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Apps can help you save at the pump

Here's another thing your smartphone can help you with--saving money at the pump. Mobile-app hub Appitalism.com put together a list of apps that will help customers find lower gasoline prices. Cheap Gas, which is free for the Android operating system, helps find the least expensive gas stations near you using your mobile phone's GPS.

Chevrolet to dealers: Let Cruze shoppers test-drive competitors

Chevrolet is asking its 3,000 dealers to prepare for the late September launch of the Chevrolet Cruze compact by purchasing competitors' vehicles for test-drive comparisons. Chevrolet is encouraging dealers to have a Toyota Corolla and Honda Civic on site so prospective 2011 Cruze buyers can immediately measure the car against its segment competitors, said Margaret Brooks, Chevrolet small-car marketing director. At a media event Tuesday in suburban Detroit, Brooks said Chevrolet expects buyers to come away with a favorable view of the Cruze.

A Chevrolet Corvette the only ‘authenticated' return under GM's 60-day guarantee, Lutz says

One car has been returned under General Motors' unconventional 60-day return policy--a Chevrolet Corvette. The reason? A customer grew tired of shifting with the manual gearbox, GM vice chairman Bob Lutz said on Wednesday.