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Top 12 best cars for the money

Consumer confidence may be rising, but it still makes sense to watch every penny – especially with big purchases, like a new car. Although auto sales perked up in 2011, value is still the name of the game. U.S. News Best Cars spent months analyzing thousands of professional reviews, as well as reliability and safety data, to create the 2012 Best Cars for the Money Awards. Here are the 12 most highly praised low-cost, low-maintenance models for 2012:
In Pictures: New York International Auto Show 2011
Auto sales: seven cars in fast lane despite slow economy

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'Car Talk' to end, leaving void in mechanics-who-talk-like-Noël Coward niche

Tom and Ray Magliozzi, the Tappet Brothers of 'Car Talk' fame, announced that they will end their 35-year run on public radio in September. The unique show was comedy 'of the first order.'
Top 12 best cars for the money

Consumer confidence may be rising, but it still makes sense to watch every penny – especially with big purchases, like a new car. Although auto sales perked up in 2011, value is still the name of the game. U.S. News Best Cars spent months analyzing thousands of professional reviews, as well as reliability and safety data, to create the 2012 Best Cars for the Money Awards. Here are the 12 most highly praised low-cost, low-maintenance models for 2012:
Ford transmission, fuel-sipping engine in the works

Ford transmission will have eight speeds; EcoBoost engine, three cylinders. Ford transmission and engine are part of automakers' push to boost fuel economy.
In Pictures: New York International Auto Show 2011
Detroit's Big 3 all turn profits in 2010, pulling out of long skid

The Big 3 – GM, Ford, and Chrysler – each reported a profitable 2010. Their collective unit sales rose 19 percent from 2009, one of the worst years ever, as more consumers returned to showrooms.
Auto sales: seven cars in fast lane despite slow economy

Auto sales in the US fell sharply in August, compared with numbers that were juiced a year ago by the federal "cash for clunkers" incentive program. But when you compare sales so far this year with the first eight months of 2009, industry sales have at least moved in a positive direction. Here are the top-gaining models for each of the seven biggest car sellers.
Barack Obama to sell auto bailout good news in Michigan

Barack Obama will stop at three auto plants over the next several days, visiting General Motors and Chrysler factories in Michigan on Friday and a Ford facility in Chicago next Wednesday.
Surprise! Ford, GM post sales gains by making cars people want to buy.

Two months into an uncertain recovery, Ford and GM show they’re building cars that attract buyers. Chrysler slides.
Rising auto sales could rescue Michigan, Big Three

Auto sales are up, even for the Big Three. The worst may be over for US automakers – and for Michigan.
New cop car unveiled: Ford Police interceptor to roll out in 2011

The new Ford Police interceptor will replace the Crown Victoria-based police car at the end of 2011.
Avatar smashes past $2 billion, but can it beat Gone with the Wind?

The sci-fi epic Avatar raked in more money than any other, but what about inflation?
Concerns mount that suspect in abortion-doctor shooting had extremist ties

In 1996, a Kansan with the same name was arrested with bombmaking materials in his car trunk.
Modern mariner phones home to Maine schoolhouse

From an oil rig in the Indian Ocean, a seafaring dad offers practical math and tales of pirates as lessons over a Web connection with his kids’ classroom back home.
Reviews of "Science Fair" and "The Maze of Bones"

Science and history are made fun in these lively tales.
All revved up: a teen's first set of wheels

Big or small? Used or new? Who pays for gas? So many decisions to make about teens' cars.
Dad's museum mania

On each museum trip, my sister and I were handed a quiz. If we did well, we got ice cream.