Posts Tagged ‘washington d c’

Bentley won’t be left behind, leaving Detroit for Boston

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
Currently Bentley shares US headquarters space in the same Auburn Hills, MI offices as Volkswagen and Audi. With VW of America already having announced plans to relocate its offices to the suburban Washington D.C. area, those offices in Auburn Hills would be an awfully lonely place for the Bentley b......

Infrared enforcement coming to carpool lanes

Friday, July 27th, 2007
We've all been tempted to merge into the car pool lane when driving alone in heavy traffic, but either the shame of other motorists seeing you illegally use it or the thought of the police catching you in the act may have kept you honest. Now there's a way to legally use the lane, but it's going to ......

VW says Adios! to Auburn Hills - move to D.C. confirmed

Thursday, June 28th, 2007
The workforce exodus in Southeast Michigan is slated to continue, as Volkswagen's North American headquarters is officially heading over to Washington D.C. VW currently employs 1,500 workers in Auburn Hills, just a stone's throw away from Chrysler's epicenter. The move to D.C. comes as VW has lost a......

Forbes identifies the commutes that kill

Friday, May 25th, 2007
Ever feel like one more day of commuting will kill you? You might be right, especially if you live in Riverside, California. Or Atlanta. Or Los Angeles. Those are the top three cities on Forbes' list of the 25 with the most unhealthy commutes.The combination of dangerous drivers, the stress of deali......

Top 10 cities in which NOT to speed

Sunday, April 1st, 2007
Few moments in life are less welcomed than when a sprightly sprint in your automobile is cut short by flashing red lights in your rearview mirror. In that moment, you know that you're out well over $100, you'll have to take time off work for court, and your insurance is likely to go up by 10 percent......

New Yorkers score lowest on the driver’s test

Thursday, March 29th, 2007
No disrespect to our friends on the East Coast, but in the "survey results that will probably surprise no one" category: drivers from New York scored the lowest on a Department of Motor Vehicles driving test survey. That doesn't mean New Yorkers are bad drivers ... ahem ... it simply means they don'......

Miami remains No. 1 city for road rage

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
We used to think L.A. had the most incidents of road rage per mile in the country, but when visiting the city of Angels last November for the L.A. Auto Show were surprised that it wasn't as bad as we were expecting. That's probably because Miami, FL was rated as the city with the worst road rage in ......

WIN real spy gear by helping Brenda Priddy!

Monday, July 24th, 2006
click on images to enlargeSpy photographer extraordinaire Brenda Priddy was so pleased that her "mugshot" appeared on Autoblog today that she's sweetening the deal for Autoblog readers only. If you donate any amount of money to her Jail & Bail charity drive that benefits the March of Dimes, yo......

Mazda’s Zoom-Zoom Live Tour clips cones nationwide

Friday, June 23rd, 2006
Mazda North America struck fear into the hearts of traffic cones across the U.S. this week with the announcement of its 2006 Zoom-Zoom Live tour, which kicks off in Washington, D.C. August 12.The tour will visit 10 different cities and offer nearly 50,000 drivers a shot at burning rubber in various ......

XM ParkingLink to help you find that last empty spot

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006
Later this year, XM Satellite Radio will roll out its ParkingLink system in four cities. Built in a joint venture with Quixote Transportation Technologies and Standard Parking, the system will utilize GPS and a series of wireless sensors embedded in parking garages and pay lots around the US to tran......