As natural gas emerges as a feasible near-term alternative to pricy gasoline, major automakers like General Motors and Chrysler are gearing up to invest in companies that make engines and parts for vehicles that run on the fuel.
American automobiles have a limited diet, but gasoline's monopoly at the pump may be ending. The giant of U.S. automakers is turning to something cheaper and cleaner: natural gas. General Motors Co.
The Plymouth brand bit the dust some years ago--but it did leave one of the automotive world's most interesting and rare sports cars in its wake.
Audi work drivers Mattias Ekström and Oliver Jarvis set the best performances of the first testing session at the Norisring.
Modern American family SUVs are among the most impressive machines in their segments, and the Ford Explorer is one example of why. Automakers on our shores have realized, perhaps suddenly, that they've got to build the best machines they've ever made. They've quickly started doing just that in a big way.
While Joey Logano was finding the Nationwide Series Victory Lane at Daytona Danica Patrick was learning the art of the tandem draft.
Formula one engines will still sound good in the wake of the current V8 era, the governing FIA has insisted.
The days are over when Ferrari is seen to enjoy a position of privilege in formula one.
WRC driver Ken Block, renowned for his Gymkhana videos, was planning a first Formula 1 test on board of an udated 2009 F1 car when it became clear that his legs are in fact too long to fit!
Bruno Spengler (C Class Mercedes) takes his fourth pole position out of five races at the Norisring, fifth round of the 2011 DTM championship.
Mark Webber took a big step towards closing the gap with his teammate Sebastian Vettel at Valencia last weekend.
It seems as though two models in Chrysler Canada's truck line-up will be discontinued after the 2011 model year. The demise of the Dodge Nitro compact SUV and the Ram Dakota mid-size pickup isn't much of a surprise, though.
With little to sell, Toyota and Honda lost ground. The other big players took the easy pickings. But with everybody throttling back on incentives, lots of consumers sat on their wallets. And the June U.S. auto sales rate fell to a 12-month low.
Ford's June sales outpaced the industry's gains on strong sales of small cars and a slight rebound in pickup sales.
Chrysler Group rode its mainstays #8212; trucks, minivans and SUVs #8212; to a 30 percent sales increase with 120,394 units in June, the 15th straight month of year-over-year gains.
With inventories off 40 percent from last year, Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. reported a 21 percent drop in June sales.
Chrysler Group's average union pay dropped to $49 an hour in 2010 from a high of more than $75 in 2006, according to numbers the company posted on its Web site this week.
Hampered by a short supply of two key vehicles made in Japan, Subaru of America sales fell 8 percent in June from the same month last year.
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