West Coast Editor Mark Rechtin toured the sprawling displays at the Frankfurt auto show. Here's his take on the winners, losers and everything in between.
Volkswagen AG might have missed a warning about the vagaries of doing business with Suzuki Motor Corp. in December 2008, just a year before launching its ill-fated alliance by acquiring a 20 percent stake in the Japanese carmaker.
The HRT Formula 1 team have announced on Monday that Narain Karthikeyan will compete in his inaugural home race, the 2011 Formula 1 Airtel Grand Prix of India, next month.
Frenchman Alain Prost, who clinched the World Championship four times, drove his 1983 Renault Formula 1 car this past weekend at the Paul Ricard HTTT in southern France.
Few cars can ever be perfect. They may come close (Matt would chime in with the BMW 1M here), but few ever truly achieve perfection, and there's a reason for that. Cars are built for different purposes, different times in one's life, different budgets and so on. So, what might be perfect for one is far from it for another. And so the endless search for automotive perfection continues.
Six months after the northeastern region of the country was rocked by an 8.9 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that damaged not only the physical but the psyche, fans flooded Twin Ring Motegi to take in the spectacle of the Indy Japan: The Final.
The Honda CR-V will not only get fresh new looks for 2012, but also a new, stronger heart.
John Fitzpatrick, marketing manager for the Chevrolet Camaro and Corvette, believes the manual transmission is on the verge of extinction - and that video games are to blame.
I had the recent good fortune of attending a Mercedes-Benz event as part of the Luxury & Supercar Weekend at Vancouver's VanDusen Botanical Gardens, located in the heart of Vancouver, BC. The invite I received from Mercedes-Benz read in part: semi-formal dress.
Triple world champion Niki Lauda has hailed Sebastian Vettel for refusing to follow his example.
Nearly half of all German sports fans think Michael Schumacher should return to retirement, according to a survey.
According to Giedo van der Garde, success in feeder category GP2 is no guide as to whether a driver will succeed in formula one.
The reason Jenson Button's 2012 McLaren contract has not yet been announced is "simple", according to a veteran correspondent.
Bahrain paid its race sanctioning fee for 2011 despite not hosting a grand prix this year.
Alexander Rossi takes win in race 2 at Paul Ricard, as Robert Wickens saw his championship advantage reduced to two points after the Canadian suffered a puncture.
NASCAR's playoffs, known as the Chase for the Sprint Cup, got a yellow flag thanks to Mother Nature. The 400-mile race at Chicagoland Speedway was postponed until noon EDT Monday due to steady rain.
Major concerns over the European economy are likely delaying Alfa Romeo's plans to come back to North America next year.
Volkswagen could make a move to take over Suzuki, a German magazine reported. Suzuki has said it wants to end its alliance with VW. If Suzuki cancels the partnership, VW may raise its shares in the Japanese automaker, Der Spiegel said.
Jaguar Land Rover is set to open a new engine plant in England, a newspaper report said. The company, which currently buys engines from Ford, could make an announcement as early as Monday.
Jaguar Land Rover is set to open a new engine plant in England, a newspaper report said. The company, which currently buys engines from Ford, could make an announcement as early as Monday.