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The Average New Car Payment Just Hit a Record $812 a Month
The average new-vehicle buyer is now committing $812 a month before insurance, gas, or a
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The FTC Says Get This in Writing Before Any Mechanic Touches Your Car
Get It In Writing, Every Time Before any shop touches your car, the Federal Trade
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Michigan’s AG Just Won $3.25 Million From a Company That Trapped Drivers in Bad Repair Leases
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel secured a $3.25 million settlement in May 2026 with West
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This City Has the Highest Car Theft Rate in America — By a Wide Margin
Three Years Running, and Not Close Washington, D.C. has posted the highest vehicle theft rate
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Ford Just Beat Every Other Mainstream Brand on New-Car Quality
Ford Tops the Mainstream Field Ford finished as the highest-ranked mass-market brand in J.D. Power’s
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Not a Single Minivan Made IIHS’s 2026 Safety List — Here’s Why That Matters If You Have Kids
Zero. That’s How Many Minivans Passed the New Test Of the 63 vehicles that earned
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What You Should Never Say to a Police Officer During a Traffic Stop
Both driver and passengers have the right to remain silent, per the ACLU’s official guidance,
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The Most Expensive Car to Insure in 2026 Costs $4,400 More a Year Than the Cheapest — See Where Yours Ranks
$7,090 a year. That’s what it costs, on average, to insure a Maserati Quattroporte in
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Catalytic Converter Theft Claims Jumped 288% in Two Years — and Hybrid Owners Are the Biggest Target
16,660 to 64,701. That’s the jump in catalytic converter theft insurance claims nationwide between 2020
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These Cars Generate the Most Theft Claims in America, According to Insurers’ Own Data
A Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 two-door generates theft insurance claims at a rate nearly 40 times
