NEW YORK, Jan. 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Almost two in three Americans don't have enough savings to pay for a $500 car repair or a $1,000 emergency room bill, according to a new Bankrate.com (NYSE: RATE) report. Click here for more information.
  
Only 37% of U.S. adults have enough savings to pay for these unexpected expenses. 23% would reduce their spending on other things to make ends meet, 15% would use credit cards and another 15% would borrow from family or friends.

CHERRY HILL, N.J., Feb. 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ Subaru of America, Inc. announced today that the 2016 Outback made Kelley Blue Book's 16 Best Family Cars of 2016 for meeting the needs of the modern family with emphasis on outstanding room for both passengers and cargo and excellent off-road capability. 
  
Kelley Blue Book, the leading provider of new and used vehicle information, extensively tested and evaluated 24 different vehicles for a two-week period focusing on safety, comfort, convenience, spaciousness for both passengers and cargo, and fit of various child safety car seats.  

"For two weeks we drove, lived-with, folded down-seats-of, paired phones-to and installed-baby-seats-in each and every one of the contenders," said Jack R. Nerad, executive editorial director and executive market analyst of Kelley Blue Book's KBB.com. "We loaded cargo, contorted ourselves into third rows, watched movies on rear-seat screens, toted rowing teams to marinas – in short, we did everything that you and your family might do with a vehicle day-to-day."

SOUTH AMBOY, N.J., Feb. 1, 2016 -- What do you get when you combine love with a promise of safe driving? National Foundation for Teen Safe Driving calls it "Love Drives Me," a Valentine's Day campaign that raises awareness and reinforces the need to always make smart driving choices that can keep you safe and preserve a loving relationship for years to come.
  
Retail auto dealers from across the country are taking part in the Foundation's first coordinated safe driving awareness campaign. The campaign's components are designed to raise awareness through custom messages, and award grants to help fund local safety programs.  It starts by inviting teens and adults to create and send custom valentine greetings with a personalized, loving message that is reinforced by a promise to drive safely.  It may not sound like the most romantic valentine yet a promise of safe driving could be the most important thing you do for someone you love.

BRUSSELS, Jan. 28, 2016 -- FIVA, the international federation of historic vehicles, has named 2016 as World Motoring Heritage Year – both in recognition of our motoring history, and to celebrate a new dawn for the historic vehicle movement throughout the world. This year also marks the 50th anniversary of FIVA, the Fédération Internationale des Véhicules Anciens.
  
"This is the perfect time to launch World Motoring Heritage Year, as we're moving towards a bright new age of classic motoring," says Patrick Rollet, President of FIVA, which is a non-profit-making enterprise, set up in 1966, and currently representing 85 member organizations in more than 64 countries, on behalf of millions of individuals with a passion for historic cars, motorcycles or utilitarian vehicles.  

PR Newswire, Bloomington, Ill. -- According to the annual survey conducted by State Farm, drivers continue to be in favor of laws restricting cellphone use while driving, yet they are still using them.

For seven years State Farm has surveyed consumers regarding their attitudes and behaviors when it comes to distracted driving, revealing trends over time. A number of interesting trends have been revealed:

Talking on a hand-held cellphone while driving has decreased:
◦2009 – 65 percent
◦2015 – 51 percent

Texting while driving has stayed nearly the same:
◦2009 – 31 percent
◦2015 – 36 percent

Accessing the Internet while driving has more than doubled:
◦2009 – 13 percent
◦2015 – 29 percent