Amid auto industry crisis, Ford introduces 2010 Mustang muscle car at LA Auto Show

DEARBORN, Mich. -- Ford Motor Co. tries to revive its classic Mustang muscle car with a makeover for the 2010 model year that debuts at this week's Lo...

Review: '09 Honda Pilot SUV is a worthy contender

This was hardly the right year to introduce a new midsize SUV, what with $4 a gallon gas in the spring and a Great Depression-sized credit collapse i...

YOUR MONEY: Fuel-aid bids swamping offices

Heating oil prices continue to fall, but Long Island counties report large numbers of applications from homeowners for federal assistance. And some ad...

Debate over rescuing the 'Detroit Three'

Bankruptcy or bailout?

Intelligent transportation systems to be displayed

With "Knight Rider" back on the air after more than 20 years, new generations of television viewers are fantasizing about the day that a car will be...

007 car heaven

While you may have done a double take if you saw James Bond's amped-up, weapon-laden jet boat zip along the Kankakee River, you did see the real deal:...

Keep those big, bad autos on the road!

General Motors, Ford and Chrysler are begging for a second $25-billion loan package from Congress, arguing that they're too big to fail. GM, after ge...

Less is more in winter car care

Winter's coming but it's not the chore it used to be.

Strict conditions almost certain for automaker bailout

With pressure rising for the government to save U.S. automakers from the financial junkyard, the question is fast becoming: Should General Motors, For...

457-hp. Mercedes is all about performance pleasure

You'll probably guess before you climb behind the wheel of the C63 AMG that it's no ordinary Mercedes C-Class. If you haven't, the 200-mph speedomete...

More LIers seeking home heating aid

Heating oil prices are continuing to drop as weakening economies around the world reduce energy consumption, but heating fuel still is relatively exp...

Carmakers' slowdown takes the shine off auto shows

Facing their worst sales in decades, carmakers are cutting spending on auto shows, the industry's traditional customer-courtship event.

General Motors shares driven down on forecast they could soon be worthless

Shares in General Motors Corp. hit a 59-year low Monday after a Wall Street firm forecast the company's stock value could drop to zero within a year.

In troubled times, Ford plans to hitch a ride with GM

With the U.S. auto industry melting down, General Motors Corp. executives are burning up phone lines to Washington seeking billions in financial aid t...

U.S. carmakers' renewal means vast retooling

Next month in Britain, Ford Motor Co. will begin selling a diesel hatchback that gets 64 miles per gallon. Across the channel, Parisians can buy a new...

The rapture of the ZR1

Dear Future: We're really, really sorry. Kinda got carried away, what with all the petroleum and all. You're probably wishing that we had saved a few...

BMW 335d sedan: Elegant electronics and a gestalt-altering diesel

We'll never know how many BMW owners suffered a severe mental break and began wearing their underpants outside their clothes and talking to their Chee...

Harley-Davidson thrown by bumps in the road

Owning a chromed or custom Harley-Davidson is "not about transportation, it's about an experience," says the company's chief executive, James L. Zieme...

A race to use less gas in the long haul

Darius Tarman dreams of roaring engines. He owns three classic muscle cars, races on weekends and sells exotic racing pistons for a living. He is what...

Bugattis and the sale of the century

This small black race car of four score years is not, truth be told, particularly fast. Compared with modern sports cars -- exotically engineered spee...

U.S. carmakers are
flat-out hurting

America's Big Three automakers are looking awfully small these days.

Your first electric car

Heading to the US in 2008, the "Think City" is solid and safe, with charisma to boot.

Free website checks a vehicle's hidden history

A new public database may protect American consumers, keep rolling wrecks off the highways and save lives in the process.

Best car to own
over five years

After buying a car sticker shock continues with fueling and maintenance. IntelliChoice.com honors the vehicles with the best five-year prospects.

Mini Cooper goes electric

Different but equally attractive

Aston Martin, Maserati: A pair of evenly matched super-luxury sports cars have distinctly different personalities.

Sales of gas-saving gadgets rise with gas prices

With fuel prices soaring, sales of products designed to boost gas mileage are also rising.

Chrysler charges into electric car race

Firing a surprise shot across the bows of industry rivals, Chrysler revealed three functioning battery-powered vehicles Tuesday and thrust itself to t...

JD Power releases dependability study

Top 10 cars reported
stolen in New York

The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) treleased its Hot Wheels 2008 auto theft report for vehicles stolen in 2007.

Clean diesels are finally here

In certain circles, albeit rather gear- and green-oriented ones, this is a very exciting day. No, not because of the 94 to 105 kg men's Olympic weight...