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Renting a car for the right price

by David Brancaccio
Feb 25, 2016
...and how to rent the car of your dreams.
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The DeLorean is back for future production

by Kai Ryssdal
Jan 27, 2016
The iconic car was bought by a Texas company that will make about 300 a year
The 'Back To The Future' DeLorean DMC-12 seen at the 'Back To The Future' New York special anniversary screening at AMC Loews Lincoln Square on October 21, 2015 in New York City.
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Motown hoping to pump up sales at the auto show

by Mitchell Hartman
Jan 11, 2016
Detroit's auto show, one of the biggest in the world, kicks off today.
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The many computers under the hood

by Ben Johnson
Sep 25, 2015
As the VW emissions scandal illustrates, modern cars rely heavily on software.
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The Volkswagen scandal is bigger than we thought

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Sep 22, 2015
Dan Neil weighs in on the emissions hack of 11 million diesel vehicles.
The Environmental Protection Agency says that Volkswagen had installed software into tens of thousands of its diesel cars to manipulate emissions test results. 
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A driver's defense of self-driving cars

by Molly Wood
Sep 15, 2015
Imagine a world where we subscribe to on-demand rides from autonomous vehicles.
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Auto sales buoyant as consumers get cheap credit

by Andy Uhler
Aug 17, 2015
New loans for cars and light trucks have surpassed $1 trillion for the first time.
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A show that sets the market for classic cars

by Audrey Dilling
Aug 17, 2015
The Concours d’Elegance, aka the Pebble Beach Car Show, runs for four days.
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Imagine your car being hacked...while you're driving it

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Jul 21, 2015
A new bill wants to protect you from this scenario.
In a driving experiment, two hackers were able to remotely control a Jeep Cherokee. 
M 93: „Dein Nordrhein-Westfalen“/Flickr
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The race to connect old cars to the Internet

by Lauren Silverman
Jul 9, 2015
Apps for your car can calculate mileage, or monitor your teen's driving.
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