DETROIT Ford Motor Co.'s 350-hp Power Stroke Super-600 concept turbodiesel V-8, which bowed in a Tonka-inspired show truck at the North American International Auto Show here, is by 2004 in a heavy-duty application, the automaker's chief technical...
If you live north of the Mason-Dixon line and east of the Plains, brace yourself. The 2002 Farmer's Almanac suggests this winter portends conditions that are ripe for recalls. Expect another very active winter weather pattern, says the storied...
To many auto critics, the 2002 North American International Auto Show will be remembered cynically as the year of the silver station wagon, but to at least a few, it will be the year interior design finally turned the corner in Detroit. At least...
A new $3.7 million dealership, Gustman Pontiac GMC of Greenbay (WI), won a national metal building system design award from American Buildings Company in competition with more than 1,200 projects. On a 13-acre site, the dealership has a central...
Being No.1 in Japan's import car market year after year is not limiting Volkswagen AG's ambitions. Next step up is to become a major brand player in the world's second-largest car market. Our goal is not to challenge Honda or Nissan but to become...
Brian Corbett carps that a lot of his picks for this year's 10-Best didn't make the cut, but in fact that's all part of our judging process. Nobody gets all of his or her personal favorites on the list. At least three of mine proven winners didn't...
The U.S. Navy has awarded a contract for development of a 0.5-hp all-ceramic engine to Advanced Ceramics Research (ACR), Tuscon, AZ, and Regi U.S., Columbus, IN. The small engine, for use in an unmanned aerial vehicle, will employ Regi's Rand Cam...