It used to be that expensive luxury cars were the first to receive the newest technology. It was true with air bags, sunroofs, antilock brakes and automatic transmissions. Today, those features are readily available or in some cases, standard...
The passenger car diesel market may be almost non-existent in the U.S., but perhaps it just needs a little coaxing. Fuel injector giant Robert Bosch GmbH demonstrates that new-generation diesels are Good Clean Fun in a press event last month at...
PEBBLE BEACH, CA Cadillac for some time now has been trying to make its cars more appealing to a younger audience. But the Cadillac Cien concept car not only looks youthful, it looks fast and furious. The sleek and low-slung Cien, with a brute V12...
SAO PAULO Brazil is a key market for European carmakers and is particularly important for volume-leaders Volkswagen AG and Fiat Auto SpA. Along with newcomers Renault SA and PSA Peugeot Citroen, they held one-third of the passenger-car market in...
Expect the U.S. Senate to reverse anti-regulatory momentum generated by House passage early in August of a Bush administration energy bill that rejects imposing tougher federal automobile fuel-economy standards despite growing populist support for...
Cast iron once was the most fundamental building block of the automotive industry. It was a major reason why automotive entrepreneurs gravitated to Detroit at the turn of the 20th century. Before it was a production center for engine blocks and...
ASHEVILLE, NC Surely you remember the current Ram pickup truck: launched as a '94 model, pre-Daimler-Benz AG merger. It didn't do much. Not much, that is, but bolster then-teetering Chrysler Corp., cement the company's reputation as the domestic...