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Automopedia’s Best of 2010 – what are the Top 10 articles from the last 12 months? It’s been a memorable year: with green cars, celebrities, Jesus Christ and a saved pooch. We went to auto shows, on road trips and ate cheese steaks inside an all new Audi R8 (that last part may be a white lie). Here’s our best of the best in 2010:

Jesus H. Christ – I’ve Been Hit by a Car!

Lord Jesus Christ was hit by a Monte Carlo in Mass during the year. Pray for him.

Dog Saved By Jumping Into Car Bumper

A Chilean driver in his Citroen struck a dog while cruising. The doggy miraculously flew inside of the car’s bumper, taking shelter under the grill until being gently removed by mechanics.

Zombies Crash In Portland

A car full of zombies crashed off a highway in Protland, confusing onlookers, and forcing police and fire officials to break out machine guns and a 5-ton armored semi-truck.

2010 Quebec Auto Show: Lambo, The French & Poutine

We’re headed directly to Quebec City and not just for the poutine! It’s time for 2010?s Quebec Auto Show. And Lamborghini will be there to present a slew of exotic cars as part of their “Expo Lambo” event.

2010 Philadelphia Auto Show

Philadelphia, the city of Brotherly Love. The land of cheese steaks, Phillies, them Iigles and the best Italian Market this side of the Atlantic. It’s also home to the 2010 Philadelphia International Auto Show.

Buy Truck, Get AK-47

If you’re looking for a good used truck near Orlando Fla, Nations Trucks has the ride for you. What else can they offer? How about Hundreds off a pre-owned Dodge Ram or Ford F-250, affordable financing on all models… oh and a free AK-47 with your purchase.

Automopedia’s Guide To Sharing The Road

We at Automopedia love sharing the road with our fellow bicyclists. Yes, you read that correctly. Unlike other motor-heads who loath the sight of a bike on their street, we embrace our two-wheeled pedal brethren…mostly because many of us are avid cyclists.

The 10 Other Best Songs To Test Your Stereo With

We went through the iTunes of all Automopedia employees to bring you the hottest, freshest, most stereo-breaking tunes to bust out when you want to make sure Best Buy didn’t drop a weak system into your hooptie.

BP’s Lack of Photoshopping Skills

British Petroleum can’t seem to great a break these days – maybe that’s because they caused a huge oil leak pumping black sludge into the Gulf of Mexico for almost three months. But they’re trying their hardest to be everyone’s friend, and remind you how great it is to have oil.

Automopedia’s Earth Day Green Car Review

What’s the latest trend in Green Car Technology? For Earth Day 2010, we’re taking a look at what’s new and improved in the world of eco-friendly tech.

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What would you, the faithful reader, like to see more of at Automopedia? We’ve brought you the lighter side of the auto industry, but also kept you up on news from car companies globally. We post funny commercials, blogs on scifi ships and pimped out rides.

So what can Automopedia do for you now? Leave us a comment, we’d like to know what you think of us!

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Our friends over at AutoMD may be the most dedicated auto writers and researchers ever – they went around to auto repair and service centers nationwide to calculate the best and worst in the industry. We know, every mechanic is trying to scam the last buck out of your wallet…or are they? AutoMD.com released its Advocacy for Repair Shop Fairness Report, the first to analyze how how service centers providing fair cost estimates.



AutoMD.com mystery shoppers visited over 600 shops in the top-50 most populated cities in America, which included “mom & pop” repair facilities, dealership service centers and franchises (ie: Pep Boys, NTB, etc.) – According to the report: To measure pricing integrity, the mystery shoppers called back two weeks later with an industry standard price estimate. The best and worst list was then calculated based on each city‘s rankings for three critical factors, weighted equally:

1. Repair Affordability: The average cost-per-job for that city based on prices quoted by repair shops
2. Price Disparity Range: The percentage variance between the lowest price quoted and the highest price quoted in each market
3. Shop Integrity Factor: The percentage of shops that shifted their original quoted price by more than 5% when presented with an industry standard price estimate

In AutoMD’s report, Memphis ranked as the best city for fairness and consistency of prices quoted. Chicago, the windy city and home to Molly’s Cupcakes, ranked as the worst. Here’s the 5 Top & Bottom cities:



Thanks to Dan & AutoMD for the heads up on this great research!

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