Recent predictions pegged new car sales for 2011 at six percent higher than last year. This would break the impressive record set in 2007, before things went south in 2008 and 2009. Unfortunately, due to extreme unrest in Egypt and the Middle East, we're forced to be more cautiously optimistic.

As a consumer, you know well that rising gas prices will affect how and when you spend your hard-earned money on a new car...