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(Washington, February 1, 2016) Drivers are saving more than $1 per gallon ($1.01) from the 2015 peak price reached this past June, and the national average has spent 32 consecutive days below the $2 per gallon benchmark. Today’s average price of $1.80 per gallon is the lowest price for gasoline since January 2009. Gas prices have fallen for 24 of the past 26 days, and the combination of seasonal reductions in gasoline demand and the relatively lower price for crude oil are likely to help keep prices low in the near term.  Retail averages are discounted by three cents per gallon on the week, 20 cents per gallon on the month and 26 cents per gallon on the year.

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- America's #1 Car Website for Women ChickDriven.com launches today, dedicated singularly to helping women navigate the often confusing and overwhelming purpose of buying a car. ChickDriven is driven by founder Ruby Davis, whose own experience as a first-time car buyer left her feeling like she got taken for a ride.

  
"I purchased a car with all the glitz and glamour, thought I had an amazing deal package but was delivered with the basic package paying premium price. I think that car salesmen—MEN—see a woman and they assume it'll be easy to take advantage of her," says Davis. "Chick Driven empowers women like me to make informed decisions about what car to buy and how much they should pay for it." 

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

Irvine, Calif., Oct. 20, 2015 -- Even though 46 states have laws in place banning texting and driving, and 14 states ban the use of talking on a cell phone while driving[1], 97 percent of consumers say that distracted drivers who text or talk and drive are one of the biggest safety concerns impacting today's motorists, according to an all-new survey by Kelley Blue Book www.kbb.com, the only vehicle valuation and information source trusted and relied upon by both consumers and the automotive industry.  Of those surveyed, 91 percent are aware of current local laws pertaining to texting while driving.  In addition, approximately 81 percent of respondents believe Millennials between the ages of 19-34 text most often of all age groups while driving.

Their top answer: they worry about crashing.

New teen-focused Distracted Driving Survey from State Farm® digs deeper into teens’ driving habits.

Bloomington, Ill., October 19, 2015 -- In observance of National Teen Driver Safety Week, State Farm released the results of a recent survey of young drivers ages 16-19. The focus of the survey was to learn more about their attitudes and behaviors when it comes to distracted driving.

With the average price of gas dipping below two dollars per gallon for the first time since 2009, many motorists have been seeing a real savings at the pump. Putting some of that savings toward basic auto care can lead to more miles per gallon and, in turn, more savings, says the non-profit Car Care Council.