The summer in Bastrop, Texas, had been bad enough for dealer Rox Covert. The unrelenting heat wilted activity on the area's farms and ranches, putting a crimp in pickup truck sales. Then the wildfires started on Sunday, Sept. 4.
Chevrolet and Volkswagen are each blessed with a rich brand heritage, but making that tradition fresh and forward looking -- well, that's a challenge for their marketing chiefs.
As a vice chairman of General Motors, Steve Girsky is in charge of thousands of people in everything from purchasing to product planning. But you won't catch him holed up in a lot of meetings.
The building that houses Honda of Seattle Downtown started as a livery stable in 1928. The dealership still has the original wood plank floors where cars arrive for oil changes.
For the past several months, rumours and various reports have been talking about the deteriorating relationship between Suzuki and Volkswagen. The dysfunctional alliance was officially dissolved today, Suzuki having terminated the partnership via a press release.
Last weekend, the husband and I spent a glorious Saturday traversing country roads through Quebec and Ontario visiting family in the 2012 Porsche Boxster S Black Edition I'd landed for the week. As soon as I brought the fancifully dressed two-seater home on the previous Monday, my husband was already planning the route and calling various family members to announce our visit that coming Saturday.
The Ford Fusion will be taking a gulp from the fountain of youth for 2013, and details are starting to leak giving us a good idea of the direction Ford will be taking with its mid-size sedan.
BMW has finally revealed the Canadian pricing scheme for the 2012 Cooper Coupe, the brand's first two-seater since its big comeback in 2001.
The inevitable scenario in the minds of just about everyone finally took place today: the Unionen and Ledarna unions have officially applied for Saab to be declared bankrupt by a Swedish court.
There could be a second Indian on the grid in Delhi next month, Team Lotus boss Tony Fernandes admits.
Sébastien Bourdais and Simon Pagenaud (Peugeot 908) won the Silverstone Six Hours of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup.
Antoine L'Estage and Nathalie Richard, driving a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X, captured victory this past weekend at the Rallye Defi held near Ste. Agathe, Quebec, round of the Canadian Rally Championship.
Former GP2 and DTM series' driver Christian Bakkerud died after a car crash which took place near London.
The centre bore needs to perfect in order to avoid annoying vibrations on today's modern cars. Ian Pavelko from FastCo explains.
Eddie Irvine is convinced his former Ferrari teammate's return to formula one is a "waste of time".
We're hurtling down the runway of an ex-military airfield at 200 km/h in a John Cooper Works MINI Coupé. The driver's footwork is a blur, the car dances at the very limits of adhesion as we slide around the hairpin, staccato exhaust blatts punctuating every downshift.
'Tude is slang for attitude - as if you didn't already know. And here's a piece of news: The 2011 Honda Accord Coupe's got lots of it. Really. But on one condition; it must have the HFP package.
Bernie Ecclestone's long-time deputy Stephen Mullens is no longer working in formula one.
Valtteri Bottas took the championship title after scoring his fourth success of the year at Monza this last week end.
Lotus Renault has imposed a deadline for the finalisation of its driver lineup for 2012.
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