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The Tesla Model S has been named Motor Trend magazine’s 2013 Car of the Year, one of the most prestigious honors in the automotive industry. The Model S won by way of unanimous vote, after 11 discriminating judges test drove 25 other vehicles to compare those all-important technical aspects of four-wheeled travel like acceleration, brakes and suspension tuning.

The latest automotive reliability survey from Consumer Reports came out this week, and Toyota leads the way. Ford, which had been rising in the ranks recently, fell back this year: it now ranks second-to-last among all auto manufacturers.

It is that time of year again, the time of year when auto dealers are desperately trying to rid themselves of the previous year’s models still taking up space on their lots so that they can make room for the new and improved editions on their way in from the manufacturers. This, of course, benefits the consumer because there is a lot more room to “move and shake” with dealers in hopes of getting a

A tax credit that has caused for headache than good.

As the days of buying cheap gasoline pass into the American history books, more and more of us are driving fuel-efficient vehicles as a means to combat those steadily rising gas prices. That is, unless you happen to have enough money to not give three screaming squirts about how much gas prices go up...

Flashy sports cars may be objects of envy, but when it comes to the most stolen vehicles in America, they can’t hold a candle to plain old sedans.

New standards straight from the federal government are coming for cars that are voluntarily outfitted with event data recorders or black boxes.  While this is not a requirement for all cars to be outfitted with them, many people think that this is the first step...

UL is one of two that get to make the change.

It was recently revealed at the New York International Auto Show.

Doing some car shopping? According to a new survey, your choice won’t just be based on color or price — it could have something to do with your political leanings, too.

Car buffs may have something to smile about as two old nameplates may be making a comeback.  Studebaker is a name that you have seen if you happen on a classic car show and now, a man in Colorado is planning on bringing it back to the present day...

Some drivers in Lafayette lost their minds Friday of last week!

The boys are facing aggravated battery, illegal use of a weapon, and property damage charges for shooting at passing cars along highway 190. Using a .22 caliber rifle and the cars as target practice, the 12 and 13 year old boys managed to hit a vehicle shattering glass and slightly injuring the passenger and driver...

A hospital in Alexandria has a brand new policy, expanding on an existing one, that is going to make it very hard for hospital workers and staff to have a smoke on their breaks.  The hospital plans to ban the odor of smoke on workers' clothes.

Tootie Landry talks about some of the funny things that people do in their vehicles in this edition of "Not Necessarily The News."