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Last year, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) changed the criteria for their Top Safety Pick and Top Safety Pick+ awards to include headlight quality. Following that change, automakers have upgraded their headlights and many have standard headlights that have achieved the top rating of Good. The IIHS evaluates …

Key strategies implemented in dealerships’ finance-and-insurance offices can help prevent negative equity for customers. For Justin Gasman, financial services director at McCaddon Cadillac-Buick-GMC in Boulder, Colo., his plan of action to help customers maintain the value of their vehicles and keep them above water on loans involves education, short-term loans …

MR.Cole_PhotographerGetty Images The FCC approved a rule change in mid-November that allows the previously closed vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2X) communication channel to be opened for unlicensed (Wi-Fi) use. Although the V2X band has been used in experimental and pilot programs, virtually no vehicles on public roads are capable of using it at …