation into “red alert” mode. This time Toyota is not taking any chances but to deal the problem heads on.

The Side Blind Zone Alert system will be available in the the new Buick LaCrosse to help drivers avoid those lane change mishaps that could result in an accident. What it is if the Side Blind Zone Alert system detects a vehicle in the adjacent lane, the system will illuminate a symbol on the side view mirror alerting the driver. If the driver activates the turn signal in the direction of the detected vehicle, the symbol will flash continuously to alert the driver of danger until the other vehicle has left the blind zone.

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Since the Toyota unintentional acceleration gas petal problem, GM doesn’t want to become the new statistic of this woe, it has been quietly working behind the scene to come up with the “enhanced smart petal” technology. It hopes to deploy the “enhanced smart petal” technology globally to all of its passenger cars with automatic transmission and electronic throttle control by the end of 2012. This is not a new technology, GM has had for a few years a braking override system in its vehicles, which requires the brakes to stop the vehicle within a specific distance. Now, GM is expanding [...]

If you spend a lot time on the road and would like to know what may be the best car for your commute. Wait no more, AAA, U.S. car insurance company, just today released its top vehicle picks for commuters. Not only these top picked vehicles provide comfortable and safe during long hours on the road, but also save money on gas and being environmental friendly at the same time.

It is time to do some house cleaning of outdated car maintenance advice and myths, and weeding it out to save you some money.  From the review of these car maintenance myths, it’s about time we take out the garbage that we’ve been hearing from repair shops and motor oil producers. Lets take an example, remember that you had to change your oil every 3,000 miles or so; well, you don’t have to do that anymore.  Motor oil and engine developments have advanced in the past few decades that this maintenance myth doesn’t apply anymore. By implementing the small changes [...]

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