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Tips for saving fuel on road trips: What's real and what isn't

Gasoline costs are hovering near $4 a gallon this week, and drivers hitting the highway for the holiday weekend are looking for ways to save. In preparation for Memorial Day, the Consumer Federation of America has released a list of tips that will help you pinch pennies at the pump. Most of these are the same evergreen recommendations that pop up for every road-trip holiday, and some of them are getting a bit stale.

Bentley Continental GT 2011 Teased +video

Bentley Continental GT 2011 Tease It’s not going to come as a shock to regular readers to learn that Bentley are giving the evergreen Continental GT a nip and a tuck for 2011. We reported on the Continental GT facelift as long ago as March, complete with spy photos. And in truth it’s probably about time; its been seven years since the first ‘VW’ Bentley was launched to an unsuspecting Premier League.

McLaren P11 caught testing

Proof of how far along the P11 is came today with pictures of the car out testing in chilly climes in Sweden (just like the next generation Porsche 911 (998) and the new Baby Rolls Royce, the RR4). McLaren P11 caught testing in snowy Sweden The McLaren P11 is a hand-built carbon composite 2 seater, mid engined car, with a target weight of only 1250kg. Power is likely to come from a Mercedes lump, and probably a tuned version of the 6.2 litre AMG found in the ’63s’, mated to an F1 style flappy-paddle gearbox.