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U.S. seeks 5 percent annual fuel-economy gains through 2016

The Obama administration today proposed gasoline mileage and greenhouse-gas pollution standards for new vehicles for model years 2012 to 2015, filling in the blanks for manufacturers en route to a 35.5 mpg national target in 2016. The Transportation Department and EPA proposal calls for fuel economy to increase by about 5 percent each year, starting from an average of 27.3 mpg for the 2011 model year, the agencies said in a statement. The average car buyer would save more than $3,000 in fuel costs over the life of a vehicle, the statement said.

It’s the McBatmobile! McLaren X-1 debuts at Pebble Beach

McLaren Special Operations has delivered the McLaren X-1 to Pebble Beach, a re-bodied, one-off McLaren MP4-12C. We knew McLaren were planning a special car for Pebble Beach, and this is it – the McLaren X-1 Concept. If McLaren were looking for a way to show just how much the customisation service at Woking - McLaren Special Operations – can actually offer clients, the commission from an un-named McLaren client to create this one-off McLaren must have been manna from heaven.

AutoWeek Exclusive: A conversation with the boss of Barrett-Jackson

The phone rings. Longtime Barrett-Jackson chief executive Craig Jackson is on the other end of the line. He's at his SoCal estate a week after a wildly successful sale nearby in Orange County.