Wash your car--without water?

With the recent rain washing your car may not be the first thing on your to do list but we are still officially in a drought And now there s a way to wash your car without even breaking out the garden hose ABC News On Campus at UT reporter Loren Grush

Ed Wallace: Smart Car Convertible

They re certainly cute and you re seeing more and more of them around But what does Ed Wallace really think of the Smart Car Today he looks at the convertible version

Interest In Hybrids, Smart Cars Sees Surge In Ind.

While Hoosiers wait for all electric cars many are turning to hybrids and Smart Cars to lessen their carbon footprint

Texas crash test

Smaller more fuel efficient cars are becoming more and more popular but they may not be very safe

JS OnAir: GM chooses Michigan

Reporter Joe Taschler talks about why GM did not choose Janesville to build their new line of smart cars

New Bumper Test Results

A small car can save a lot on gas 160 But will you give all that savings back the first time you get in a fender bender 160 Adrian Lund with the Insurance Institute For Highway Safety joined us with the results of their latest crash test

Coda Automotive Electric Sedan - Video

Coda Automotive Unveils Mainstream All-Electric Sedan Announces Global JV with Lishen to Develop Automotive Grade Battery Systems

Drive A Car Made From Potatoes

Now would you drive a car at 150 miles-per-hour if its body work was made from potatoes Engineers at a university in England have developed an environmentally-friendly Formula 3 car that not only has a vegetable exterior but it also runs on chocolate Sky News Darren Little reports

Hydrogen Road Tour Stops in Santa Monica

Hydrogen Road Tour 2009 is a nine-day trek from Chula Vista CA to Vancouver B C Seven automakers will drive 12 high-tech fuel cell cars and SUVs on the trip stopping at hydrogen stations along the way Bob Decastro has the video report

LG and E adds smart car to its fleet

Six months with the smart car has been practicing what the power company preaches about saving energy

India Creates World's Smallest Car

In March India began selling the Tata Nano the world s smallest car Now engineering students in India say they have created the a car even smaller and more fuel-efficient than the Nano

Hugh Checks Out New Cadillac

The Cadillac C-T-S is one of the most popular cars on the road these days

Best Family Cars Of 2009

From safety to roominess parents often wonder about kid-friendly cars Phil Reed Sr the consumer advice editor with Edmunds com joined us with a look at the best family cars of 2009

Road Warrior: Microcar Museum

If you love SUV s this is probably not your thing The bubble car of the 1940 s is about as small as a smart car and you can see hundreds of them on display in Georgia Link Microcar Museum

Blast From The Past

Tulsa group recreates TV and movie cars

City enviro-fleets

The city plans to expand their fleet of alternative fuel vehicles and fueling stations

Summer Gas Prices, Smart Cars, Circut City and Hallmark Layoffs

'Smart Car' scores low on crash tests

Micro cars can give motorists top-notch fuel efficiency at a competitive price but the insurance industry says they don t fare too well in collisions with larger vehicles FOX 10 s Linda Williams reports

Small cars found dangerous

Those itty-bitty cars may look like a lot of fun to drive but you might want to think twice before buying one of those micro cars The Institute for Highway Safety tested the Honda Fit and Toyota Yaris among others and said when they crashed at 40 mph they don t do as well as mid sized cars in the tests Automakers who make the small cars said the tests simulated a high-speed crash that rarely happens on the road

Size may matter when it comes to cars

They say size doesn t matter but it might when it comes to cars specifically micro cars

Real Deal: Micro Cars

Micro cars can give motorists top-notch fuel efficiency at a competitive price but the insurance industry says they don t fare too well in collisions with larger vehicles

Highway Safety Crash Test Results

Out of control gas prices made some American consumers take a bigger look at some smaller cars But are you sacrificing safety to save on fuel costs With a look at the latest crash test results is Adrian Lund President Of The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety 160

Small Cars Poor On Crash Test

Auto insurance says that the smallest cars faired poorly on crash testing with midsize models Bloomberg News

Smart car hype down, but sales still up

There may not be a lot of hype about smart cars anymore but at least one local dealer says sales are still up as customers hope to save money on gas

GM's Bankruptcy Plan

The company s contingency planning for a possible bankruptcy or speeding up Bloomberg News

Extend The Life Of Your Car

The last thing many people want to do right now is spend money on a new car

Fonda Car Show

Design Danny Ody's Car

Car Show Benefits Del Valle Student

The parking lot at Del Valle High School was transformed into the kind of car show 17-year-old Louis Cabrera would have loved

Smart car program

Smart car program

Monday with the Mayor: Rail delays, Smart car program

Austin Mayor Will Wynn discussed topics of the day on KVUE News Midday

City teams with Daimler for green car share program

It is a most unusual car lease The city of Austin and Daimler - makers of the Smart Car - have a plan that will add to Austin s green reputation and possibly save the city thousands of dollars in the process

200 Smart Cars Used for City Car Share

The City of Austin announced a major car share pilot program and the cars they ll be using are sure to turn a few heads 200 Smart Cars will be used for city employees during the pilot program and if it s successful the car share program will be opened to the public

What cars are selling these days?

Records show that sales haven t halted for the Smart Car The latest auto numbers put it at the top of the heap with an 83 percent increase in sales over this time last year

New York Auto Show Goes Green

This year s New York Auto Show was all about being kind to the environment Smart cars and hybrids were among the star vehicles at the Javits Center Fox 5 s Brett Larson takes us along for the ride

SMART cars NAIAS

SMART cars NAIAS

Small Cars Make a Big Statement at the Detroit Auto Show

New Mini-Cars Set to Hit the US Market

Are Americans finally ready to downsize their rides for good With up to a year long wait for the pint-size Smart car and the continued sales growth of the fashionable Mini brand downsizing could be more than a fad The switch to smaller more fuel-efficient cars is something the US automakers are also working on

At the Detroit Auto Show General Motors bid for a piece of the growing segment by announcing production of the Chevrolet Spark The all-new four-door mini-car coming in at 11 5 feet in length will be the company s smallest car to date And with the unveiling of the new Ford Ka at the Paris Auto Show Ford is considering manufacturing an American version of the popular European mini-car

The Spark was originally shown as a concept called the Beat at the 2007 New York Auto Show and GM s website was flooded with over 2 million votes to make it a real car Sales will begin in Europe in the first quarter of 2010 followed by the US in 2011

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