Increase in crashes linked to mobile phone use

As many of us admit to taking selfies at the wheel, researchers have noticed a rise in the number of rear-end shunts on UK roads – despite many manufacturers now offering cars with collision avoidance systems that can brake automatically. According to new research by Accident Exchange, crashes involving one car hitting the back of another have increased by 7% in the last three years. Rated: self-braking cars that avoid a crash Nearly 1 in 10 admit to taking selfies at the wheel With each rear-end smash costing insurers £2,000 on average, premiums could rocket until driverless cars hit our streets.

2011 Mitsubishi Outlander: Prices, models & 2WD revealed

The 2011 Mitsubishi Outlander Prices & Models Mitsubishi has a proper SUV history with the Shogun. And even the softer SUV that is the Mitsubishi Outlander has proper off-road abilities – it’s not just capable of getting out of muddy car parks at boot sale and nothing more, it really can do a decent off-road job. And it’s that proper SUV background that makes car buyers take Mitsubishi’s SUVs seriously; far more seriously as proper off-roaders than something like a Tiguan or a Kuga.

Former Ford CEO Red Poling dead at 86

DETROIT -- Harold "Red" Poling, the CEO who helped revive Ford Motor Co. after steering the automaker through the recession of the early 1990s, died on Saturday in Pacific Grove, Calif. He was 86.