(Linda Hughes)
Traffic woes earn Seattle spot in top 10
Seattle ranked among the 10 most traffic congested in the U.S. in 2010, according to INRIX, a provider of traffic and nanavitation services. Its fourth-annual National Traffic Scorecard can be found at inrix.com/scorecard. The top 10 most congested cities: Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Dallas, San Francisco, Houston, Boston, Philadelphia and our own Emerald City.
--NWautos staff
Gene Simmons, right, and Eric Singer of Kiss. (Richard Drew / The Associated Press)
Stars tout the cars at New York auto show
Cars and stars shared the stage recently at the New York International Auto Show, which concludes today. Three of the four members of the band Kiss kicked off a MINI campaign during a press preview. Other celebrity endorsements included the band Train for the Ford Taurus, Food Network Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto for Toyota's Lexus, "Cake Boss" Buddy Valastro for the Chevy Camaro, the band Black Eyed Peas for Volkswagen and comedian Stephen Colbert for Audi. Automakers used big names to promote small cars focused on fuel efficiency. "Everything seems to be geared around making cars more fuel efficient [and] lighter," says David Champion, director of automotive testing for Consumer Reports.
--The Associated Press
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