Many people use the transition into a new year to make resolutions to better themselves. As we always have cars on the mind, we polled our followers prior to turning the calendar to see if they had any resolutions pertaining to their vehicles.

From car maintenance to goals for a new ride, we received a bunch of responses to our query. Here are just a few...

Commercials during the big game certainly take center stage between snaps and the halftime show. Car manufacturers, in particular, know they have a large, captive audience and tend to spend munificently to produce over-the-top commercials for their newest rides. Some of them play out like short feature films while others are geared for branding rather than advertising a specific vehicle. Many of them, however, are simply memorable for reasons of creativity, timeliness, or shock value.

Here are 5 historic car commercials featured during the big game:

We’re proud to announce that Poquet Auto was voted Best Used Car Dealer for the 2016 Readers’ Choice Awards presented by SUN Thisweek and the Dakota County Tribune Newspapers.

Readers Voted Poquet Auto:

Some time has passed since the holidays, and jolly ol’ St. Nick and his troop of reindeer have had the chance to recover a bit from their 24-hour global trek (we wonder how many miles/per hoof that sled gets).

While preparations for next year’s festivities have surely begun, Santa needs a little down time to cruise around. But what does he drive in the off-season?

Road signs are important for keeping us safe while driving. But, are you one to read into other signs? How about signs from the stars?