A new car can be a rotten investment, losing a chunk of its value when the buyer drives off the lot. But some autos hold their value over time better than others - even among sports cars like the Chevy Corvette, a new survey shows.

Care for your car and save gas Gas has gotten more expensive. It will stay more expensive.

Cruise control dangers My husband and I are the proud parents of a 16-year-old boy. Yes, he does have his driver's license. Oh my! While he was driving 70 mph on the interstate on a rainy night, he had a hard time hearing my suggestion that he slow down and cancel the cruise control. He thought that I (Mom) was interfering with his driving and that I didn't understand modern technology. He said that just because I drove for years without this device doesn't mean he needs to do the same.

How to read a vehicle history report Old cars don’t die, they just get resold. If you’re buying a used car, whether from a dealer or someone who put an ad in the paper, you’ll want to know as much about it as you can. Even without anyone trying to deceive you, the vehicle may have problems you can’t see from a simple visual inspection or even a short test drive.

Electric powered pickup The dreamer in Mike Phillips took more than a decade to mull it over.

The engineer in Mike Phillips took just seven months to do it. The result: “Sparky,” an electric-powered pickup, constructed on the bones of a dinosaur-sucking 1997 S-10 Chevrolet. The transformation of the ordinary brown truck was spurred, in part, by the challenge of building his own battery-powered vehicle.

Roll the windows down or A/C? Red Sox versus Yankees. Seat up versus seat down. Microsoft versus Apple. To the list of issues people feel irrationally passionate about, add one more: Whether it's more economical to drive with windows down or with the air conditioning on.

Dear Terry, I am almost 18 months into my five-year car loan and owe approximately $13,500. I love my car but am now working farther from home and have been thinking about the pros and cons of changing cars to get something more fuel efficient. ...

The commute to work can be an unpleasant one for people across the country, but the road may be a little less bumpy for Denver drivers, according to a national survey.

Your bad driving habits could be costing you at the fuel pump. Following these driving tips will help you save money on gas

Just how safe are the new minicars that consumers have been heartily embracing as gasoline prices spiked? Some are much safer than others, although in the overall scheme of things, bigger is almost always better, says the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety, which conducts comprehensive crash tests on most new vehicles sold in the United States.

Nine new vehicles have been added to the AAA and Parents magazine Best Cars for Families list for 2007. The 15-vehicle list, now in its fifth year, appears with detailed reviews of each model in the April issue of Parents magazine which hits newsstands today.

For Gloria Rentz, the idea of paying $217 a month to lease her 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo seemed too good to pass up. She's able to drive 15,000 miles a year with her 27-month lease. And she didn't have to write a check to put any money down.

Change often hides beneath habit and tradition. Take the tradition of bigness in America. Many of you may laugh at the notion that we are ending an era of American bigness. Contrary indicators are everywhere. Mini-mansions are being built for households of two.

As you have no doubt noticed, there has been a deluge of advertising for cars and trucks in recent weeks. Although these ads may have convinced you that dealers can use any trick in the book to draw customers to their showrooms, lots, tents, etc., in fact there are multiple legal rules in place intended to rein in the enthusiasm of motor-vehicle-ad writers.

Americans are downsizing in big numbers from truck-based sport utility vehicles to smaller, more carlike, crossover models, attracted by high gasoline prices, smoother rides, lower prices and crisper handling.

When it snows heavily in October, you appreciate a vehicle that makes you feel secure, with fourwheel drive and lots of standard safety equipment. As the weather turned progressively worse one recent afternoon, and the traffic increased as the pavement began to get slick, I was grateful for the 2007 RAV4 I was driving.

It's almost possible to hear the drivers of subcompact cars chuckling as they zip past gas pump after gas pump. So, it is no surprise that the diminutive but fuelefficient Chevrolet Aveo5 has its drivers in great humor.

During a recent Sunday afternoon cruise in my 1962 Chevrolet Corvair station wagon, which has a gaping hole under the dash where the original AM radio used to be, I began thinking about what I wanted to install in that space.

When self-described truck guy CASEY LAUGHMAN traded in his Dodge Ram, he left part of his identity at the dealership.

Car travel is about to become safer. New automobiles will be required to have anti-rollover technology by the 2012 model year.