By AL SWANSON, UPI Auto Writer
Never heard of Coda Automotive? Don't feel too bad.
By AL SWANSON, UPI Auto Writer
Outgoing U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood released voluntary guidelines to discourage automakers from installing electronic devices that could create distractions for drivers.
There are reasons why sales of new cars and trucks continue at a torrid pace.
By AL SWANSON, UPI Auto Writer
There's a new sheriff in town and it wears a blue oval -- or does it?
By AL SWANSON, UPI Auto Writer
Hyundai and Kia, which admitted inflating gas mileage claims, now have a huge recall on their hands.
By AL SWANSON, UPI Auto Writer
It's hard to get excited about a minivan. Even the best of them are utilitarian people-haulers that their owners buy for all the proper reasons: safety, seating room and convenience.
By AL SWANSON, UPI Auto Writer
Owners of Honda cars got some bad news and some good news.
By AL SWANSON, UPI Auto Writer
As a new car owner I can tell you about the hassle of carrying a smart key as big as a tube of lip balm around to open, close and start the vehicle.
By AL SWANSON, UPI Auto Writer
Nearly a year ago I asked the question: "Who is buying all these cars?" The answer not surprisingly was baby boomers, parents and grandparents of today's students who had the money to afford a new car.
By AL SWANSON, UPI Auto Writer
CHICAGO, March 3 (UPI) -- Volkswagen unveils its latest engineering triumph at the Geneva Auto Show in Switzerland this week -- a production version of a sleek two-seater concept plug-in hybrid that averages the equivalent of 261 mpg.
The Chicago Auto Show wrapped up a 10-day run President's Day, and while final attendance numbers aren't in, organizers said it remains the best attended auto show in the United States.
By AL SWANSON, UPI Auto Writer
As expected, Japan's Toyota Motor Co. last week officially regained the No. 1 ranking among global automakers after selling 9.75 million vehicles last year.
By AL SWANSON, UPI Auto Writer
Of all the new cars and concepts unveiled at the North American Auto Show in Detroit only a handful are all-electric or hybrids.
By AL SWANSON, UPI Auto Writer
When Toyota Chief Executive Officer Akio Toyoda predicted a comeback for the Japanese automaker last spring no one really doubted him.
By AL SWANSON, UPI Auto Writer
Automakers that spend hundreds of millions developing electric and hybrid cars have an unexpected problem: the government says the vehicles are too quiet.
By AL SWANSON, UPI Auto Writer
In automotive lore, GM President Charles Erwin Wilson famously said: "What's good for General Motors is good for the country."
By AL SWANSON, UPI Auto Writer
Poised to reclaim the No. 1 car company title from General Motors Co., Toyota has agreed to settle class-action lawsuits related to unintended acceleration claims.
General Motors is bailing out of its federal bailout. "Government Motors" was the derisive moniker critics gave GM in when it accepted $49.5 billion in taxpayer dollars to stay alive.
A rare 1903 Ford Model A that's one of the oldest surviving cars made by the company was purchased at auction by Bill Ford Jr.
By AL SWANSON, UPI Auto Writer
Ford 's plans for its languishing Lincoln car brand are being met with hopeful bemusement.
By AL SWANSON, UPI Auto Writer
New Japanese autos are at the top of the heap in resale value five years after they are sold, with the U.S.-built Jeep Wrangler also making the list.
By AL SWANSON, UPI Auto Writer
Honda has taken the bull by the horns after lukewarm reviews of its Honda Civic last year and went back to the drawing board for a redesign.
By AL SWANSON, UPI Auto Writer
The prediction of a doubling in the number of motor vehicles on Earth by 2035 would seem to warrant a prescription for birth control.
By AL SWANSON, UPI Auto Writer
A class-action lawsuit was filed within 48 hours after South Korean automakers Hyundai Motor America and Kia Motors Corp. apologized for overstating the fuel economy of their vehicles.
By AL SWANSON, UPI Auto Writer
Ford's high-tech touch screens and dual-clutch transmissions sank the U.S. automaker in the latest Consumer Reports reliability survey, but hybrid and all-electric vehicles fared well.
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