Ford Motor Co.'s GT project is as much about building an engineering base as it is about building an American supercar, executives say. The auto maker hand selected engineers to put meat on the bones of the GT40 concept car unveiled at the Detroit...
The Audi A4 Cabriolet begs a rhetorical question. Can a car be too smooth, quiet and refined? After all, isn't a softtop supposed to mess your hair and titillate? Not this little number. Smooth. Detached. Relaxing in the absence of much wind noise...
HIROSHIMA, Japan In the martial arts world, there is a unique discipline known as Goju-Ryu. Roughly translated: the school of hard and soft. Originating south of here on the island of Okinawa, it blends the two modes of combat attack and defend...
In this latest game of Chutes and Ladders, Chrysler Group appears to be regaining control of the board. Two years into a 3-year turnaround plan, the auto maker is past the crisis stage and proving to be true to its word. The skeptics outnumbered...
Ford Motor Co.'s Triton modular V-8 engine family, launched with the '97 F-Series pickup, has been one of the company's most successful engine designs. Ford says it is ready to release a substantial upgrade. Already in production for certain Ford...
The California Air Resources Board, which seemed intent on banning the diesel engine from the face of the earth, appears to be re-evaluating its position. In July, California Gov. Gray Davis signed legislation to reduce carbon dioxide emissions...
Scotsman deserves better Jerry Flint needs to learn the history of Studebaker (see WAW Oct. '02, p.72). The Studebaker Scotsman was not a strippo failure. The corporation sold more Scotsmans in 1958 than any other of the Studebaker car lines. It...
GLENEDEN BEACH, OR The all-new '03 4Runner represents a big shift in perspective for Toyota Motor Corp. Unlike the four previous generations of the 17-year-old SUV, it's designed specically for the U.S., which is expected to be the truck's biggest...
45 YEARS AGO On Nov. 7, 1957, the Sachenring Automotive Works in the East German city of Zwickau rolled out the first of its new series of plastic-bodied minicars, the Trabant Sputnik. It was the second in a series of all-new plastic-body cars...