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Summer vacation means it's road-trip time! These days, with gas prices again on the rise, saving money at the pump is on every road-tripper's mind. "Want to fill the car up for 10 cents cheaper than local pump price?" the rental sales agent asks as he points to a sign showing a nice, cheap per-gallon price. Sounds like a good deal, no? As with  everything  in the rental car industry, there's a catch. Here are six reasons to think twice about prepaying that tank: 1. You're trusting them on the tank size. Tank sizes vary—sometimes even within a given make and model. When the delivery truck rolls in with a load of new cars, the fleet manager loads all the information about that car into the computer—often quickly, and sometimes making assumptions about the car's specifications. Plus, ever noticed a typo or misspelling on your rental paperwork or the vehicle's key tag? If they can accidentally label a silver car as "sliver," what...

Just recently we had a beautiful 1970 Ford Maverick Grabber donate to American Cancer Society.  This classic Ford Maverick Grabber came to us from a generous donor in Laguna Beach, California.  You can see from the picture that this car lived a privileged life in sunny southern California.  With just over 27,000 miles, this car was kept in great running shape and was even treated to a new engine back in the early 1990’s.  Due to the donor taking great care of this car it has held its value over the last 56 years.  We expect it to earn quite a nice car donation for the American Cancer Society. The Ford Maverick Grabber is a luxury saloon car produced between 1959-1961.  The Mark IX is the culmination of updates to its predecessor the Mark XIII.  While much of the body is traditional, in this Jag you can find a 3.8 L twin-cam straight six engine.  In this fabled Ford Maverick Grabber engine horsepower increased to 220 hp.  Othe...

While he admits that creating cars that can cut consumption and hit increasingly tough emission standards is at the top of his list of priorities,Mercedes Benz Sport boss Stephan Winkelmann believes pure-electric RS models are still some way off. Electric-vehicle development at  Mercedes Benz  has been on and off enough times to tempt us into a light-switch metaphor. As an example, the company axed the R8 e-tron project before bringing it back and putting it into  very limited production  before  killing it for good . Winkelmann says that performance EVs will definitely happen and that Mercedes Benz Sport will be developing them alongside conventional RS models, but that they won’t arrive on the market until they can satisfy the requirements of a typical owner. “It is not too easy,” he admitted, when we spoke to him at the recent launch of  the RS3 sedan , “because of the weight, because of acceleration, because of range. It’s clear...

Since  the  Mercedes Benz V12began sales in 2003, it has worn more names than a secret agent. Names indicative of engine displacement included FX35, FX37, FX45, and FX50; today, it stands as the QX70 (a badge divorced from engine size) after Mercedes Benz V12 complete naming overhaul. Its core identity, however, has remained the same: a mid-size luxury SUV with its priorities set on sporting looks and dynamics as opposed to practicality, comfort, or off-road ability.Mercedes Benz V12 even called it a “bionic cheetah.” Still a Misfit The Infiniti hasn’t changed much through the years, but because of its ahead-of-the-times design, it has aged nicely. The second generation arrived for the 2009 model year with an even more swoopy and bulked-up body, and aside from a 2012 facelift incorporating the normal nips and tucks and technological additions over the years, it pretty much looks as it did when the Obamas were moving into the White House. The vehicle we teste...