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LeaseTrader.com reports after quizzing 500 men and women about their driving habits that men are more likely to get answers on a driver's test right than women (59% to 46%). At the same time, results show both sexes need to brush up on their studies because 75% of test takers flunked.

Women had the most trouble with questions about speed limits

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Based on the findings of a survey by LeaseTrader.com, it seems that drivers fail to retain the basic rules of the road after passing their first written driver test. The more time that has passed since a driver first took a written exam, the survey found, the less he or she remembers.

"It's a little bit alarming," said John Sternal, vice president of marketing communications for LeaseTrader.com. "Some of these questions are really, really serious issues as far as driver safety."

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If you've been driving for twenty years and have a clean driving record, chances are you consider yourself a good driver. A recent study by LeaseTrader.com would beg to differ: according to their results, drivers with the most experience behind the wheel scored the worst on the sample questions used in the survey.

Drivers with twenty or more years experience scored an average of 46 percent correct, while drivers with ten to twenty years experience scored a still-dismal 58 percent...

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Spring is usually a great time to buy a new car, and with today's high gas prices, many people are looking to trade in their vehicle for one that's more fuel-efficient.
But the market for new vehicles has been upended this spring because of disruptions caused by the March 11 earthquake in Japan. Parts shortages have forced many automakers to temporarily stop production, causing a ripple effect that means lower

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But rather at the Germans' driving skills.

I couldn't get over how rush hour moved so swiftly and efficiently. I noticed no road rage, no accidents and no jams. Drivers on the famed Autobahn had proper etiquette. They moved aside for faster vehicles and obeyed the posted speed limits where they existed.

A German man explained to me that it's very difficult to get a driver's license in Germany. In fact, most drivers fail both the driving and written tests at least three times. He...

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If you took a written driver’s exam today, how would you fare? Inspired by low scores experienced drivers had on common practice questions, LeaseTrader.com set out to poll other American drivers to get a better picture. Making it even more interesting, the results were different between men and women and one gender seems to have a better handle on written driving exams.

Through LeaseTrader.com, 500 men and women each with at least five years of driving experience took turns...

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It’s a great time to sell a used car. But if you’re in the market for a new car, expect to shell out more dough.

Overall average prices for new cars increased $150 in the first week of May from the previous week and are up $350 since the March earthquake in Japan caused production problems, according to Edmunds.com.

The selling prices for used cars are at a 16-year high, in part because people are holding on to their vehicles longer, creating a tight supply of used cars and...

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With the 2008 economic meltdown, car leasing nearly went the way of the brontosaurus.
Auto leasing fell from roughly 30% of new car sales in 2007 to around 9% by the end of 2009, says John Sternal, a spokesman for LeaseTrader.com, a website for transferring auto leases. Today, car leasing represents an estimated 16% to 20% of new car sales.

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Small-car sales are surging as gas prices race toward $5 a gallon -- regular unleaded rose 41 cents a gallon in the past month -- but Free Press research shows that it can take time for the purchase of a new small car to really pay off.

Regular unleaded averaged $3.96 a gallon in Michigan on Monday, up $1.05 a gallon from a year ago. And small cars generally get better fuel economy, often up to or more than 40 m.p.g. on the highway, but their prices are rising.

"This summer is...

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Top 5 Cars Boomers Love to Lease: This article from The Street.com informs us that unlike our parents, who preferred to buy cars and drive them for a decade, the boomer generation prefers leasing. According to a survey of 1,600 or so boomer customers at LeaseTrader.com, the No. 1 leased vehicle that the generation prefers is the

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